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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 14_6/11/2020Agenda Item #14. Regular Council STAFF MEMO Meeting: Regular Council -Jun 11 2020 Staff Contact: Jeremy Allen, Village Manager Department: Manager Affirm Renewal of State of Emergency Declaration Due to COVID-19 %&Uam" Code of Ordinances Section 26-5, requires a local state of emergency to be affirmatively renewed every 60 days - "A local state of emergency, when declared as provided herein, shall continue in effect for no longer than 60 days without being affirmatively renewed, and may be terminated at any time." This agenda item effectively requests Council to affirm the Emergency Declaration renewal due to COVID-19, thereby allowing the Village to receive emergency funding as necessary. STATE OF EMERGENCY Affirmatively Renewed 60 Day Page 150 of 152 Agenda Item #14. Village of Tequesta 345 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, FL 33469 561-768-0700 www.tequesta.org "Notice of Declared State of Emergency" REAFFIRMED DURING JUNE 11, 2020 COUNCIL MEETING DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN Please be advised that We, Mayor Abigail Brennan, and Village Manager Jeremy Allen, declared on March 13, 2020 that a state of emergency existed within the corporate limits of the Village of Tequesta in accordance with Chapter 26 Article I of the Village Code of Ordinances, and Chapter 252, Florida Statutes due to the COVID — 19 Virus. Mayor Brennan, Manager Allen and Fire Chief Trube continued the Declaration again on March 20, 2020, March 27, 2020, April 3, 2020, April 10, 2020, April 17, 2020, April 24, 2020, May 1, 2020, May 8, 2020, May 15, 2020, May 22, 2020, May 29, 20201 and June 5, 2020. We, the Village of Tequesta Council incoordination with the Emergency Manager, Fire Chief James Trube, do hereby affirmatively renews, per the Village's Code Sec. 26-5 (d), the Declaration of State of Emergency on June 11, 2020. The state of emergency continues to exist within the corporate limits of the Village of Tequesta in accordance with Chapter 26 Article I of the Village Code of Ordinances, and Chapter 252, Florida Statutes due to the COVID — 19 Virus. We further declare that the various Village officers, officials and/or employees to whom we have delegated responsibility for various assignments in order to carry out this Declaration of Emergency are directed to exercise all emergency powers conferred under Chapter 252, Florida Statutes as we so direct as well as any other powers that may be necessary to protect the municipality from any and all threats to public peace and order or to the general welfare and/or to protect all property and persons in the Village of Tequesta, as we deem necessary. Date: Date: Date: Vice -Mayor Kristi Johnson Council Member Laurie Brandon Mayor Abigail Brennan Village Manager Jeremy Allen Fire Chief James Trube Mayor Abby Brennan Council Member Vince Arena Council Member Kyle Stone Village Manager Jeremy Allen Page 151 of 152 Agenda Item #14. Date: Lori McWilliams, MMC, Village Clerk Page 152 of 152