Pursuant to F.S. ch. 252, which authorizes the waiver of procedures and formalities
otherwise required of political subdivisions to take whatever prudent action is necessary
to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the community in the event of a state
of emergency, when a quorum of the Board of County Commissioners is unable to meet,
the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, or the Vice-Chairman in his or
her absence, and in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman; the next County
Commissioner in order of seniority, or if two or more were appointed on the same date,
then in alphabetical order among them; and in the absence of any Commissioner; the
County Manager, in the absence of the County Manager; the Clerk of Courts; and in
the Clerk's absence the Deputy County Manager are hereby designated and empowered
to declare a local state of emergency whenever the designated person, according to
the above order of preference shall determine that a natural or manmade disaster has
occurred or that the occurrence or threat of one is imminent and requires immediate
and expeditious action.
(Ord. No. 02-50, § 1; Ord. No. 2017-38, § 1)
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