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TAMPA Hillsborough County commissioners agreed to donate $100,000 to Hurricane Katrina relief and addressed storm preparation on several fronts Wednesday. Commissioners said they want to explore how to evacuate the county's poorest and most frail residents. They want that discussion to include better coordination of public transit vehicles and school buses. Commissioner Ronda Storms said the county also needs to look at the "lawlessness" that plagued New Orleans once Katrina passed. "The most terrifying thing after the damage was the anarchy," Storms said. "We do have to address that and take a hard look at ourselves." She suggested the problems were caused by corruption among elected officials and within society. Commissioners also directed County Administrator Pat Bean to hold a meeting of statewide county emergency management officials once the situation stabilizes in the storm-ravaged central Gulf coast region. Dozens of Katrina victims began arriving in Hillsborough the past few days, including 16 who remain hospitalized, Bean said. Others are showing up at the county's neighborhood service centers to request Medicaid. Commission Chairman Jim Norman said Gov. Jeb Bush assured him the county will be reimbursed for Katrina-related expenses, including pay for emergency workers who traveled to the disaster zone. Norman urged the board not to overreact locally to what happened in Louisiana. "We are not New Orleans," Norman said. "Our situation would be a surge and then the water receding. I would like to make our investment in ways that serve our geography the best." But Commissioner Mark Sharpe added that Hillsborough still must "identify our levees" or weak spots, including communications. The county's $100,000 contribution from reserve funds requires formal approval and most likely will be directed to the Red Cross. The county also will help Katrina victims by allowing employees to make one-time payroll deductions, collecting emergency supply donations and checking equipment stockpiles for surplus material that can be donated without putting local residents at risk. Commissioners also agreed to spend $19,341 to stock the county's first "pet-friendly" hurricane shelter at Burnett Middle School in Seffner. The shelter will accommodate up to 100 dogs and 100 cats in the school's gymnasium locker room. Pet owners are to bring a week's worth of food and other supplies for their animals. Officials said they realize many fail to bring such supplies, so they will stock the shelter once evacuations are ordered. The county plans to explore opening more pet-friendly shelters in the future. With fuel prices rising even before Katrina hammered the Gulf's energy infrastructure, commissioners also agreed to pursue an ordinance requiring motorists to pay before they pump gasoline. Gas drive-offs in the county have doubled since June, Hillsborough County sheriff's Maj. Paul Davis told commissioners. Other jurisdictions, including Pinellas County, St. Petersburg and Plant City said last week they weren't seeing such a trend. Hillsborough adopted a pay-first ordinance in the early 1990s, but the law was repealed after oil companies realized profits were higher at stations that allowed customers to pump before they paid. Details of the latest ordinance should be available to the public before the commission's Sept. 21 meeting.