Town of Alden

TOWN, VILLAGE TO MAP PLAN TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES:

Alden town and village officials Tuesday night discussed a mutual disaster preparedness plan after coming up short in the surprise snowstorm on Oct. 12-13.

Officials noted that four days after the storm, town and village officials had yet to hear from the Erie County's emergency operations center.

Mayor Michael Kubik, who also serves as disaster coordinator, said the village needed help obtaining a generator to operate the water pumping station.

"I am the disaster coordinator, and I wasn't included in conference calls," Kubik said. Tuesday's meeting in Village Hall also involved representatives of the Millgrove, Crittenden and Alden fire companies; Erie County Legislator Kathy Konst, D-Lancaster, and Robert MacPeek from the Office of Emergency Management in Lancaster.
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Town Board member Arlene Cooke said the town has learned its lesson from the storm.

"We have developed our own philosophy for the last couple of years," she said. "If anything does happen, we are on our own."

Referring to the preparedness plan, MacPeek offered this advice: "Let's make sure we get a good plan together here. We need to be the catalyst here in Erie County."