HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-088 CCRMember Butler introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NU. 2021-88
RESOLUTION ENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020 the Mayor of the City of Brooklyn Center ("City")
issued Mayoral Declaration No. 2020-1 Declaring a Local Emergency ("Declaration 2020-1) as
a result of the COVID-19 health pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on the same day, the City Council exercised its authority under Minnesota
Statutes, section 12.29 to adopt Resolution No. 2020-035 ("Extension Resolution") to extend the
local emergency declaration; and
WHEREAS, the Governor, as part of a deal reached with the legislature, ended the
Peacetime Emergency Declaration related to the pandemic effective as of July 1, 2021; however,
the Governor did not declare the pandemic over and instead made provisions to continue
emergency response to the pandemic by legislative authority rather than emergency authority;
and
WHEREAS, the residents of the City have been hit hard by the pandemic, both from a
health perspective and financially, and efforts continues to get more residents vaccinated; and
WHEREAS, City buildings were closed to the public during the pandemic and are only
recently being reopened; and
WHEREAS, the City has been conducting meetings by electronic means as authorized
under Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.021, and is working to transition back to in -person
meetings while exploring options to allow the public to continue to attend at least regular
Council meetings electronically; and
WHEREAS, electronic meetings can continue as long as the presiding officer (i.e., the
Mayor) finds that it is not practical or prudent to meet in -person "because of a health pandemic
or an emergency declared under chapter 12"; and
WHEREAS, the pandemic did not end on July lst and Declaration 2020-1 is an
emergency declaration issued under chapter 12 that remains in effect;
WHEREAS, the City Council determines it is in the best interests of the City and its
residents to wait until the end of July to end the local emergency declaration; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, as the presiding officer for the City, issued an updated statement
indicating the City shall return to in -person meetings as of August lsc
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn
Center that, effective as of 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2021, the local emergency declared by
Declaration 20204 is ended and the Extension Resolution is repealed.
July 12, 2021
Date
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Ryan
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Butler, Elliott, Graves, Lawrence -Anderson, Ryan
and the following voted against the same: None
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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