11-0201 State of Emergency Proclamation COVERSHEET
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11-0201 State of Emergency Proclamation
MAYORAL PROCLAMATION
DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.76 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, authorizes the
mayor to declare a state of emergency by written proclamation when conditions constituting a
disaster or emergency exist; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.76.020 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, defines a
disaster as "an occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of
life or property resulting from any natural, technological or human-made cause including fire,
flood, earthquake, windstorm, wave action, oil spill or other contamination, radioactive incident,
epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, hostile or paramilitary
action, or structure failure of a dam, building or infrastructure, or other public calamity requiring
emergency action;" and
WHEREAS, Section 2.76.020 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, defines
an emergency as "any human-made, technological or natural event or circumstance causing or
threatening loss of life, injury to persons or property, human suffering or financial loss including
but not limited to fire, explosion, flood, severe weather, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity,
spills or releases of petroleum products or other hazardous material, contamination, utility or
transportation emergencies, disease, blight, infestation, civil disturbance, riot, sabotage and war;"
and
WHEREAS, Section 2.76.020 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, defines a
state of emergency as "a situation which involves an emergency or a disaster;" and
WHEREAS, weather forecasts as of February 1, 2011, are predicting a hazardous
blizzard for February 1 and February 2, 2011, with forecasts of up to twenty inches of snow and
wind gusts of up to sixty miles per hour creating whiteout conditions and potentially making
vehicular travel nearly impossible in the City of Elgin; and
WHEREAS, the mayor has determined that such blizzard conditions constitute an
emergency in the City of Elgin and represent an imminent threat to the public health, safety and
welfare; and
WHEREAS, the mayor has determined that conditions constituting an emergency or
disaster are presently existing in the city.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS that a state of emergency within the City of Elgin, Illinois, is hereby declared,
effective February 1, 2011, at 1:00 p.m.
The nature of the emergency or the disaster and the findings of fact substantiating the
existence and nature of the emergency or disaster are that current weather forecasts predict a
hazardous blizzard for February 1 and February 2, 2011, with forecasts of up to twenty inches of
snow and wind gusts of up to sixty miles per hour creating whiteout conditions and potentially
making vehicular travel nearly impossible in the City of Elgin. The amount and rate of the
predicted snowfall along with the associated high winds are expected to create dangerous
conditions endangering the public health, safety and welfare including, but not limited to: (1)
preventing vehicular travel for the general public; (2)potentially limiting vehicular operations of
public safety personnel; (3) creating the possibility of downed trees; and (4) creating the
possibility of downed power lines interrupting electrical service in the city.
In response to the emergency or disaster, the mayor has determined that it is necessary to
exercise the following powers conferred upon him pursuant to Section 2.76.040 of the Elgin
Municipal Code, 1976, as amended:
1. The city manager or the city manager's designee is hereby authorized pursuant to Elgin
Municipal Code Section 2.76.120 to procure by purchase or lease, such goods, services
and equipment as are deemed necessary for the city's emergency response effort to the
declared emergency.
2. The city manager, or the city manager's designee is authorized and empowered to
barricade streets and prohibit vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or regulate the same on any
public street leading to an area designated as an emergency area for such distance as may
deem necessary under the circumstances.
THIS PROCLAMATION shall remain in full force and effect until withdrawn by the
mayor.
Ed Schock, Mayor
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ED SCHOCK, having first been duly sworn on oath, deposes and states as follows:
1. He is the duly elected Mayor of the City of Elgin, Illinois.
2. He has reviewed the attached proclamation declaring a state of emergency and its
attendant description of the nature of the emergency and the findings of fact relating to the
emergency.
3. The nature of the emergency and the findings of fact regarding that emergency as set
forth in the attached proclamation declaring a state of emergency constitute an emergency or
disaster within the meaning of Chapter 2.76 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended.
4. The powers being invoked in the attached proclamation declaring a state of emergency
are being exercised in the interest of the health, safety and welfare of the City of Elgin and its
residents in response to the emergency at hand.
FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.
rr/_Ed Schock
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 1St day of February, 2011.
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