HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-57RESOLUTION NO.2O2L-57
A RESOTUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION 2O2O.39 AND ENDING THE tOCAt EMERGENCY DECLARATION
EXTENDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 23,2O2O
WHEREA$ on March 20,2O2O the Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "City) declared that
a local emergency was in effect in the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2O2O the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota found that a local
emergency continued in the City and made it in effect in the City untilfurther action of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the declaration of a local emergency allows a city to implement local emergency plans and to
access certain emergency powers to meet, enter into contracts, and to raise funds without having to follow
typical procedures, allowing the City to rapidly respond to the emergency; and
WHEREAS, the initial uncertainties associated with the pandemic, the potential need for a local emergency
response, and the possibility that a loca! declaration would be required to be eligible for federal or state relief
funds made the declaration of a loca! emergency appropriate; and
WHEREAS, now that the pandemic emergency has existed for more than a year, the City has learned how to
continue its work without having to rely on emergency plans or the exercise of emergency powers; and
WHEREAS, while the pandemic remains a public health risk, the increased availability of vaccines has caused
the number and severity of cases to continue to drop; and
WHEREAS, on May 28, 202L, State of Minnesota COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and social gatherings
ended; and
WHEREAS, on July L, 202L, Governor Tim Walz ended his peacetime emergency declaration to address the
COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOTVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL that it is no longer necessary to continue the local
emergency declaration, as the City can and will continue to respond to the pandemic without having to rely on
local emergency plans or emergency powers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT FURTHER RESOwED BY THE CIW COUNCTL that Resolution 2O2O-39 is hereby
repealed.
WHEREAS, it has also become clear that eligibility for federal and state emergency assistance has not and will
not depend on the existence of a local emergency; and
City of Columbia Heights - Council Resolution 2O2L-57 Page 2
ORDER OF COUNC!L
Passed this 12th day of )uly,2027
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Buesgens
Murzyn, Jr.
AllAyes
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Mii rquez Simu la,
Attest
N icole Tingley, Cry tlerkflou ncil Secretary