HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-049PROCLAMATION 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 calanuty; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors has proclaimed a local emergency by Resolution No.
95-40 on March 14, 1995 and extended the existence of a local emergency by Resolution No. 95-45
on March 28, 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 9:40 a.m. on the 9th day of March, 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 organisation 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 Apri121, 1992.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIlvIED AND ORDERED that said local emergency shall be
deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 11th day of April,
1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Houx, Thomas, and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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ED McLAUGHLIN, air
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer and
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Deputy