(A) Definition of emergency.
(1) A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual force or violence or any threat to use force if accompanied by immediate power to execute by three or more persons acting together without authority of law; or
(2) Any natural disaster, epidemic, or manmade calamity, including outbreak of disease, flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion, or eminent threat of any of those events within the corporate limits of the village, resulting in or threatening the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
(B) Declaration. Whenever an emergency, as defined in division (A) of this section exists, the Village President is authorized to declare the existence of a local state of emergency by means of a written declaration of the Village President, under oath, setting forth the facts which constitute the emergency, describing the nature of the emergency and declaring that a local state of emergency exists in accordance with the definitions set forth in this section. This declaration must be filed with the Village Clerk as soon as practicable after issuance.
(C) Orders authorized. After the declaration of a local state of emergency, the Village President may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, and to address this issues caused threatened by the emergency, take any or all of the following actions by executive order during the local state of emergency:
(1) Make emergency purchases in excess of $250, but not exceeding $10,000; and
(2) The Village President shall report to the Board of Trustees at its next meeting any actions taken by executive order during the local state of emergency.
(D) Duration. The declaration of a local state of emergency herein authorized shall be effective for a period of up to 30 days or until the adjournment of the next regular or special meeting of the Board of Trustees, whichever comes first, unless sooner terminated by a declaration of the Village President or his or her interim emergency successor, indicating that the emergency no longer exists. The Village President or his or her interim emergency successor shall have the power to re-declare the existence of an emergency at the end of each 30-day period during the time said emergency exists.
(E) Effect on other ordinances. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair the powers contained in this code or giving powers to the police department, but shall be construed together with existing ordinances now in effect for the safety and welfare of the citizens of the village.
(Ord. 2020-02, passed 5-4-2020)