Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding - Agenda

Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

1. Call to order

2. Roll call

3. Approval of September 9, 2025, Minutes

4. Update on the 2025 northern and southern flood events
    • James Seward, Adjutant General, West Virginia National Guard
    • Doug Buffington, Acting Secretary, West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
    • Matt Blackwood, Deputy Director, West Virginia Division of Emergency Management
    • Stephen Rumbaugh, Cabinet Secretary/Commissioner of Highways, West Virginia Department of Transportation

5. Status update for case management grants that are in the bidding process
    • Doug Buffington, Acting Secretary, West Virginia Department of Homeland Security
    • Matt Blackwood, Deputy Director, West Virginia Division of Emergency Management
    • Stephen Rumbaugh, Cabinet Secretary/Commissioner of Highways, West Virginia Department of Transportation
    • James Seward, Adjutant General, West Virginia National Guard

6. Update on local flood response from beginning of February 15, 2025, flood event to present day
    • Cecil Patterson, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Dewayne Dotson, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Michael D. Brooks, McDowell County Commissioner
    • Bobby Bowman, Emergency Management Director and 911 Director, McDowell County

7. Other business

8. Adjourn