HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrder No. 20-061 - COVID-19 Migrant Farmworker Testing (10/02/20)JOSEPH E. SMITH, CI ERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTC'
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ORDER NO. 20-061
AN ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZING A ST. LUCIE
COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT REGARDING COVID-19 MIGRANT FARMWORKER
TESTING AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SIGN AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the St. Lucie County Administrator has made the following
determinations:
1. On March 17, 2020, the St. Lucie County Public Safety Director declared a
State of Local Emergency COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ("St. Lucie County
Declaration of Emergency"); and
2. The findings in the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency are
incorporated herein; and
3. On March 16, 2020, President Donald J. Trump and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (`CDC") issued the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidance advising
individuals to adopt far-reaching social distancing measures, such as avoiding gatherings
of more than 10 people, and in states with evidence of community spread, recommending
restrictions to certain establishments conducive to mass gatherings and congregations;
and
4. On March 29, 2020, the President extended such guidance to be in effect
until April 30, 2020; and
5. On March 24, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive
Order No. 20-83 directing the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer to issue a
public health advisory to all persons over 65 years of age and persons that have serious
underlying medical conditions that place them at high risk of severe illness from COVID-
19 urging them to stay home and to take such other measures as necessary to limit their
risk of exposure to COVID-19; and
6. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 20-83, the Governor of the State of Florida
further directed the State Surgeon General and the State Health Officer to issue a public
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health advisory providing that individuals should cease all social or recreational
gatherings of 10 or more people; and
7. On March 25, 2020, the State Surgeon General issued a Public Health
Advisory consistent with Executive Order 20-83; and
8. On March 25, 2020, the President of the United States declared that a major
disaster exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and
9. On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed the CARES
Act. One of the requirements of the CARES Act is that CARES Act funds must be spent
by December 31, 2020.
10. To mitigate potential COVID-19 spread, the Public Safety Director has
submitted a proposal to provide COVID-19 testing for the County's migrant farmworker
population. The proposal would utilize CARES Act monies to fund the Project. The
estimated cost of the project is $66,000.00. The project, if approved, would provide St.
Lucie County Emergency Management with personnel and COVID-19 swabbing, antigen,
and antibody testing at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds, OF IFAS Indian River Research
& Education Center testing sites and for the Mobile Testing Trailer assignments. The
Project would also provide Special Needs Operational Services at the second Special
Needs Shelter located at the Port St. Lucie Community.
11. The proposed procurement would provide an accelerated competitive
process without the wait time of--advertisement-a-nd-nor-mal-pr-ocurement-pr-oc-ess--T-he-
Project is consistent with the intention of the CARES Act funding and would allow the
County to complete the project before the end of the calendar year as required by the
CARES Act and would directly benefit the general public.
12. The County Administrator has determined that public health, safety, and
welfare requires that the County proceed with the proposed project on an emergency
basis.
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13. Paragraph 2 of the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency provides that
the County Administrator may take all actions necessary and appropriate to protect
human life and prosperity, to the extent necessary to accommodate the emergency; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The determinations, orders, and declarations identified above are
incorporated herein.
2. 1 hereby authorize the Purchasing Manager to waive the formal sealed bid
requirements for the testing of migrant workers and proceed expeditiously
without the need for issuing a formal invitation to bid.
3. This Order, as set out above, shall be placed on the agenda of the next Board
of County Commissioners meeting for purposes of review and ratification.
SeverabiLity.
Any provision(s) within this Order that conflict(s) with any State or Federal law or
constitutional provision, or conflict(s) with or are superseded by a current or
subsequently -issued Executive Order of the Governor or the President of the United
States, shall be deemed inapplicable and deemed to be severed from this Order, with the
remainder of the Order remaining intact and in full force and effect.
This Order is effective as of 8:00 a.m. on the day of October 2020. This Order will
expire upon the expiration of the existing State of Local Emergency, as same may be
extended by subsequent order or declaration, unless earlier terminated by subsequent
Order.
Prior resolutions and emergency orders remain in force and effect unless modified or
superseded.
'This Order shall be filed iV
e Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Signed this day of �c- 2020 at ��� (a.m. p.m.)
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