HomeMy WebLinkAboutMayor Roth's Seventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation and COVID-19 Rule No. 14 second extensionMitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Lee E. Lord
Managing Director
Robert H. Command
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kana, Hawaii 96740
(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-0440
SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTARY EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of the Hawai‘i County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawai‘i and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawai‘i County Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi issued an Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19 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 Hawaiʻi 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, the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i has issued 18 Emergency Proclamations related to the COVID-19 Emergency as of February 12, 2021; and
WHEREAS, since February 28, 2020 the Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i has issued six Emergency Proclamations, 14 Emergency Rules and seven Amendments to those Rules related to COVID-19 as of March 5, 2021; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the County of Hawai’i and a response requires the serious attention, effort and sacrifice of all people in the County of Hawai’i to avert unmanageable strains on our healthcare system and other catastrophic impacts to the County of Hawai’i; and
WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of the County of Hawaiʻi, 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 Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawaiʻi County Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exists due to the imminent danger or threat of emergency on Hawai‘i Island from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Seventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation shall be effective immediately, continuing thereon until June 10, 2021, unless terminated or superseded by a separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County of Hawai‘i to be affixed. Done this 6th day of April, 2021 in Hilo, Hawai‘i.
Mitchell D. Roth
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 offlce.
County Clerk
Jon Henricks
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
Lee E. Lord
Managing Director
Robert H. Command
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kana, Hawaii 96740
(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-0440
Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 14 (Second Extension)
Pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes § 127A-25, Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No.
14 is hereby further extended through June 10, 2021, effective April 12, 2021.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County
of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 6th day of Apri12021 in Hilo, Hawaii.
Mitchell D. Roth
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 offlce.
County Clerk
Jon Henricks