Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION OF THE STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL RATIFYING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCYDUE TO EXTREME WINTER STORMS The California Emergency Services Act, Government Code sections 8550, et seq., authorize the proclamation of a local emergency when conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a city exist; and Stockton Municipal Code Title 2, Chapter 2.82, empowers the City Manager, acting as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is exposed to actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City when the City Council is not in session; and On January 1, 2023, the City of Stockton Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a local emergency due to extreme winter weather, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The Proclamation of the Existence of a Local Emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services is hereby ratified.
The monetary limit on City Manager contracting and purchasing authority set out in Stockton Municipal Code 3.68.040 is suspended in order to the allow the City Manager the ability to effectively and efficiently continue response to public safety concerns and City operations during the pendency of this local emergency.
The City Manager is authorized to follow recommendation from State, Federal, and Local authorities, including but not limited to, the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services, the California Office of Emergency Services, FEMA, and other such organizations.
The City Manager or designee is authorized to utilize the General Fund Contingency appropriation, including transfers to other City funds, as needed for emergency response expenses related to this proclaimed emergency with a report of uses back to the City Council in the quarterly budget status reports.
The local emergency shall continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Manager.
The City Manager is authorized to take any and all actions that are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED January 6, 2023 .
KEVIN J LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton