Rockwell council OK's emergency plan; discusses 2014 budget

Old business and a brief budget discussion over future planning topped an otherwise routine meeting of the Rockwell City Council on Nov. 6.

     Councilman Adam Wedmore presented the council with the city's finalized emergency management plan. Wedmore started working on the blueprint after Cerro Gordo Councy Emergency Management Coordinator Steve O'Neil met with the group in late summer. O'Neil strongly urged the city to adopt a simple plan that could be used during a natural disaster or other catastrophic event.

     Wedmore explained the plan helps Rockwell regain order in a time of chaos.

     "It's for the officials and the mayor to have a plan of action," said Wedmore. "It's for our use only for the first hour or so after a natural disaster happens, until help arrives."

Read the full article in the Nov. 14 editions of the papers.