Subject:
Title
A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Rescinding the Declaration of a Local Disaster Emergency Concerning the COVID-19 Pandemic in and for the Town of Erie
Body
Departments: Town Administrator and Town Attorney
Presenter(s): Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
Kendra Carberry, Town Attorney
Staff Recommendation:
Recommendation
Approve Resolution 22-112
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Summary and Background of Subject Matter:
Adopting this Resolution will rescind the Declaration of a Local Disaster Emergency under which the Board and Town staff operated to implement actions deemed necessary to address and mitigate the impacts of the Pandemic. Staff previously asked the Board to defer taking action to rescind the emergency declaration because we believed rescinding it could adversely affect the Town's ability to receive State and Federal emergency funding. However, the Town's Grants Manager has confirmed there is no current funding that requires the emergency declaration to remain in place. Further, staff do not anticipate current or likely conditions associated with the ongoing Pandemic to require further emergency actions. Consequently, staff recommends the Board rescind the Declaration of a Local Disaster Emergency.
Emergency Actions During the Pandemic
Governor Polis recognized the COVID-19 pandemic and on March 10, 2020 declared a disaster emergency. On March 14, 2020, Mayor Jennifer Carroll declared a local disaster emergency in and for the Town of Erie. On March 24, 2020, the Board of Trustees approved a Resolution ratifying the Mayor's declarations. On April 28, 2020 the Board adopted Resolution 2020-079 continuing the local disaster emergency in the Town of Erie until rescinded by additional action of the Board of Trustees.
These declarations made the Town eligible for over $1 million in Federal funding administered through the State of Colorado and Boulder and Weld Counties through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CVRF). The Town u...
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