Roswell officials work on flood disaster declaration
Lisa Dunlap
This story was first published by the Roswell Daily Record June 3. Visit the Roswell Daily Record at www.rdrnews.com/.
The city of Roswell and Chaves County intend to prepare a disaster declaration given that a “100-year rain event” occurred over the weekend and has caused high-water levels at area dams and a breach of a flood control berm.
County Manager Bill Williams said that county and city administrators and engineers met Wednesday morning with Karen Sanders, manager of the Roswell-Chaves County Emergency Management Office, and Dick Smith, superintendent of the Chaves County Flood Commission, to begin work on the filing.