HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/23/2009 - Adopted Board RecordsATA SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009
RESOLUTION 122309-1 CONFIRMING THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S
DECLARATION OFA LOCAL EMERGENCYDUETOSEVEREWEATHER
-SNOW STORM
WHEREAS, Virginia Code Section 44-146.21 provides that "in the event the
governing body cannot convene due to [a] disaster or other exigent circumstances, the
[local] director [of emergency services] ...may declare the existence of a local emergency,
subject to confirmation by the governing body at its next regularly scheduled meeting or at
a special meeting within fourteen days of the declaration, whichever occurs first; and
WHEREAS, inconformitywith the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services
and Disaster Law of 2000 (Virginia Code Section 44-146.13 et seq.), the Board of
Supervisors by adoption of Resolution No.111798-2, adopted an Emergency Operations
Plan for Roanoke County, and designated the County Administrator as the Director of
Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of the authority vested in him by Section 44-146.21, the
County Administrator, as the County's Director of Emergency Services, issued a
Declaration of Local Emergency on December 19, 2009, in response to severe weather in
the form of a snow storm.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
ROANOKE COUNTY, VIRGINIA:
That pursuant to Virginia Code Section 44-146.21 Board of Supervisors hereby
ratifies and confirms the Declaration of Local Emergency issued by the County
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That pursuant to Virginia Code Section 44-146.21 Board of Supervisors hereby
ratifies and cor~firms the Declaration of Local Emergency issued by the County
Administrator, in his capacity as the County's Director of Emergency Services, on
December 19, 2009.
Gn motion of Supervisor Altizer to adopt the resolution, and carried by the following
recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Moore, Church, McNamara, Altizer
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Flora
A COPY TESTE:
Becky R. Mea or
Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
cc: B. Clayton Goodman III, County Administrator
Paul M. Mahoney, County Attorney
Richard Burch, Chief of Fire and Rescue
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