The Wabasha City Council held a special meeting on 2026-06-18 to address the resignation of Assistant Public Works Director Riley Costello, whose position currently includes the Emergency Management Director responsibilities and associated higher grade/step. With his departure, the City must decide whether to keep emergency management bundled into the new Assistant Public Works Director role or separate it into a stand‑alone position, as previously structured under the Fire Chief and Police Chief with a stipend arrangement. This creates an operational gap around emergency management planning, incident coordination, and related technology and communications needs. Council will provide staff guidance on how the role should be structured and compensated, which will shape future needs for emergency management planning support, training, software (alerting, incident management, continuity planning), and equipment. Vendors in public safety and emergency management can monitor this restructuring to offer solutions that help the City define and support the reconfigured role once the organizational decision is made.
Previously, Chief Sheeley and Chief Gregerson held the Emergency Management role with a stipend; tho...
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