AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2020-243 AND ENACTING A NEW RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE BY USE OF SUCH TECHNOLOGY BY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY SO LONG AS A QUORUM OF THE CITY COMMISSION, BOARD, OR COMMITTEE IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN PERSON; ADOPTING UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR HYBRID MEETINGS FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW AND TO ALLOW FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
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BACKGROUND:
The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a severe acute respiratory illness that can spread quickly among humans through respiratory transmission and presents with symptoms similar to those of influenza. The City adopted Resolution No. 2020-243 on December 3, 2020, providing for procedures for virtual meetings to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community, commission, and staff during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of the United States, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response first declared a National Public Health Emergency on January 27, 2020, and said emergency has been continuously extended every ninety days thereafter, on April 21, 2020, July 23, 2020, October 2, 2020, January 7, 2021, April 15, 2021, July 19, 2021, October 15, 2021, January 14, 2022, with the last renewal dated April 12, 2022 ("COVID-19 Pandemic"). The ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic has made the City Commission acutely aware that provisions must be made to ensure that the business of municipal governance can occur without unnecessarily exposing City officials and employees or members of the public to a risk of infection while ensuring public access and open government and that Resolution No. 2020-243 should be...
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