The Metropolitan King County Council’s Committee of the Whole will be in the Redmond area tomorrow for a special town hall meeting to look at the steps the public can take to be prepared in the event of an emergency.

The meeting will take place at Evergreen Middle School, 6900 208th Ave. N.E. in unincorporated King County near Redmond. There will be reception at 6 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The public will learn about what the county will do in the event of an emergency — natural or man-made. Jody Miller, deputy director of the King County Office of Emergency Management, will brief the committee on what individuals, families and communities can do to be ready in the event of a disaster.

Along with a briefing on emergency preparedness, the public and committee members will receive information on the road system in unincorporated King County and the challenges of maintaining county roads. Brenda Bauer, director of the Road Services Division, will provide an overview of the financial challenges facing the division.

King County Sheriff John Urquhart will also provide an update on the operations of the Sheriff’s Office in rural and unincorporated King County.

Following these updates, citizens can speak during an open public forum.

Town halls are a special meeting of the Council’s Committee of the Whole, the only standing committee on which all nine members serve. It considers legislation and policy issues of interest to the entire council. This is an opportunity for all the council members, not just those who represent the unincorporated areas, to know the concerns and needs of citizens.