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Home My WebLink About2021-09-30 - Eleventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation - Coronavirusor Lee E. Lord .Managing Director Mitchell D. Roth +: '• Maror Robert H. Commend �i'�:,•r+,e`•'�`` i r OF •M� P Depuq> Managing Director �)�Uuk 1 f (n lxa1 1* (Offirr of #I L,, ttHa ar 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 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 ELEVENTH 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 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, the Governor of the State of Hawaii has issued twenty-four Emergency Proclamations related to the COVID-19 Emergency as of October 1, 2021, and WHEREAS, since February,28, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaii has issued ten Emergency Proclamations, eighteen Emergency Rules, eight Amendments and three extensions to those Rules related to COVID-19 as of October 1, 2021; and WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the County of Hawaii and a response requires the serious attention, effort and sacrifice of all people in the County of Hawaii to avert unmanageable strains on our healthcare system and other catastrophic impacts to the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, since, there has been an alarming increase in the spread of COVID-19 which is primarily.related to the DELTA variant of COVID-19. The dramatic increase: in community spread of COVID-19 has resulted in increased hospitalization and strained County of }lawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. health care resources, including utilization of all ICU hospital beds on island. Without immediate action, the County of Hawaii is unable to meet urgent health care needs of our island community. As a result, it has become necessary to re -implement more stringent restrictions in order to reduce the threat of spread and enable our health care resources to meet urgent health care needs attributable to the spread of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of the County of Hawai'i, 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, Hawai'i County Code. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawati'i, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exists due to the imminent danger or threat of emergency on Hawaii Island from the COVID-19 pandemic. This Eleventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation shall be effective October 4, 2021, continuing thereon until December 3, 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 Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 30`h day of September, 2021 in Hilo, Hawaii. CONCURRENCE: Governor DavidY. ge 2 -:;; �; -� '/;?x% - - - Mitchell D. Roth Mayor County of Hawaii Mitchell D. Roth Mayor Lee E. Lord Managing Director Robert H. Command Deputy Managing Director Cauufv ]Qf '�Ofafuai t Mffi m of f4Q nVor 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 October 4, 2021 C= TO: Jon Henricks, County Clerk ..�.. Office of the County Clerk ,r FROM: Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor County of Hawai'i RE: COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 18 Eleventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation This is a transmittal of COVID 19 Emergency Rule No. 18 and the Eleventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation issued by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth, and concurred by Governor David Ige to the County Clerk, custodian of records. Received by: Print Name: Date: County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.