HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAYOR’S DECEMBER 5, 2021 SEVERE WEATHER CONDITION FIRST EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (21-001S)Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
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Office of the Mayor
Lee E. Lord
Managing Director
Robert H. Command
.Deputy Managing .Director
25 Aupran Street, Suite 2603 * Hilo, Hawaii 96720 * (808) 961-8211 * Fax (808) 961-6553
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December 5, 2021
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TO: Jon Henricks, County Clerk
Office of the County Clerk
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FROM: Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor
County of Hawaii
RE: MAYOR'S DECEMBER 5,2021 SEVERE WEATHER CONDITION FIRST
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (21-001S)
This is a transmittal of Mayor's December 5, 2021 Severe Weather Condition First Emergency Proclamation
(2100-IS) issued by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth to the County Clerk, custodian of records.
Received by:
Print Name:
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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
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(808) 323-4444 * Fax (808) 323-4440
MAYOR'S DECEMBER 5, 2021 SEVERE WEATHER CONDITION FIRST
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (21-001S)
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai'i Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of
County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief with the Mayor having
direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaii Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles I 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 December 5, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., the National Weather Service has issued
an Advisory that potential heavy rainfall, lightning, high winds associated with thunder storms
and catastrophic flooding may occur; and
WHEREAS, sudden, severe and extraordinary events of lightning, heavy rains, and
flooding are causing damage, loss, and sufl.ering of such character and magnitude to affect the
health, welfare and safety of the public and is of such a nature as to require assistance from the
County of Hawai'i, State of Hawaii, and the Federal government.
WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent disaster due to property damage and/or
bodily injury to residents of Hawal-'-1 Island, and the need for govern metit agencies and
representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide immediate services to our island
residents, a Civil Defense state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapters 127A, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, as amended, and Chapter 7, Hawai'i County Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
hereby proclaim and declare that a state olemergency exists due to the threat of imminent
disaster on Hawaii Island, effective December 5, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Hawaii standard time.
This Emergency Proclamation shall be effective December 5, 2021, shall -terminate on
December 31, 1, 2021 unless terminated earlier or extended by a separate proclamation, whichever
shall occur first.
County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawai'i to be affixed. Done this 5 th day of December, 2021 in Hilo, Hawaii.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawaii
I HEREBY CERTIFY that above Is a
true and correct copy of the original
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