Emerytown council adopts emergency-management plan after Emery emergency committee appeal

The Emerytown council voted on June 10 to accept a resolution to adopt the town’s emergency-management plan, following appeals from the Emery emergency committee to improve resident registration in the reverse-911 system and household preparedness.

An emergency committee member (S6) urged residents to sign up for the town’s reverse-911 alerts and to prepare 24–72 hour “bug-out” backpacks for each family member. “Everybody in this town needs to be signed up for that reverse 911,” the committee member said, and emphasized simple steps — stockpiling water and keeping disposable utensils — that can reduce demand on limited drinking supplies during an emergency.

Council members discussed adopting a formal resolution to align the town’s plan with a model emergency-management plan the committee recommended. Council member (S3) moved to adopt the plan; the chair (S1) called for the vote and members present voiced their assent. Those who explicitly said “yes” on the record included Council member (S3), Clerk (S2) and Councilman Slade Stewart (S4).

Why it matters: Adoption creates an official local framework for emergency response and signals the council’s intent to pursue outreach and enrollment in notification systems that the committee says are underused. The Emery emergency committee said it will continue outreach and training, including guidance on household kits and signing up for alerts.

Next steps: With the resolution accepted, council members directed staff to circulate the plan and to coordinate implementation details with the emergency committee; no fiscal appropriation was recorded in the meeting minutes for new outreach spending.