HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/16/21 - Declaration of Emergency Extension ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
DECLARATION EXTENDING STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
(COVID-19 Public Health Emergency)
WHEREAS, in preparation for Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Public
Safety Director of St. Lucie County, Florida issued a Declaration declaring a state of local
emergency, dated March 17, 2020; and
WHEREAS, On March 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive
Order Number 20-51 directing the Florida Department of Health to issue a Public Health
Emergency; and
WHEREAS, On March 1, 2020, the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer
declared a Public Health Emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, On March 7, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida directed the Director
of the Division of Emergency Management to activate the State of Emergency Operations
Center to Level 2 to provide coordination and response to the COVID-19 emergency; and
WHEREAS, As of March 13, 2020, seventeen counties in Florida have positive cases for
COVID-19, and COVID-19 poses a risk to the entire state of Florida; and
WHEREAS, extending the declaration of state and local emergency facilitates the
County's ability to effectively respond to emergency conditions and otherwise implement
emergency protective measures to mitigate future losses.
NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with the emergency power vested in the County
pursuant to Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, it is hereby declared that:
1. The state of local emergency declared on March 17, 2020 extended by
emergency declarations every seventh day thereafter is hereby extended for 7 days from the
MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
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effective date of this Declaration, unless terminated or modified earlier or extended in
accordance with law.
2. All emergency powers authorized by the Declaration of March 17, 2020 declaring
a state of local emergency and extended every seventh date thereafter are hereby retained and
continued for the duration of this Declaration.
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DONE AND ORDERED in St. Lucie County, Florida, the 16th day of February, 2021 at 9:00
Ron arrish
Public Safety Director