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WHEREAS, Section 8-5 of the Butte County Code empowers the Chief Administrative Officer to proclaim the
existence, or threatened existence of a local emergency when said County is affected, or likely to be affected, by a local
emergency and the Board of Supervisors is not in session; and
WHEREAS, on June 8 through June 9, 2019,1 a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PEPS) occurred. The PEPS was initiated by
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) at approximately 9:00PM on June 8, 2019 until power restoration was completed at
approximately 6:00PM on June, 9, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the June 2019 PEPS led to disruption of critical operations. Impact to critical operations could lead to
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property; and
WHEREAS, critical facilities and operations of said County such as the Jail, Juvenile Hall, communication towers, and 9-
1-1 dispatch, even, though (backed up by generators, were negatively impacted, and some critically impacted, by the Public Safety
Power Shutoff; and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2019, Butte County Chief Administrative Officer Shari McCracken proclaimed a Local Emergency
in Butte County, which declaration was ratified by the Board of Supervisors on, June 11, 20,19; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Proclamation of Local Emergency in Butte County due to the June 2019
Public Safety Power Shutoff shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 2P day of July, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES:
ABSENT: Supervisor Lucero
NOT VOTING:
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of thId of Supervisors
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Steve Lambert ''hair
Butte County Board of Supervisors