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Mitchell D. Roth
<br />Mayor
<br />Lee E. Lord
<br />Managing Director
<br />Robert H. Command
<br />Deputy Managing Director
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<br />MAYOR'S DECEMBER 5, 2021 SEVERE WEATHER CONDITION FIRST
<br />EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (21-001S)
<br />WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai'i Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of
<br />County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief with the Mayor having
<br />direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; and
<br />WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles I and 2 of
<br />the Hawaii County Code, establishes a Civil. Defense Agency within the County of Hawaii and
<br />prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawaii County
<br />Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
<br />WHEREAS, on December 5, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., the National Weather Service has issued
<br />an Advisory that potential heavy rainfall, lightning, high winds associated with thunder storms
<br />and catastrophic flooding may occur; and
<br />WHEREAS, sudden, severe and extraordinary events of lightning, heavy rains, and
<br />flooding are causing damage, loss, and sufl.ering of such character and magnitude to affect the
<br />health, welfare and safety of the public and is of such a nature as to require assistance from the
<br />County of Hawai'i, State of Hawaii, and the Federal government.
<br />WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent disaster due to property damage and/or
<br />bodily injury to residents of Hawal-'-1 Island, and the need for govern metit agencies and
<br />representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide immediate services to our island
<br />residents, a Civil Defense state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapters 127A, Hawaii
<br />Revised Statutes, as amended, and Chapter 7, Hawai'i County Code; and
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, 1, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
<br />hereby proclaim and declare that a state olemergency exists due to the threat of imminent
<br />disaster on Hawaii Island, effective December 5, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Hawaii standard time.
<br />This Emergency Proclamation shall be effective December 5, 2021, shall -terminate on
<br />December 31, 1, 2021 unless terminated earlier or extended by a separate proclamation, whichever
<br />shall occur first.
<br />County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer,
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