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F, <br />BOOK <br />Once the State declared that an emergency existed, for the Department of <br />Emergency Services to be empowered to take emergency actions, it was necessary <br />for Indian River County to declare a local emergency. Since this occurred on a <br />Saturday with short notice to County Commissioners and with wind, rain, and power <br />outages occurring such that it would be some danger in trying to call a Special <br />Meeting of all the Board of County Commissioners and staff, it was decided by the <br />Department of Emergency Services, in conjunction with the County Administrator <br />and County Attorney, to invoke the provisions of Section 101.10 of the Indian River <br />County Code which delegates authority to the Chairman of the Board of County <br />Commissioners to act in an emergency. The Chairman is specifically authorized by <br />that Code to declare by proclamation a local state of emergency, and during such <br />declared emergency the Chairman is authorized to take such action permitted by law <br />as the Board of County Commissioners itself could take under the same <br />circumstances. <br />Requested Action. Attached is a copy of the resolution executed by Charman <br />Macht. The Department respectfully requests ratification by the full Board of this <br />resolution. <br />iii PAGE 96 <br />Emergency Services Director Doug Wright stated that it was necessary to incur some <br />employee overtime expenses but not to the extent of Hurricane Floyd. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Ginn, the Board unanimously (4-0, <br />Commissioner Stanbridge absent) ratified Resolution No. 99- <br />115. <br />RESOLUTION 99 - 115 <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY RESOLU77ON DECLARING <br />STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY <br />WHEREAS, the National Hurricane Center recognizes the danger to coastal residents <br />of Florida from Hurricane Irene, by posting a Tropical Storm Warning from Florida City <br />to Fernandina Beach; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County has high evacuation times to evacuate residents from <br />the hazards of a hurricane; and <br />WHEREAS, the current forecast error of the National Hurricane Center does not allow <br />for a confident prediction of the track of Hurricane Irene at that point in time, coinciding <br />with Indian River County's high evacuation times; and <br />October 19, 1999 <br />I <br />