2020-03-11 - Supplementary Emergency Proclamation - Coronavirus

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M.�YfOf N �� '►,, Roy Takemoto �i't'�• Managing Director Harry Kim MayorBarbara J.Kossow •+1'`•:' Deputy Managing Director rf 0F µr+► (offire of#hr nvur 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 SUPPLEMENTARY EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of emergency management and disaster relief, including the Mayor having direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; and WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of the Hawaii County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawaii and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawaii County Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and WHEREAS, on February 28, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii issued an Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19 virus being recognized as a public health emergency of international concern and a public health emergency for the United States; and WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020,the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued an Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency based upon the actions and directives of the President of the United States, the World Health Organization, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and current conditions warranting preemptive and protective actions related to the outbreak of COVID-19 virus; and WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of Hawaii Island, and the need for government agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide financial and other immediate services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawaii County Code; and WHEREAS, Section 127A-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended,prohibits increase in the selling price of any commodity, whether at the retail or wholesale level, in the area covered by and during the period of the Emergency Proclamation. NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY KIM, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the imminent danger or threat of emergency on the Hawaii Island and hereby authorize and invoke the following measures under Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended: County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.