When they met Wednesday, Leavenworth County commissioners approved a resolution for a local disaster declaration resulting from flooding from the Missouri River.
Commission Chairman Doug Smith had signed a disaster declaration document over the weekend, according to Kim Buchanan, deputy director of Leavenworth County Emergency Management.
But Buchanan said she wanted to bring the matter to the entire County Commission for approval.
Buchanan said the Leavenworth area has been under a flood warning since March 13. According to Chuck Magaha, Leavenworth County Emergency Management director, the local declaration will allow the county to be included in a state disaster declaration and possibly a federal declaration.
The county could qualify for federal assistance to help local government entities recoup losses that have resulted from the flood. But Buchanan said two thresholds have to be met in order for the county to qualify. She said the losses of governmental entities in the county would have to total at least $288,000, and losses statewide would have to total about $4.2 million.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)