(A) The County Board of Commissioners, after consultation with the County Emergency Director, County Sheriff, County Highway Superintendent, or County Engineer, if available, or the representative designated by each as the person to consult in his or her absence for the purpose of recommending a declaration of local disaster emergency, may declare a local disaster emergency which may contain a warning level travel advisory by executive order when, in the County Board of Commissioner’s best judgment, by majority rule, such order would be appropriate under I.C. 10-14-3-29, and in the best interest of the public safety and welfare for the residents of the county.
(B) If only one member of the County Board of Commissioners is available to sign the declaration of local disaster emergency, he or she can declare a local disaster emergency if he or she has obtained, and documented, the verbal, or written, concurrence of at least one other Board member.
(C) Pursuant to I.C. 10-14-3-29.5, a warning level travel advisory may be issued only after, or as part of, a declaration of local disaster emergency. Such emergency shall continue in effect until the County Board of Commissioners, in consultation with the County Emergency Director, the County Sheriff, County Highway Department Supervisor, and the County Engineer, declare an emergency no longer exists in the county and the emergency order is terminated by at least two Board members.
(D) The County Board of Commissioners may declare a warning level travel advisory upon its determination that the conditions are appropriate for the issuance of a local disaster emergency under I.C. 10-14-3-29, and the further determination that the criteria set forth in § 71.03 have been met.
(Ord. 2014-11, passed 2-11-2014)