HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation and DeclarationPROCLAMATION AND DECLARATION OF
STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
August 26, 2005
I, Manuel A. Diaz, Mayor of the City of Miami, County of Miami -Dade, State' of Florida,
pursuant to applicable law, and acting under the authority granted to municipalities by Florida
Statutes, Sections 252.38, et seq. and 870.041 — 870.047, 501.160 and the authority granted to
me by Chapter 4(g)(3) of the City of Miami Charter and by Chapter 45 of the Miami City Code,
and Chapter 8A-5 of the Miami Dade County Code, and having determined.that an emergency
affecting the City of Miami has occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina, do hereby proclaim
and declare that a state of local emergency exists within the City of Miami, County of Miami -
Dade, State of Florida, and that to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the community, for
purposes of emergency management, do hereby waive the procedures and formalities otherwise
required by the Miami City Charter and Code pertaining to the appropriation of funds, making
contracts, incurring obligations, employment of permanent .or temporary workers, utilization of
volunteer workers, obtaining and distributing equipment, materials, and. supplies; and facilities,
with or without compensation.
Manuel A. Diaz, May
City of Miami, Flori
August 26, 2005
Time: 4 la A. /P.M.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached and foregoing DECLARATION OF A STATE
OF EMERGENCY was filed with the City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, this 26th day of
August 2005 at A.M./P.M.
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