CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance pertaining to a local state of emergency and disaster and extending the same until at least May 19, 2020
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Michael DiSanto, City Attorney
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
On March 17, 2020, at an emergency Naperville City Council meeting, a local state of emergency and disaster related to the COVID-19 outbreak was declared (see attached Mayor of Naperville's Declaration of a Local State of Emergency and Disaster and City of Naperville Ordinance 20-028 Pertaining to a Local State of Emergency and Disaster). The local state of emergency and disaster was made to expire on April 21, 2020 unless extended by City Council because at the time the State of Illinois' disaster proclamation was scheduled to expire on April 7, 2020. On April 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Illinois extended the state's disaster proclamation due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak through April 30, 2020.
DISCUSSION:
Due to the uncertain nature of measures that may be taken on a federal, state, and/or?local level to reduce the spread of COVID 19 (hereinafter, the "Emergency"), and the uncertainty of the timeframe during which such measures may need to be taken in order to protect the public and City staff, and to ensure the continued operation of the City, it is necessary and appropriate to extend the local ordinance?previously passed in conjunction with the Mayor's?Declaration of a Local State of Emergency?and Disaster.
The attached ordinance extends the Naperville Declaration of Emergency through the May 19, 2020 City Council meeting or throughout any extension of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, whichever date is later; or unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the City Council.
The ordinance authorizes the Mayor, or the Mayor's designee if the Mayor is absent or incapacitated, to take those actions authorized by state statute, the Naperv...
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