HomeMy WebLinkAbout4846-20 Resolution Consenting to Continuance of Local Disaster Emergency RESOLUTION
No. 4846-20
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 23, 20 20
Attest: 7)( City Clerk
Attest' r_ President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 23, 20 20.
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Approved and signed by me
BILL NO.20-05
RESOLUTION NO.4846-20
A RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL CONSENTING TO
THE RENEWAL OR CONTINUANCE OF A DECLARATION OF A LOCAL DISASTER
EMERGECY UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR OR SPECIAL COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 10-14-3-29 states that a"local disaster emergency"may be declared only by
the principal executive officer of a political subdivision; and,
WHEREAS,the same statute provides that a declaration of a"local disaster emergency"may not be
continued or renewed for more than seven (7) days except by or with the consent of the governing body of the
political subdivision; and
WHEREAS,any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local disaster emergency
shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly in the office of the Clerk of the political
subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the effect of a declaration of"local disaster emergency": (1) activates the response and
recovery aspects of all applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans; and, (2) authorizes the
furnishing of aid and assistance under such plans; and permits the principal executive officer of the political
subdivision to issue a"local travel advisory" at the"warning"level as defined under Indiana Code 10-14-3-
29.5; and
WHEREAS,the regular meetings of the South Bend Common Council take place on the second (2nd)
and fourth(4th) Mondays of each month, therefore creating a period of a minimum of fourteen (14) days and a
maximum of thirty(30) days between regular meetings; and
WHEREAS,it is the intent and desire of the Common Council to ensure that there is no gap in the
principal executive officer's declaration of a"local disaster emergency".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA,AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. The South Bend Common Council hereby consents to continue or renew any declaration of
"local disaster emergency" until the next subsequent full Common Council meeting whether regular meeting or
special meeting.
Section II. This consent is revoked upon any order or proclamation terminating the "local disaster
emergency-.
Section III. "This resolution shall be effective upon passage by the South Bend Common Council
and approval by the Mayor.
Tim Scott, Council President
South Bend Common Council