HomeMy WebLinkAboutMayor's Fourth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation for COVID-19Harry Kim
Mayor
Roy Takemoto
Managing Director
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii
Office of the Mayor
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FOURTH 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 COVID-19 outbreak 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 a
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; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii issued the
Supplementary Emergency Proclamation declaring further orders for response to COVID-19;
and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued the
Supplementary Proclamation further suspending State laws that impeded the state-wide response
to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued the Second
Supplementary Proclamation issuing an order that all persons coming into the State of Hawaii
shall be subject to a period of self -quarantine; and
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii issued the Second
Supplementary Emergency Proclamation issuing further orders for response to COVID-19; and
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii issued the Third
Supplementary Emergency Proclamation issuing further orders for response to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Hawaii has issued 16 Emergency
Proclamations related to the Covid-19 Emergency as of November 23, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii has issued, relative to COVID-19, three
prior Emergency Proclamations, 12 Emergency Rules and five Amendments to those Rules as of
November 23, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the number of persons being infected by COVID-19 globally and in the
United States, the State of Hawaii and the County of Hawaii continue to perpetuate and
increase at alarming rates; 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY KIM, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby
proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exist due to the imminent danger or
threat of emergency on the Hawaii Island from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Fourth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation is effective immediately and shall
continue through December 31, 2020 or until further act by this office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 25th day of November, 2020 in Hilo, Hawaii.
HARRY KIM
Mayor
County of Hawai i
CONCURRENCE:
Governor David Y. Ige
I HEREBY CERTIFY that above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
Aaron Brown for
County Clerk