Julie De Losada (Skagit County emergency management) described interlocal services to Anacortes, emphasized recovery work after 2025 floods, said county preparedness allocation has been limited (about $66,000 formulaically), and urged residents to sign up for the new Skagit Ready alert system.

LA County and city presenters explained evacuation zones mapped on a Genesys Protect platform, county opt‑in alerts and recommended apps (WatchDuty, PulsePoint, ShakeAlert), and advised NOAA SAME programming or county opt‑in to limit extraneous alerts.

Marion County Commissioners authorized a community alerting system; two sirens will be inside Lyons (14th Street and Kapok Street) as part of a wider canyon installation. Council received limited information about the project.

Murray County staff reported CodeRED was shut down after FEMA/IPAWS raised data-breach concerns, leaving local alerting unavailable; county staff are contacting cities and seeking a replacement vendor, but may need residents to re-register if user data are not shared.

Emergency management staff asked the board to approve an interlocal agreement to let municipalities opt into the county'run OakAlert emergency notification system at no additional cost; the board also accepted an $11,550 hazardous-materials emergency preparedness grant with a $2,888 match.

Fire Chief Melton told council the city will sound all 53 sirens for any tornado warning covering all or part of Wichita Falls and for NWS severe thunderstorm warnings with a destructive-wind tag of 80 mph or greater; operational details and public signup for Code Red were emphasized.

Committee heard that a recent storm produced a peak hour of 190 calls and caused radio and CAD outages; officials outlined a subscription emergency-management service for municipalities and unanimously approved amending a 2024 facility-use agreement to cover shelters, reception centers and other emergency functions.