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Regular Council
STAFF MEMO
Meeting: Regular Council -May 13 2021
Staff Contact: Jeremy Allen, Village Manager Department: Manager
Affirm Renewal of State of Emergency Declaration Due to COVID-19
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
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Agenda Item #10.
Village of Tequesta
345 Tequesta Drive 561-768-0700
Tequesta, FL 33469 www.tequesta.org
"Notice of Declared State of Emergency"
REAFFIRMED DURING MAY 13, 2021 COUNCIL MEETING
DECLARATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA: 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, 2020, June 5, 2020, June 12, 2020, June 19, 2020, June 26, 2020, July 3, 2020, July 10, 2020, July 17, 2020,
July 24, 2020, July 31, 2020, August 7, 2020, August 14, 2020, August 21, 2020, August 28, 2020, September 4,
2020, September 11, 2020, September 18, 2020, September 25, 2020, October 2, 2020, October 9, 2020, October
161 2020, October 23, 2020, October 30, 2020, November 6, 2020, November 13, 2020, November 20,2020,
November 27, 2020, December 4, 2020, December 11, 2020, December 18, 2020, December 25, 2020, January 1,
2021, January 8, 2021, January 15, 2021, January 22, 2021, January 29, 2021, February 5, 2021, February 12,
2021, February 19, 2021, February 26, 2021, March 5, 2021, March 12, 2021, March 19, 2021, March 26, 2021)
April 2, 2021, April 9, 2021, April 16, 2021, April 23, 2021, April 30, 2021, and May 7, 2021.
We, the Village of Tequesta Council in coordination 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 May
131 2021. 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: Mayor Abigail Brennan
Date: Fire Chief James Trube
Date: Village Manager Jeremy Allen
Date: Village Clerk McWilliams
Vice -Mayor Kyle Stone Mayor Frank D'Ambra, III Council Member Laurie Brandon
Council Member Bruce Prince Council Member Molly Young
Village Manager Jeremy Allen
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