The City of Wellman is working with East Central Iowa Council of Governments, or ECICOG, in the hopes of being added to Washington County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. According to City Administrator Nick Pacha, their standalone plan doesn’t come with the same benefits provided by a multijurisdictional plan. He explains if they’re added to the county’s plan, they would be able to access state and federal funding when a disaster is declared by the governor or president. Washington County put the hazard mitigation plan together in 2012.