(A) As soon as possible after a disaster emergency affecting the county is declared either by the Governor or by the Principal Executive Officer of the county, shall convene a meeting of the County Commissioners to perform their legislative and administrative functions as the situation may demand.
(B) If the Principal Executive Officer fails or is unable to convene a meeting as mandated above, the meeting shall be convened in accordance with I.C. 36-2-2-8.
(C) Any such meeting of the Commissioners shall:
(1) Be deemed an emergency meeting;
(2) Be subject only to such procedural provisions of law as govern emergency meetings of County Commissioners;
(3) Include relaxation of any applicable notice requirements pursuant to I.C. 45-14-1.5-5(d);
(4) Be held in any convenient and available place;
(5) Continue without adjournment for the duration of the disaster emergency; and
(6) Be recessed for reasonable periods of time as necessary and permitted by circumstances.
(Ord. 1-4-1.3, passed 3-19-2001)