To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): County Counsel, Emergency Management
Staff Name and Phone Number: Jeffrey DuVall (707) 565-1152 Adam Brand (707) 565-2421
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Title:
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Ratification of Proclamation of Local Emergency Due to the Point Fire
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Adopt a Resolution Ratifying the Proclamation of Local Emergency in the Sonoma County Operational Area Due to the Point Fire.
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Executive Summary:
This item requests the Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution ratifying the proclamation of local emergency by the Director of Emergency Services due to the Point Fire.
Sonoma County Code Chapter 10, Article 1, Section 10-5(b) provides authority to the County Administrator/County Executive serving as the Director of Emergency Services to issue a proclamation of local emergency if the Board of Supervisors is not in session, subject to ratification by the Board within seven days. On June 17, 2024, the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the Existence of a Local Emergency.
Discussion:
Beginning on June 16, 2024, a wildland and urban fire, referred to as the Point Fire, which is a fire that has caused or threatens destruction, including the potential loss of life, homes, structures, and the ordered evacuation of more than one thousand people, erupted near Lake Sonoma. Due to these conditions of extreme peril to safety of persons and property, coupled with predicted continuation of fire, the Director of Emergency Services issued a Proclamation of Existence of Local Emergency in the Sonoma County Operational Area on June 17, 2024. The County’s Emergency Operations Center was activated on June 17, 2024.
Ratifying the June 17, 2024, Proclamation will continue the local emergency, make available to the County/Operational Area state and local mutual aid, and allow for any state emergency funding if it is made available.
The ratification resolution also gives the County Administrator/Executive, if needed, authority to make decisions regarding pay for the County workforce supporting the emergency event.
Staff recommends that the Board ratify the Director of Emergency Services’ proclamation of local emergency in order to meet the seven-day period a proclamation can remain in force without Board ratification.
Staff will be available to provide current conditions and response at the meeting.
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Attachments:
Resolution Ratifying Proclamation of Local Emergency
Director of Emergency Services June 17, 2024 Proclamation of Local Emergency
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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