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RESOLUTION NO. 00- 277
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA,,
AMENDINb AND RESTATINb RESOLUTION NO. 94-143,
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE
PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TO EXERCISE CERTAIN
EMERGENCY POWERS AND AUTHORITY DURINb A LOCAL
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDINb AN EFFECTIVE DATE
- - WHE;~€~AS, on-~~;gust--23, 1994, pursuant to Chapter 252, Florida Statutes (the -- - - -
'Emergenry Management Act") the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution No.
94-143 (the "Emergenry Powers Resolution") to authorize the County Administrator and Public
Safety Director to exercise certain administrative powers and authority during local
emergencies for a period of seven days with a provision to extend the period in increments
of seventy-two hours; and
WHEREAS, the Emergenry Management Act has been amended to allow extensions of
up to seven days and therefore it is necessary to amend and restate the Emergency Powers
Resolution to provide for seven day extensions; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the emergency authority provided by the Emergency
Management Act, Section 161.085, Florida Statutes (1999). and the implementing
administrative ruses, authorize the County to take emergenry measures in the event a storm
threatens private structures or public infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the per-sod for response under Florida Statutes 1b1.085, and the
implementing administrative rules is 30 days.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida, as follows:
Section 1: Definitions
BoordofCountyCommissionersshall mean the Board of County Commissioners for St.
Lucie County.
County Administroto~shall mean the St. Lucie County Administrator or his designee.
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Public Safety Directorshall menu the St. Lucie County Public Safety Director or his
designee.
Section 2: Emergency .powers of County Administrator and Public Safety
Director
The County Administrator and the Public Safety Director shall have the following
emergency powers: '
(n) If the Public Safety Director declares that a local emergency exists in St.
Lucie county, then the County Administrator may exercise the emergenry power and authority
necessary to fulfill the genera! powers and duties as prescribed in this resolution. The state
of local emArger-ry shall _ro!n~in_~-effect until the County Administrator determines
otherwise. The duration of each state of emergenry declared locally shall be limited to seven
(7) days; it may be extended, as necessary, in seven day increments with notice to the Board
of County Commissioners. In addition, if the local emergenry involves a threat to private
structures or public infrastructure, the local emergency may remain in effect for up to 30
days. The chairman of the Board of County Commissioners may convene the Board at anytime
to perform its legislative duties as the situation demands, and shall receive reports relative
to disaster preparedness activities.
(b) During any period of a local emergency, the Public Safety Director shall
recommend to the County Administrator to issue such directives as are deemed to protect
life and property and preserve critical resources. The County Administrator, upon issuing ,
such emergenry directives, shall immediately advise the chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of the directives. The directives shall remain in effect until the County
Administrator determines otherwise. Such directives may include, but shall not be limited
to, the following:
(1) Directives prohibiting or restricting the movement of vehicles in order
to facilitate the work of emergency management forces, or to facilitate the mass movement
of persons f ram critical Wrens within the county.
(2) Directives pertaining to the movement of persons from areas deemed
to be hazardous or vulnerable to an emergency or threat of an emergency.
(3) Such other directives necessary. to preserve public peace, health and
safety.
(c) The County Administrator shall advise the Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners of his actions regarding ordering disaster preparedness forces #o the aid of
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other communities when required in accordance with state and county mutual aid agreements,
and may request the state, or a political subdivision of the state, to send aid to St. Lucie
County in case of an emergenry when conditions in the county are beyond the control of the
local emergenry management division. -
(d) The County Administrator may require emergenry services of any county
.department, division or their employees. If regular county forces are determined inadequate,
the County Administrator may require the services of such other personnel ns he can obtain.
-that are available, including citizen volunteers. Ali duly authorized persons rendering
emergenry services shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities as are provided by state
law, county ordinances and policies for regular county employees and other registered and
identified emergency management workers and, upon demand, may receive appropriate
compensation for their emergenry employment.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows:
Chairman Frannie Hutchinson AYE
Vice Chairman Doug Coward AYE
Commissioner John D. Bruhn AYE
Commissioner Paula A. Lewis AYE
Comrrussioner Cliff Barnes AYE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS
ST. LUC~E C,mUi~j,TtiY,,FLOR~OA
BY:
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 21st day of November, 2000.
Deputy Clerk
Chairman
TO FORM AND
COR CTN
BY:
County Attorney