HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 06/19/2007 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 080, 2007, AMENDING ITEM NUMBER: 10
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: June 19, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Mike Gavin
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 responsible for emergency management was formally known as the
"State Division of Disaster Emergency Services" and was so identified in City Code Sec. 2-671.
It is currently named "Colorado Division of Emergency Management'. The recommended
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.
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 Divisivn of Disa
Emergency 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 17th day of July, A.D . 2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of July, A . D . 2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk