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RESOLUTION NO. 2020- <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DELEGATING <br />AUTHORITY TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO DECLARE <br />STATES OF LOCAL EMERGENCIES AND TO ACT IN A STATE <br />OF FLORIDA DECLARED EMERGENCY AFFECTING INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY; RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2019-055 <br />EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2020; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the County to <br />delegate the authority to declare that a state of local emergency exists in Indian River <br />County to the County Administrator acting as Indian River County Emergency Services <br />District Director for any local emergency that may arise from December 1, 2020 through <br />calendar year 2021; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the County to <br />delegate the authority to issue orders and rules, including Emergency Orders, during a <br />State of Florida declared' emergency affecting Indian River County to the County <br />Administrator acting as Indian River County Emergency Services District Director for any <br />declared emergency that may arise from December 1, 2020 through calendar year 2021. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows: <br />Resolution No. 2019-055 of the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners which speaks to delegation of authority is hereby rescinded in its <br />entirety effective December 1, 2020. <br />2. Commencing December 1, 2020, and continuing through December 31, 2021, <br />the Indian River County Administrator acting as Indian River County Emergency <br />Services District Director, or his designee, is hereby delegated the authority: (i) <br />to declare a state of local emergency for Indian River County pursuant to Florida <br />Statutes section 252.38(3)(a)(5)(2017); and (ii) to issue orders and rules, <br />including, without limitation, the ability to issue Emergency Orders for Indian <br />River County, during a period of a declared emergency pursuant to any duly <br />issued Executive Order concerning Emergency Management issued by the <br />Governor of the State of Florida declaring that a disaster and/or emergency [as <br />such terms are defined in Florida Statutes sections 252.34 (2) and (4) <br />respectively] exists in Indian River County. <br />77 <br />