HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-022PROCLAMATION OF E~STENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1323 of the County of Butte empowers the Board of
Supervisors to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said
County is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors has proclaimed a local emergency by Resolution
Na. 95-92 an January 10, 1995; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors does hereby find:
That conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property continue within said
County, caused by a succession of wind and rainstorms which have resulted in the wide spread
flooding of low lying residential and agricultural areas causing, or threatening, significant property
damage and risk to human life, commencing on or about 5:00 a.m. on the 7th day of January,
1995; and
That the aforementioned conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the
proclamation of the existence of a local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists
throughout said County; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that during the existence of said
local emergency the powers, functions and duties of the Director of Emergency Services and the
emergency organization of this County shall be those prescribed by state law, by charter,
ordinances, resolutions of this County, and by the County of Butte Emergency Plan, as approved
by the Board of Supervisors on April 21, 1992.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that said local emergency shall be
deemed to continue to exist until its te~nination is proclaimed by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California.
~, C' ~ January 24, 1995
ED McLAUGHLIN, air Date
Butte County Board of Supervisors