04-05-2025
Greene County and City of Springfield declare state of civil emergency
GREENE COUNTY, Mo. – In the aftermath of the April 29, 2025 severe weather event, the Greene County Commission and Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag have signed declarations of a local state of emergency.
The County's measure is in effect for 7 days and the City's is in effect for 30 days.
According to a joint press release issued Friday afternoon, declaring a civil emergency enables the official Greene County Emergency Operations Plan and allows County and City departmental personnel to take all necessary actions to respond to, and recover from, an emergency, including the suspension of standard procurement procedures for a given time other actions to coordinate disaster response and recovery, deploy resources and request mutual aid and state or federal assistance as appropriate. Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag said in a press release, 'The storm presents a serious challenge and we're still assessing the full impact. But the way our community has responded speaks volumes.'
Springfield City Council is expected to ratify the city measure in an upcoming meeting.
As utility crews work to restore power to remaining customers still out, Greene County Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon asks residents to be patient and hold on a little while longer.
City Utilities has restored more than 90% of outages
'And remember, as far as the power goes, both in the city with C.U. and also out in the county with Liberty, both utility companies said on Tuesday, there could be some folks could be out as long as up to a week, and we're at day four, so just hold on. Help is on the way.'
Dixon tells Ozarks First survey crews have reported thousands of trees were knocked down in Greene County alone and at least 50 structures in the county have significant damage.
Dixon adds, he believes this is the largest response from Greene County since the pandemic ended.
Survey crews will continue to document the damage in the coming days.
Dixon asks residents with questions about clean up or repairs to call the Greene County Commission at 417-868-4112.
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