HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020.03.16 Proclamation - State of Emergency Instrument # 427999
VALLEY COUNTY.CASCADE.IDAHO
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Recorded for: CITY OF MCCALL
DOUGLAS A. MILLER Fee:0.00
Ex-Officio Recorder Deputy
Index to MISCELLANEOUS RECORD
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City of McCall
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the health and safety of all Idahoans is the greatest priority of our city and its
leaders; and
WHEREAS, McCall is committed to being as prepared as possible to respond to the 2019 novel
coronavirus(COVID-19); and
WHEREAS, the worldwide detection of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including in
the United States, has progressed to a pandemic declared by the World Health Organization on
March 11,2020; and
WHEREAS, the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a public health
emergency exists to address the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which affects or has
significant potential to affect national security; and
WHEREAS, there is risk to life and the continued operation of public infrastructure as a result of
the potential for cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the City of McCall
and the State of Idaho; and
WHEREAS, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, other state agencies, and the local
public health districts are expending resources to prepare for and treat cases of the 2019 novel
coronavirus (COVID-19), supporting healthcare system response, and addressing resource
shortages through the use of supplies and equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
throughout the State of Idaho to reduce transmission and illness severity. The costs associated
with facilitating the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness and response effort are
expected to increase commensurate with the severity of the outbreak; and
WHEREAS, the City of McCall, Idaho has established a Coronavirus Working Group to aid in
the many public health aspects of the incident; and
WHEREAS, the Idaho Office of Emergency Management Emergency Operations Center is
coordinating resources across state government to support the Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare and local officials in alleviating the impacts to people, property, and infrastructure, and
is assessing the magnitude and long-term effects of the incident with the Idaho Department of
Health and Welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert S Giles, Mayor of the City of McCall, Valley County, State of
Idaho by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 46-1011 of the Idaho Code, and with the
consent of a majority of the City Council, do hereby find and therefore proclaim and declare:
1.That a state of emergency described in Section 46-1011, Idaho Code, exists in the City of
McCall, Valley County, State of Idaho.
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a. The plans and procedures of McCall, Valley County, State of Idaho Emergency
Operations Plan are to be implemented.
b. The nature of the emergency is the occurrence and imminent threat to public health and
safety arising from the effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
c. The area threatened by the emergency includes the City of McCall, Valley County,
State of Idaho.
d. The area subject to this proclamation shall include the City of McCall, Valley County
State of Idaho.
2.The state of public health emergency herein described shall exist for a period of thirty days
unless terminated, modified or unless extended for thirty-day increments by the McCall City
Council.
3.City departments are directed to utilize state resources and to do everything reasonably
possible to assist affected political subdivisions in an effort to respond to and recover from the
2019 novel coronavirus(COVID-19).
4.This proclamation serves pursuant to Section 46-1011, Idaho Code, as authorization for the
resources of local government to assist in efforts to deal with the public health emergency of the
2019 novel coronavirus(COVID-19) in Idaho.
5.City licensing departments are authorized to temporarily exercise enforcement discretion,
implement temporary rules, and waive licensing and related requirements to maximize access to
health care services and provider support in response to COVID-19.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
41'q 'NI CCA tt� hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the City of
McCall, Idaho at the City Hall in McCall on this
16th day of March in the year two thousand and
twenty.
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ATTEST _
l Robert S. Giles, Mayor
Bessido agner, CGy Clerk
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