Resolution No. 2020-11RC
CITY OF CLERMONT
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT CITY COUNCIL
RELATING TO THE DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, Emergency Management provides for Local
Emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its assessment of the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) threat from high to very high and declared the public
health emergency of international concern related to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for disease Control and Prevention has declared the potential
health threat posed by COVID-19 as "high," both in the United States and throughout the world;
has spread world-wide including 49 states in the United States; and
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-51,
declaring that appropriate measures to control the spread of COVID-19 in the State of Florida are
necessary, and therefore directed that a Public Health Emergency be declared in the State of
Florida; and
WHEREAS, Lake County is currently under a State of Emergency; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the Clermont City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida has determined that a state of emergency exists and hereby declares a Declaration
of Local Emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida, may need assistance from the
State of Florida to assist in the protection of public health; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Clermont,
Lake County, Florida as follows:
SECTION 1. Emergency Declaration
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") poses a serious threat to the health of the residents
and visitors of Lake County. A Local State of Emergency is declared effective immediately.
SECTION 2. Waiver of Procedures and Formalities Otherwise Required.
Due to the Local State of Emergency, effectively immediately, the procedures and formalities
required by the City by law or ordinance are hereby waived as they pertain to:
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(a) Performance of public work and taking whatever prudent action is necessary to ensure
the health, safety, and welfare of the community;
(b) Entering into contracts;
(c) Incurring obligations;
(d) Employment of permanent and temporary workers;
(e) Utilization of volunteer hours;
(0 Rental of equipment;
(g) Acquisition and distribution, with or without compensation, of supplies, materials and
facilities; and
(h) Appropriation and expenditure of public funds.
SECTION 3. Effective Date; Duration; Authority
The Local State of Emergency shall take effect immediately and shall be in effect for seven (7)
days from the date hereof. The City Manager is hereby specifically and expressly authorized to
cancel or extend the Local State of Emergency as may be required.
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RESOLUTION NO.2020-11R
DONE AND RESOLVED by the Mayor of the City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake
County, Florida, this 17th day of March 2020.
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe, City Clerk