Kevin Canfield

Tulsa World Reporter

After formally partnering for more than 60 years to fund and operate the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency, the city of Tulsa and Tulsa County are ending the agreement and will hire their own emergency management directors.

The county announced Thursday that it has hired Bill Smiley to be its emergency management director, according to a county press release. He began work Wednesday and will earn between $85,000 and $95,000, according to the county’s job description.

Smiley has worked as a certified emergency manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Tulsa District and for the Oklahoma VA Health Care System. In 2022, he was named Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association Public Official of the Year.

“With Bill's expertise and leadership, we

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