HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-079PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WI~REAS, 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 No.
95-70 on May 9, 1995.
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 increased dam releases which have resulted in the wide spread flooding of low
lying residential and agricultural areas causing, or threatening, significant property damage,
commencing on or about 8:00 a.m. on the 3rd day of May, 1995; and
That the aforementioned conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the proclamation
of the existence of a local emergency.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT TS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a local emergency now exists
throughout said County; and
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIlVIED 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 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 23rd day of May,
1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Roux, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Dolan
NOT VOTING: None
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ED McLAUGHLIN, air
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOGK, Chief Administrative Officer and
Clerk of the Board of S ervisors
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