Resolution 2017-144 (Hurricane Irma) PROCLAMATION/RESOLUTION NO.2017-14 4
PROCLAMATION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FOR ALL TERRITORY WITHIN THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF
COLLIER COUNTY INCLUDING ALL INCORPORATED AND
UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
WHEREAS, Hurricane Irma has the potential for causing extensive damage to public
utilities, public buildings, public communication systems, public streets and roads, public
drainage systems, commercial and residential buildings and areas; and
WHEREAS, Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services officials are recommending
that a"State of Local Emergency"be declared due to the threat of Hurricane Irma; and
WHEREAS, Section 252.38(3)(a)(5), Fla. Stat., and Collier County Ordinance Nos. 84-
37, 2001-45, 2002-50, 2007-49, and 2011-34 (codified at Sections 38-56 through 38-71 in the
Collier County Code of Laws and Ordinances) provide for a political subdivision such as Collier
County to declare a State of Local Emergency and to waive the procedures and formalities
otherwise required of political subdivisions by law pertaining to:
1. Performance of public work and taking whatever prudent action is necessary to
ensure the health, safety and welfare of the community;
2. Entering into contracts;
3. Incurring obligations;
4. Employment of permanent and temporary workers;
5. Rental of equipment;
6. Utilization of volunteer workers;
7. Acquisition and distribution, with or without compensation, of supplies, materials
and facilities;
8. Appropriation and expenditure of public funds.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, in Special Session,this 6th day of
September, 2017,that Hurricane Irma poses a serious threat to the lives and property of residents
of Collier County, that voluntary evacuation is encouraged, and that a State of Local Emergency
be declared, effective immediately for all territory in the incorporated and unincorporated areas
of Collier County.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners hereby
exercises its authority pursuant to Collier County Ordinance Nos. 84-37, 2001-45, 2002-50,
2007-49, and 2011-34 and waives the procedures and formalities required by law of a political
subdivision, as provided in Section 252.38(3)(a)(5), Fla. Stat., including authorization for
Procurement Director to waive existing purchasing card limitations during the declared
emergency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners hereby
declares that during an emergency it shall be unlawful and an offense against the County for any
person operating within the County to charge more than the normal average retail price for any
merchandise, goods or services sold during the emergency. The average retail price as used
herein is defined to be that price at which similar merchandise, goods or services were being sold
during the 30 days immediately preceding the emergency or at a mark-up which is a larger
percentage over wholesale cost than was being added to wholesale cost prior to the emergency.
The waiver and re-imposition of the state gas tax(es) shall not factor as to gasoline/petroleum
products sales prices.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Collier County Ordinance No. 2002-
50, Section One, this proclamation declaring a state of emergency shall activate the disaster
emergency plans applicable to the County and shall be the authority for the use or distribution of
any supplies, equipment, materials or facilities assembled or arranged to be made available
pursuant to such plans.
THIS PROCLAMATION/RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and
majority vote favoring same this 6th day of September, 2017.
ATTEST: .. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DWIGHT B. BROCK, CLERK COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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