HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 20-047ORDINANCE NO. 20-047
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TERMINATING THE DECLARED STATE
OF DISASTER MADE NECESSARY BY THE IMMINENT THREAT OF
HURRICANES MARCO AND LAURA AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 20-041 WHICH EXTENDED THE ADOPTED EMERGENCY
POWERS AS AMENDED MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE
PUBLIC CALAMITY RESULTING FROM HURRICANES MARCO AND
LAU RA.
WHEREAS, on August 24, 2020, the Mayor of the City of Beaumont issued a
proclamation declaring a local state of disaster in anticipation of the imminent threat that
Hurricanes Marco and Laura posed upon the lives and property of the inhabitants of the
City of Beaumont; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 20-040, the City. Council continued in effect the
declared state of disaster by the Mayor until such time as the conditions necessitating
the proclamation of the local state of disaster ceased to exist; and,
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 20-041, the City Council continued in effect the
amended Emergency Powers for the City of Beaumont until terminated by Ordinance of
the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Beaumont is of the opinion that the
conditions made necessary for the declaration of a local state of disaster no longer exist
and the local state of disaster should be terminated;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
Section 1.
THAT the City Council, as the governing body of the City of Beaumont, hereby
terminates the proclamation of a local state of disaster described in the preamble
above.
Section 2.
THAT Ordinance No. 20-041, extending the adopted Emergency Powers as
amended made necessary because of the public calamity resulting from Hurricanes
Marco and Laura, be and it is hereby repealed, thereby terminating the Emergency
Powers.
Section 3.
THAT a public emergency exists requiring that this ordinance be passed formally
on the date of its introduction; therefore, this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 15th day of
September, 2020.
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