Transcript TIME LINE

Time Line
FEMA Recovery Efforts Since 2005
 Dennis – Safe and Healthy Schools
May 2005
Coordinator (SHSC) made first MCSD
Disaster-related FEMA claim since
Georges single point of contact (POC)
July 2005
 Attended PA workshop and gave brief
FEMA overview to Executive Staff
August 2005  Katrina – SHSC led FEMA claim/POC
Sept. 2005  Rita – SHSC led FEMA claim/POC
October 2005  Wilma – Dr. Henriquez hired for 60 days
to lead process of capturing loss – SHSC –
worked first 3 storms/maintained records
for Wilma
November 2005 Acquired 29 trailers for displaced personal
and became lead Coordinator for
program
 SHSC focused fully to Wilma final
claims. Worked with John Devlin 8
days over winter break (voluntarily) to
write remaining Wilma PW’s.
Jan 2006 - Ongoing  Held regular meetings to document
work progress on FEMA Projects.
 Compiled 64 page Hurricane Manual
Summer 2006
for MCSD from lessons learned from
2005 storm season.
June 2006
 Returned 20 leased trailers purchased
9 trailers for displaced employees and
continue to manage project
February 2007
 Director of Finance suggested AI as a
solution to speed up the FEMA
closeout process.
December 2005
 Adjuster’s International (AI) gave business
proposal to board.
June 2007
 Presented AI’s “plan of attack” to settle
the FEMA Claims.
Summer 2007
 Utilized AI to implement plan SHSC gave
updates to Executive Staff regularly.
June-August 2007  Recovered and auctioned or sold
remaining trailers.
August 2007
 Met with Superintendent to discuss costs
vs. outcome /AI’s strengths/weaknesses.
 Asked to refocus from “easiest PW’s to
April 2008
appeals”.
 Superintendent met with SHSC to
May 2008
emphasize recovery of large dollars lost.
March 2007
 Worked to find new angles to resubmit
claims and to petition state to send down
representative to do closeouts.
Aug- Sept 2008  Responded to FAY/IKE/Gustav.
October 2008  Closeout of vehicles formally submitted.
January 2009
 Learned that $477K of the $486K lost in
Vehicles was going to be recovered.
Ongoing
 Seeking lost dollars from FAY/IKE.
Ongoing
 Working to get Wilma closed out.
July 2008