{"id":31050,"date":"2022-03-31T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31050"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T23:31:09","slug":"aurora-looks-to-make-sure-its-business-as-usual-in-the-event-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-looks-to-make-sure-its-business-as-usual-in-the-event-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora looks to make sure it\u2019s \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d in the event of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aurora is taking measures to ensure it is business as usual in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting at the Committee level last week, Council tentatively approved a budget increase of $103,200, funded by reserves and grants, to the Town\u2019s Emergency Management Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resulting Business Continuity Management Program will ensure the business of the Town can be continue largely interrupted in the face of an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re expanding beyond just simple business continuity in the situation where there is an interruption like an outage or major emergency and we\u2019re bringing in tools for staff to do business planning along the whole spectrum,\u201d said CAO Doug Nadorozny. \u201c[This will inform] the Business Continuity Plan when we do have an emergency or some other interruption of service, it is more comprehensive but it includes all the work of the Business Continuity approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have much more to work with [Emergency Preparedness] but we want to do it holistically with all the business practices in mind as opposed to just continuity from the perspective of the emergency. It will be a subset of the broader plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further examples cited by Mr. Nadorozny included an IT failure and extreme weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In approving the measures, Council sought assurances that emergencies from the public safety perspective would still be the focus of its own plan and strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That assurance came, but given the work that went into business continuity during the global pandemic across the board at the municipal level, Councillor Sandra Humfryes said she wanted to make sure this wasn\u2019t a matter of reinventing the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooking at potential improvements, have we learned on what our own gaps are?\u201d she asked. \u201cDo we necessarily need to do more consultation? I think we have just lived through two years of substantial disruption and I think the Town did an incredible job. It sounds like some IT work, which is already in the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the Town has done such a good job; I\u2019m not sure if we have to go all out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there were other aspects of business continuity that weren\u2019t \u201ctested\u201d with the pandemic, including \u201ccatastrophic IT disruption\u201d and other challenges that would impact the Town\u2019s \u201cability to generate revenues\u201d including getting out tax bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am confident there is a lot more work to do in this area,\u201d said Mr. Nadorozny. \u201cThis is an area where you\u2019re never really finished, quite frankly, but I think there is a significant gap to bring us up to today\u2019s standard for a municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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