2022-11-08 Notices +c,„ PUBLIC NOTICE MINUTE FILE
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• CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
EMERGENCY MEETING CALLED
NOVEMBER 8, 2022, AT 2 P.M.
TO ENACT AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE DUE TO POTENTIAL
WEATHER IMPACTS BY SUBTROPICAL STORMIHURRICANE NICOLE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct an Emergency Meeting to be held on Tuesday,
November 8, 2022, at 2 PM, or as soon thereafter as possible, at City Hall, 55 SE 3rd AVE, Rm 200, Okeechobee,
FL.
The public is invited to attend and be heard on all matters. Copies of the agenda will be available at the meeting,
or prior to the meeting, and may be viewed and/or downloaded from https://www.cityofokeechobee.com/Agenda
Minutes-CityCouncil.html.
The purpose of the Emergency Public Hearing will be to consider adopting the following proposed Emergency
Ordinance, due to potential severe weather. The proposed ordinance can be inspected in its entirety at
https://www.cityofokeechobee.com/public-notice.html or in the City Clerk's Office:
• ORDINANCE NO. 1269: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING THE POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT AS THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE; PROVIDING FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT TO DECLARE A 72-HOUR STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE DUE TO THE PREDICTED PATH OF SUBTROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE NICOLE;
PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT TO
EXTEND THE 72-HOUR DECLARATION; PROVIDING FOR DECLARATION TO CONTINUE FOR AN
INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT;
PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY MEASURES; PROVIDING FOR DISCRETIONARY
EMERGENCY MEASURES; PROVIDING FOR FILING DECLARATIONS AND MEASURES IN THE OFFICE OF
THE CITY CLERK AND PUBLICATION TO NEWS MEDIA; PROVIDING FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE ADVISED that should you intend to show any document, picture, video, or items to the City Council in support
or opposition to any item on the agenda, a copy of the document, picture, video, or item must be provided to the
Board Secretary for the City's records. ANY PERSON DECIDING TO APPEAL any decision made by the City
Council with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need to ensure a verbatim record of the
proceeding is made and the record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal will be based. In
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to
participate in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk's Office in person or call 863-763-9814, Hearing
Impaired: Florida Relay 7-1-1 no later than four business days prior to proceeding.
By: Mayor Dowling R. Watford,Jr.
City Clerk Lane Gamiotea
NOTICE POSTED:11/7/22 BB/WEBSITE,11/7/22 SM