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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 17, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
STAFF: Mike Gavin
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance No. 080,2007,Amending Section 2-671 of the City Code Pertaining
to Emergency Management Provisions.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Ordinance,unanimously adopted on First Reading on June 19,2007,amends City Code Section
2-671 to change the name of the Colorado state agency responsible for emergency management from
"State Division of Disaster Emergency Services" to its current title of "Colorado Division of
Emergency Management." The amendment provides a general term for the state agency that will
allow for any future reorganization and renaming of the State office so that the Code need not be
amended each time the State makes changes.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- June 19, 2007.
ATTACHMENT 1
ITEM NUMBER: 10
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 19, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FF: Mike Gavin
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SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 080,2007,Amending Section 2-671 of the City Code Pertaining to
Emergency Management Provisions.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Colorado state agency res aopy
t was formally known as the
"State Division of Disaster E rgencfied in City Code Sec. 2-671It is currently named "Coloo Diviement". e recommended
amendment provides a general t t for any future reorganization
and renaming of the State office so that the Code need not be amended each time the State makes
changes.
ORDINANCE NO. 080, 2007
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-671 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
WHEREAS,the Office of Emergency Management was created by Ordinance No.40, 1990;
and
WHEREAS, Section 2-671 of the City Code requires any emergency ordinance passed
pursuant to this Section to be filed with the County Clerk and the State Division of Disaster
Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Disaster Emergency Services has been renamed; and
WHEREAS, this amendment uses a general term for the State agency so that the Code
section need not be amended each time the agency is reorganized, re-named or otherwise changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-671(a)(1)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 2-671. Powers and duties of the director and assistant director of the
Office of Emergency Management.
(a) The director is hereby empowered:
(1) To proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local
emergency. Whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the
director, it shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of
seven(7)days,except by or with the consent of the City Council.Any
such proclamation shall be given prompt and general publicity and
shall be filed promptly with the City Clerk or the Larimer County
Clerk and Recorder and with the State agency responsible for
emergency management.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
June, A.D. 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 1 y of July, A.D. 2007.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of July, A.D. 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk