Council declared a local state of emergency for Hurricane Dorian (Resolution 2019-22), granting seven days of emergency powers and rescheduling Tuesday's meeting to Thursday.
6 items on the agenda · 3 decisions recorded
On the agenda
- 1Call to Order – Roll Call▶ 0:00
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Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence in honor of servicemen and women.
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[00:00:11] Manager Manz. Here. You will all stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a [00:00:14] moment of silence in honor of our servicemen and women at home and abroad. [00:00:17] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the [00:00:23] Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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Moment of Silence
Procedural moment of silence observed at the start of the special meeting.
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[00:00:28] justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. The first item of business is
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Resolution No. 2019-22: Declaring a Local State of Emergency
approvedCouncil adopted Resolution 2019-22 declaring a local state of emergency due to Hurricane Dorian, authorizing the City Manager and staff to operate under emergency powers for a seven-day period, including contracting, hiring, and expending public funds as necessary.
Ord. Resolution No. 2019-22
- motion:Move for approval of Resolution 2019-22 declaring a local state of emergency due to Hurricane Dorian. (passed)
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[00:00:37] Resolution 2019-22. Ms. Manz. Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor, I will start by reading the [00:00:44] resolution, which is Resolution 2019-22, Resolution by the City [00:00:53] Council of the City of New Port Richey, Florida, declaring a local state of [00:00:57] emergency due to Hurricane Dorian and declaring an effective date. The purpose, [00:01:03] Mr. Mayor, of the ordinance is to authorize the City Manager and staff to [00:01:14] operate under our state of emergency powers under Home Rule authority. It will [00:01:23] specifically allow the performance of public works projects, including taking [00:01:29] whatever action is necessary to ensure health, safety, and welfare, entering into [00:01:35] a contract, incurring obligations, employment of permanent and temporary [00:01:40] workers, utilization of volunteer workers, rental of equipment, acquisition, [00:01:46] distribution of supplies, materials, and facilities, and for the appropriation and [00:01:52] expenditure of public funds. We are asking for this authority for a seven [00:01:57] day period of time, and it can only be extended as necessary by a subsequent [00:02:06] resolution. Do you need to read it? I haven't in the past. That's fine. I'll open it up for [00:02:17] public comment. Seeing none, bring it back to Council. Move for approval. Second. To the
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- 5Communications▶ 2:21
- 6Adjournment▶ 3:07