CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-22-2 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis
ORDINANCE
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Updating The Civil Emergency Powers Ordinance Relating To Public Health Orders (Lewis)
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UPDATING THE CIVIL EMERGENCY POWERS ORDINANCE RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The City's code of ordinances addressing Civil Emergency Powers is amended and the sections are revised as follows:
"? 2-9-1-4 MAYORAL PROCLAMATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY ADVISORIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
Whenever the Mayor shall, after consultation with the Director of the City Office of Emergency Management, find that a public health emergency exists as defined herein, he shall forthwith proclaim in writing the existence of such emergency. Upon such determination the Mayor may issue such public health advisories or recommendations as deemed appropriate in consultation with City Office of Emergency Management, and subject to the oversight authority of the City Council as prescribed by Section 2-9-1-6, below.
? 2-9-1-5 PUBLICATION OF ORDERS, ADVISORIES OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
The Mayor shall immediately deliver a copy of the declaration and all orders, advisories, or recommendations issued pursuant to authority contained in ? 2-9-1-3 or ? 2-9-1-4 to the Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque Fire and Rescue, all major media outlets serving the city, and the City Councilors. The Mayor shall also post a copy of such orders, advisories, or recommendations to the city's website, distribute them through the city's primary social media accounts, and take such additional reasonable measures necessary to inform impacted persons and businesses of the emergency declaration and associated emergency orders, advisories, or recommendations.
? 2-9-1-6 DURATION AND EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, ORDERS, ADVISORIES, OR RECOMMENDA...
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