HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-145PROCLAMATION CONFIRMING EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 3296 of the County of Butte empowers the Director of
Emergency Services 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 the Board of Supervisors is
not in session, subject to ratification by the Board of Supervisors within seven days; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen
within this County, commencing on or about 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 1996 with a
succession of wind and rainstorms resulting in the wide spread flooding of low lying residential and
agricultural areas in Butte County causing and threatening significant property damage, at which time
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte was not in session; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors does hereby find that the aforesaid conditions of
extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency;
and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the County of Butte did proclaim the
existence of a local emergency within said County on the 31st day of December, 1996;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the
proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency, as issued by said Director of Emergency Services,
is hereby ratified and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte; and
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 31st day of
December, 1996 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: None
NOT PRESENT: Supervisor Meyer
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
Ed McLaughlin, Chair,
rOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
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