At Coffeyville's regular city commission meeting Tuesday, the main item on the agenda for discussion, which was scheduled before the May flood occurred, was the city's flood plain regulations. Engineering Superintendent Thomas Osborn told commissioners that FEMA created new flood insurance rate maps for all of Montgomery County using the same study they did back in 1976.

Osborn said the latest elevation data now uses a lidar (“LIGH-dar”) laser flown from a plane that scans the ground. The lidar system can also be used on drones. Commissioners approved the ordinance.