HomeMy WebLinkAboutR21-029 Termination of COVID-19 Local Disaster Emergency Declaration DocuSign Envelope ID:47EC6AE6-A978-4C1A-8242-85691718B0C6
McQueeney
Commissioner moved adoption
of the following Resolution:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE,STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO.2021- 029
TERMINATION OF THE EAGLE COUNTY
COVID-19 LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARATION
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, Eagle County Public Health and Environment
("ECPHE") confirmed its first case of COVID-19 within the county. Since that time,
Eagle County has seen over 5800 cases of the illness as well as 22 fatalities to date; and
WHEREAS,on March 6, 2020,pursuant to the authority delegated by the
Board of County Commissioners ("Board"),the Eagle County Manager declared a
COVID-19 Local Disaster Emergency("Declaration") because the cost and magnitude
of responding to and recovering from the impact of COVID-19 in the community is far
in excess of the county's available resources; and
WHEREAS,the Board has extended the Declaration six times previously, on
March 10,April 7,April 28,May 26, June 30, and September 29, 2020 because the
conditions that spurred the declaration had not abated; and
WHEREAS, on April 16, 2021, the state executive orders devolved,
transitioning control back to local public health agencies to implement appropriate
orders based on conditions that exist within their respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS,as vaccinations continue to be deployed and other key metrics of
disease transmission are satisfactorily met, ECPHE anticipates the rescission of all local
public health orders on May 18, 2021; and
WHEREAS,the Board desires to terminate the Declaration concurrently with
the rescission of local public health orders by ECPHE as the conditions that spurred the
Declaration and six previous extensions no longer pose the same serious threat to the
health and safety of the citizens of Eagle County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-33.5-709(2), "[a]ny order or proclamation
... terminating ... a local disaster emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity
and shall be filed promptly with the county clear and recorder ... and with the office of
emergency management;".
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board:
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THAT,the Board confirms, determines, and declares that the presence and
likelihood of additional cases of the COVID-19 virus within Eagle County no longer
warrant a declaration of a local disaster emergency.
THAT,the Declaration and all attendant extensions thereof are hereby terminated
upon the rescission of all local public health orders of ECPHE, currently anticipated to be
May 18, 2021. This Declaration shall remain in full force and effect until all local public
health orders are rescinded.
MOVED,READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held May 18, 2021.
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Commissioner
Commissioner Scherr seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution.
The roll having been called,the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Scherr Aye
Commissioner McQueeney Aye
Commissioner Chandler-Henry Absent
This resolution passed by 3/0 vote of the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.
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