(A) As soon as possible after a disaster emergency affecting the county is declared either by the Governor or by the principle executive officer, the principle executive officer shall convene a meeting of the County Commissioners to perform their legislative and administrative functions as the situation may demand. If the principle executive officer fails, or is unable, to perform the above duty, the meeting shall be convened by some other member of the Board of Commissioners, or by the Auditor or the successively empowered county officers, in accordance with I.C. 36-2-2-8(a).
(B) Any such meeting of the Board shall automatically be deemed an emergency meeting subject only to such procedural provisions of law as govern emergency meetings of the County Board of Commissioners, including relaxation of any applicable notice requirements pursuant to I.C. 5-14-1.5-5(d), and may be held in any convenient and available space. The meeting shall continue without adjournment for the duration of the disaster emergency, but may be recessed for reasonable periods of time as necessary and permitted by the circumstances.
(Ord. 2016-03, passed 9-6-2016)