Ad Hoc Hurricane Review Committee Final Report and Recommendations

AI Summary

The City of Marco Island created an Ad Hoc Hurricane Review Committee to examine how the city prepared for, responded to, and recovered from Hurricane Irma, which struck the island on September 10, 2017, as a Category 3 hurricane. The committee found that the city's emergency preparedness program had weakened due to lack of leadership consistency, insufficient training, and inadequate budgeting for disaster preparation. The committee recommended hiring a permanent city manager before the 2019 hurricane season, establishing full-time emergency management and public information officer positions, updating the city's emergency plan, and improving coordination with county, state, and federal agencies to better prepare for future disasters.