Wearing my Emergency Manager’s hat, I taught a class at the Library for local area residence called “Two Weeks Ready”.  Our focus has been to try to get everyone to prepare to be without services or assistance for two weeks following a major disaster or emergency.  In the event of the Cascadia Subduction Zone this will be very critical.  We will also start a 10 week Prepare-A-Thon in conjunction with Sandy Fire and Oregon Trail School District in the coming weeks and months.

We conducted interviews of potential Arts Commission members and will hold our first meeting in October.  That first meeting will be to On-Board members, and establish by-laws.  We will also review the mission of the Commission and make sure that everyone fully understands their role.  Lastly, we will pick a Chair and Vice Chair.

We conducted two open houses regarding the Sandy Community Campus and got great feed back.  The community is excited about the project, but unsure how it will be funded.  Feed back shows that almost everyone we talked with supports both a utility fee for operations and/or a bond measure up to about 7-8 dollars.

During the last two weeks of the month myself and all of the department heads attended various course put on for free, getting additional training in Emergency Management, particularly as related to specific work sections inside an Emergency Operations Center.  We continue to work on getting the city staff and their families prepared as well as work on our Continuity of Operations Plan.

We have begun preliminary work on prepping for our next budget. Making notes and evaluating organizational needs, staffing and efficiency.