(A) The Mitigation Planning Core Group is hereby established as a permanent advisory body. It shall be composed of representatives from the existing Mitigation Planning Core Group, as recommended by the Van Wert County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Office. This includes those municipalities that pass a resolution to adopt for the Mitigation Plan.
(B) The Core Group shall meet as often as necessary to prepare or review mitigation activities and progress toward implementing the Mitigation Plan. It shall meet at least once each year to review the status of ongoing projects.
(C) The schedule of Core Group meetings shall be posted in appropriate places. All meetings of the Core Group shall be open to the public.
(D) By November 30 of each year, the Core Group shall prepare an annual evaluation report on the Mitigation Plan for the County Board of Commissioners and the municipalities. The report will cover the following points:
(1) A review of the original plan;
(2) A review of any natural disasters that occurred during the previous calendar year;
(3) A review of the action items in the original plan, including how much was accomplished during the previous year;
(4) A discussion of why any action items were not completed or why implementation is behind schedule.
(5) Recommendations for new projects or revised action items. Such recommendations shall be subject to approval by the County Board of Commissioners and the effected municipality's governing boards as amendments to the adopted plan.
(E) The Director of each county office identified as “responsible agency” for the Mitigation Plan’s action items shall ensure that the action item is implemented by the listed deadline subject to fiscal and staff constraints.
(Res. 07-04-027, passed 4-9-2007)