TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop - County Executive Officer/Director of Emergency Services & Oscar Ortiz - Sheriff/Deputy Director of Emergency Services
REPORT BY: Brieanna Jones - Emergency Services Officer
SUBJECT: Ratify Local Emergency Proclamation for February 2025 Storms
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to ratify a proclamation of local emergency for the February 2025 Storms, and approve a Budget Amendment for repairs. (Fiscal Impact: $9,500,000 Expense; General Fund; Not budgeted; Mandatory)
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
Government Code section 8630 and Napa County Code section 2.80.060, subd. (A)(2), empower the Napa County Executive Officer/Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the County or a portion of the County is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the Board is not in session. The Napa County Executive Officer/Director of Emergency Services proclaimed such local emergency on February 14, 2025, in response to the continued weather conditions in Napa County (collectively beginning on February 4, 2025, and referred to as the February 2025 Storms). The proposed resolution will ratify the proclamation within the required seven days and will continue the proclamation of local emergency in accordance with the Government Code.
The Board shall review the proclamation at least every thirty days at its regularly scheduled meetings to determine the need for continuing the local emergency until the local emergency has terminated. Termination of the local emergency shall be approved by the Board at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.
Requested Actions:
1. Adopt a Resolution ratifying the proclamation of Local Emergency that began on February 4, 2025, and delegating additional authorities to the CEO/Director of Emergency Services and the Sheriff/Deputy Director of Emergency Services related to the County's response to the eme...
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