County to update hazard mitigation plan

At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16 there will be a public meeting at the Saratoga Town Hall to discuss an update of the Carbon County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP) adopted in 2009.

Barb Beck, of Beck Consulting in Red Lodge, Mont., was retained by the county to update the MHMP and will be at the Dec. 16 meeting. Beck has previously worked on similar plans in 16 counties in Montana and Wyoming.

Beck said she will be working with John Zeiger in his capacity as County Emergency Management Coordinator on the update.

According to a briefing sent out by Beck, the MHMP is designed to “make the count...