Monday night’s Normal Town Hall meeting is highlighted by a discussion over the “Ordinance to Authorize Emergency Discretionary Decision-Making Authority to the President of the Board of Trustees (Mayor) and City Manager During COVID-19 Pandemic to Make Decisions Outside the Typical Scope of the Personnel Code, Procurement Policy, Etc. as Needed During Pandemic Crisis.”
Per SEC. 25.2-12 LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY AND CIVIL EMERGENCY: After proclamation of a local disaster or civil emergency by the Mayor, he may order a general curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the Town or to the Town as a whole, as he deems advisable, and applicable during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare. Other Prohibitions. After the proclamation of local disaster or civil emergency, the Mayor of the Town of Normal may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, make any or all of the following orders: Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle; Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever; Issue such other orders as are immediately necessary for the protection of life and property; Prohibiting the selling at retail of alcoholic liquor.
If you plan on attending this meeting, be warned there are some changes:
Public Comment will be available via email. Public Commenters should email statements to the City Clerk at ahuonker@normal.org prior to 4:45 p.m. on the day of the scheduled meeting.
Statements will be read aloud as part of the record. Public comment will also be available at the meeting site. Social distancing requirements and crowd limits will be enforced.
To comply with CDC guidelines and the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-10, no more than six members of the public will be allowed to gather in the Council Chambers at any one time.
PROPOSED AGENDA FOR SPECIAL MEETING
Monday, March 23, 2020
5:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Comment
NOTE CHANGE: Public Comment will be available via email. Public Commenters should
email statements to the City Clerk at ahuonker@normal.org prior to 4:45 p.m. on the day of
the scheduled meeting. Statements will be read aloud as part of the record. Public comment
will also be available at the meeting site. Social distancing requirements and crowd limits
will be enforced. To comply with CDC guidelines and the Governor’s Executive Order
2020-10, no more than six members of the public will be allowed to gather in the Council
Chambers at any one time.
NEW BUSINESS
5. Ordinance to Authorize Emergency Discretionary Decision-Making Authority to the
President of the Board of Trustees (Mayor) and City Manager During COVID-19 Pandemic
to Make Decisions Outside the Typical Scope of the Personnel Code, Procurement Policy,
Etc. as Needed During Pandemic Crisis
CONCERNS
ADJOURNMENT
SEC. 25.2-12 LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY AND CIVIL EMERGENCY.
A. Whenever a local disaster or civil emergency as defined in Sec. 25.2-2 of this code SEC. 25.2-12(Cont.1) exists, the Mayor shall declare its existence by means of a written declaration setting forth the facts which constitute the emergency and shall perform the duties and obligations of Mayor prescribed in this Division. In the absence of the Mayor, the President pro tem if one has been appointed, or if the Mayor and President pro tem are both unable to perform the duties of Mayor prescribed in this Division through either absence from the Town or physical or mental disability for such a length of time or of such severity as would reasonably require someone other than the Mayor or President pro tem to perform the duties of Mayor prescribed in this Division, then the member of the Board of Trustees, present and physically and mentally able to perform the duties of Mayor prescribed in this Division, with the longest length of time of continuous service as a member of the Board of Trustees immediately preceding the existence of such civil emergency, shall declare its existence by means of a written declaration setting forth the facts which constitute the emergency and shall otherwise perform the duties and obligations of the Mayor prescribed in this Division until the Mayor, President pro tem or more senior member of the Board of Trustees returns to the community or becomes physically or mentally able to discharge the duties of Mayor prescribed in this Division at which time such person shall assume those duties and responsibilities.
B. Curfew. After proclamation of a local disaster or civil emergency by the Mayor, he may order a general curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the Town or to the Town as a whole, as he deems advisable, and applicable during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
C. Other Prohibitions. After the proclamation of local disaster or civil emergency, the Mayor of the Town of Normal may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, make any or all of the following orders:
1. Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle.
2. Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever.
3. Issue such other orders as are immediately necessary for the protection of life and property.
4. Prohibiting the selling at retail of alcoholic liquor.
D. Effective Period. The proclamation herein authorized shall be effective for a period of forty-eight (48) hours unless sooner terminated by a proclamation of the Mayor indicating that the local disaster or civil emergency no longer exists. The Mayor shall have the power to re-proclaim the existence of a local disaster or civil emergency at the end of each 48-hour period during the time the said emergency exists. The Mayor may make no more than two consecutive proclamations after the initial proclamation without the consent of the Town Council in regular or special session so convened.
E. Public Notice. Upon issuing the proclamation herein authorized, the Chief of Police shall notify local news media, and shall cause three copies of the proclamation declaring the existence of the emergency to be posted at the following places within the Town of Normal: the City Hall, the Normal Public Library and the Post Office.
F. The effect of a declaration of a local disaster or civil emergency is to activate the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans and authorize the furnishing of aid and assistance thereunder.
