Committee moves emergency use agreement and hazmat grant to March 18 consent agenda

At its March 10 meeting, the Snohomish County Health & Community Services Committee moved two administrative items to the March 18 county council consent agenda without objection.

Cynthia Foley, council staff, explained motion 26-105 would authorize the executive to sign an emergency use license agreement with the Everett School District to allow school properties to serve as emergency shelters and mass-clinic sites during disasters; the county would maintain the premises during use and repair any post-event damages.

Foley also outlined motion 26-111, a three-year hazardous materials emergency preparedness grant intended to increase hazmat response safety. The year-1 award is $28,502, with a required year-1 match of $7,609 to be met with staff time; grant-funded activities include annual three-day hazmat trainings and a complex-incident functional exercise.

Both motions were moved to the council consent agenda for March 18 after the chair asked for questions and none were raised at the committee meeting.