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RESOLUTION NO. 5141-2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BARSTOW CONFIRMING THE FIRE CHIEF/DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES’
DECLARATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Barstow Municipal Code section 2.16.050 empowers the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, the same ordinance requires that the City Council take action to ratify the proclamation within seven days thereafter; and
WHEREAS, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons have arisen within the City of Barstow as the result of conditions surrounding Tropical Storm Hilary; and WHEREAS, the Fire Chief, acting as the Director of Emergency Services did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City on the 20th day of August, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the above-described conditions of extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency in the vicinity of the City of Barstow.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Barstow that the Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency, as issued by the Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Services is ratified and confirmed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the local emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council of the City of Barstow.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21st Day of August, 2023. _________________________________
Paul Anthony Courtney, Dr.,B.A., Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Andrea Flores, City Clerk
I, Andrea Flores, City Clerk of the City of Barstow, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5141-2023 is the actual Resolution duly and regularly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 21
st day of August 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT/VACANT:
ABSTAIN:
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Andrea Flores, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew T. Summers
Assistant City Attorney