CITY
OF MANTORVILLE, MINNESOTA
MAYORAL
DECLARATION NO. 2020-1
WHEREAS, the
Mayor of
the City
of
Mantorville,
Minnesota
("Mayor")
finds that
the
following
local emergency
("Emergency")
exists in
the City
of
Mantorville,
Minnesota
("City"):
- On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization determined that the COVID-19 outbreak constitutes a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national state of emergency as a result of the pandemic. On March 25, 2020, Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-20 ordering all Minnesotans to remain at home.
- On March 13, 2020, Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-01 declaring a state of peacetime emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota. The Governor’s Executive Order along with this Declaration triggers activation of the City’s emergency management plan and enables the City to exercise its emergency powers.
- The spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Minnesota has raised serious public health concerns and resulted in a great deal of uncertainty. Much remains unknown about the virus and how it spreads.
WHEREAS, Minnesota
Statutes,
Section
12.29
authorizes
the Mayor
to declare
the
existence
of the
Emergency, to invoke any
necessary
portions of
any emergency
operations/management
plans and
pandemic
response
plans, and
to authorize aid
and
services in
accordance
with
interjurisdictional
agreements;
and
WHEREAS,
Minnesota Statutes, Section 12.37 authorizes the City, acting through
its governing body, to: (1) enter into
contracts
and incur
obligations
necessary
to combat
the
disaster by
protecting
the health
and safety
of persons
and
property
and by
providing
emergency
assistance
to the
victims of
the
disaster; and (2) exercise
the powers
vested by
that section in
the light
of the
exigencies
of the
disaster
without compliance
with
time-consuming
procedures
and
formalities
otherwise prescribed
by law;
and
WHEREAS, the Mayor finds that the Emergency is
sudden and could not have been anticipated; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor finds that this situation
threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the
community and threatens the provision and delivery of city services
as a result of the Emergency; and
WHEREAS, the
Mayor finds
that the
Emergency
poses the
risk of
and may
cause
catastrophic
loss of
public health,
safety, and
welfare if
not
immediately
addressed.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
as the Mayor of the City of Mantorville, Minnesota, I declare that a
Local Emergency exists effective at 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2020 in
the City of Mantorville, Minnesota.
This declaration of a local emergency will
invoke any and all emergency operations/management plans and pandemic
response plans of the city. The portions that are necessary for
response to and recovery from the Emergency are authorized,
including
but not
limited to
all
appropriate
community
containment
and
mitigation
strategies.
To the
extent normal state laws and city policies and procedures impede an
efficient response or compliance with federal
and state
directives
and
recommendations,
the City
Clerk-Treasurer, Emergency
Manager,
and their
designees are authorized to suspend
compliance with those laws, policies, and procedures
and to
take those
actions
necessary to
protect the
public
health,
safety, and
welfare.
Dated: March 26,
2020.
________________________
Charles Bradford,
Mayor
City of Mantorville,
Minnesota
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