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Special City CouncilMon, Nov 4, 2024

Council passed Resolution 2025-08 extending the Hurricane Milton local state of emergency another seven days, through November 11.

6 items on the agenda · 1 decision recorded

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  1. 1Call to Order – Roll Call0:00
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    Pledge of Allegiance

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    [00:00:18] shortly. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic [00:00:30] for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for [00:00:41] all. Thank you.

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    Resolution No. 2025-08: Extending Local State of Emergency for Hurricane Milton

    Council considered Resolution 2025-08 to extend the local state of emergency for Hurricane Milton for an additional seven-day period, commencing November 5, 2024 and remaining in effect through November 11, 2024. The extension preserves the city's authority to waive procedures for public works, contracting, staffing, equipment rental, supplies acquisition, and fund expenditure, primarily anticipated for cleanup and restoration.

    Ord. Resolution No. 2025-08

    • motion:Extend the local state of emergency for Hurricane Milton from November 5, 2024 through November 11, 2024.
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    [00:00:44] Resolution 2507, extending local state of emergency for Hurricane Milton. [00:00:51] The resolution before you this evening is, as indicated by the mayor, is to extend our [00:00:58] local state of emergency due to Hurricane Milton. It was originally put into effect [00:01:08] on October 8th. In accordance with Executive Order 24214, we are allowed to extend the [00:01:20] I'm sorry, no, in concurrence with Section 252.38, Section 3.85 of Florida statutes, [00:01:32] we have the authority to declare a local state of emergency for a seven-day period [00:01:38] of time. Therefore, what we're asking you to do today is to extend the current seven-day [00:01:50] period, which would commence on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, and remain in effect until Monday, [00:02:00] November 11th, 2024. The state of emergency would provide the city with the same authorities [00:02:18] to waive procedures and formalities as appropriate during this emergency for the performance [00:02:27] of any public works projects or entering into contracts incurring obligations, the employment [00:02:35] of permanent or temporary workers, utilization of volunteer workers, the rental of equipment, [00:02:41] the acquisition and distribution of supplies, materials, and facilities, and the appropriation [00:02:47] and expenditure of funds in the best interest of the city in large part. It's expected at [00:02:55] this time that the only real expenditure of funds that the city will experience is [00:03:04] related to cleanup and restoration activities that we still have left to tend to from the

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  4. 5Communications3:10
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    Moment of Silence

    Moment of silence.

  6. 6Adjournment