To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Ratification of Local Emergency Proclamation Due to Consecutive Major Winter Storm Events Commencing on January 3, 2023, Which Have Resulted in Downed Trees, Disrupted Utility Services, Damaged and Flooded Roadways, Mudslides and Damaged Homes, Such Damages Exceeding Available County Resources
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Ratify the proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency due to consecutive major winter storm events commencing on January 3, 2023, which have resulted in downed trees, disrupted utility services, damaged and flooded roadways, mudslides and damaged homes, such damages exceeding available county resources
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
On January 12, 2023 Sheriff William Honsal declared the existence of a local emergency (per Ordinance 2447) due to an imminent threat to public safety and significant damages to public and private property caused by consecutive major winter storm events commencing on January 3, 2023, which have resulted in downed trees, disrupted utility services, damaged and flooded roadways, mudslides and damaged homes. This has required multiple state and local agencies to respond to and provide for public safety, emergency medical response, collapsed buildings, damaged roadways, damage assessment, vehicle access, mass care and sheltering, debris-roadway clearing and the provision of emergency services. The extent of the damages has exceeded the available resources of local jurisdictions.
Humboldt County Code section 2210-7 allows to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the Board of Supervisors is not in session and requires that the Board take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The ratification of the proclamation declaring a local emergency allows for the county to seek state and...
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