However, it is all compounded if we fail to act. We all have the concerns that may contain the Y2K defect such as computers, bank machines, electronic funds transfer, security systems, time clocks, medical devices, and gas pumps. Moreover, the City of Kokomo has devices like police radios, senior citizen buses, snow plows, waste water pumps, street lights, and traffic lights that are critical for public safety and health. We are doing all we can to coordinate our plans with the plans of local businesses, utilities, hospitals, churches, Red Cross, and the Emergency Management Agency, as well as the state's Emergency management Y2K team. We will share the city's Year 2000 project with the community, we encourage the community to get ready for Year 2000 and beyond, and we must reduce fear in the community.
Effective communication is vital to success.
It is the responsibility of our Emergency Control Committee to lead, direct, control and prepare the entire organization for Year 2000 emergencies. In my community, we must prepare for the worst case scenario. That case would be for the failure of utilities and to experience a major winter snow storm at the same time. Each month our Emergency Control Committee conducts simulated exercises. My administration has entered into a mutual agreement with the City of Noblesville, Indiana, to exchange information and store and secure contingency plans and backup systems.