AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION," ARTICLE II, "CITY COMMISSION," SECTION 2-25, "DECLARATION OF CITY-WIDE STATE OF EMERGENCY," TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, CLARIFY THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES PROVIDED UNDER FLORIDA LAW, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ORDER EMERGENCY MEASURES PROVIDED UNDER FLORIDA LAW AS NEEDED, REVISE THE DURATION FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS FROM SIXTY (60) DAYS TO SEVEN (7) DAYS FOR MAN-MADE, TECHNOLOGICAL AND NATURAL EMERGENCIES AND FROM SIXTY (60) DAYS TO SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS DURING LOCAL THREATS OF VIOLENCE PURSUANT TO STATE LAW. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the August 8, 2019, City Commission Meeting.
During emergency situations, it is important to mitigate the dangers that are posed through prompt and efficient action by City officials. To ensure the safety of the City's residents, property owners, and visitors, the City's Code of Ordinances confers authority to the Mayor to declare a city-wide state of emergency by proclamation without need of a formal act by the City Commission pursuant to Section 2-25, "Declaration of city-wide state of emergency."
This ordinance revises the duration for local emergency declarations for man-made, technological and natural emergencies consistent with Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and clarifies, consistent with current practice, that the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to exercise emergency management powers during the state of emergency.
Similarly, this ordinance provides for limited duration of a state of emergency declaration related to acts or threats of violence and, consistent with Chapter 870, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Mayor to order emergency measures which are available under the statutes for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
DISCUSSION:
The purpos...
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