Commissioners said having contractors in place helped after Hurricane Michael. We were able to get everything lined up, it was very quick and it was very efficient, said Commissioner Doug Moore. It was an easy flip of the switch, bring out the contracts and from that we were able to keep our costs down as best as we could.
Even though the process after Hurricane Michael was described as being efficient, there were some lessons learned from the experience. County officials said they tightened up the time between when the work was completed and invoice submission, better defined clawback provisions for inaccurate work or incomplete work, and added complete cycle pricing and regular updates.