2024-09-26 Official Minutes 421
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.7 SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Mayor Clark called the Emergency Meeting of the City Council for the City of Okeechobee to order on
September 26, 2024, at 8:30 A.M. in the City Council Chambers, located at City Hall, 55 Southeast 3rd
Avenue, Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida.
II. ATTENDANCE
City Clerk Lane Gamiotea called the roll. Members physically present to establish a quorum: Vice Mayor
Monica M. Clark, Council Members Noel A. Chandler, Robert "Bob" Jarriel, and David R. McAuley. Mayor
Dowling R. Watford, Jr., attended via cellphone.
III. VICE MAYOR CLARK OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AT
8:30 A.M.
A. Motion by Council Member Jarriel,seconded by Council Member Chandler to read by title only, proposed
Emergency Ordinance No. 1297, designating the Chief of Police as the City's Emergency Management
Official and authorizing him to declare and extend a State of Emergency, as necessary, for Subtropical
Storm/Hurricane Helene [as presented in Exhibit 1].
Motion Carried Unanimously.
City Clerk Gamiotea read into the record the title of proposed Ordinance No. 1297 as follows: "AN
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA,DESIGNATING THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL
FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE; PROVIDING FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO DECLARE,WHEN
NECESSARY,A 72-HOUR STATE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE DUE TO
THE PREDICTED PATH OF SUBTROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE HELENE; PROVIDING FOR
ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO EXTEND THE 72-HOUR
DECLARATION;PROVIDING FOR DECLARATION TO CONTINUE FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF
TIME AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE; 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."
Motion by Council Member Chandler, seconded by Council Member McAuley, to adopt proposed
Ordinance No. 1297. There were no comments from the public.
Roll Call Vote: Chandler-Yea, Clark-Yea, Jarriel -Yea, McAuley-Yea,Watford-Yea.
Motion Carried Unanimously.
VICE MAYOR CLARK CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:35 A.M.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further items of discussion, Vice Mayor Clark adjourned the meeting at 8:35 A.M.
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Lane Gamiotea, CMC, 'ty Clerk
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