Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, when the Mayor determines that a state of public emergency exists within the City, the Mayor may govern the City by proclamation and exercise, in consultation with the City Administrator and Law Director, all emergency powers, including but not limited to all of the following:
(a) The power to direct emergency response activities by all City departments, including but not limited to the Service and Public Utilities Department and Police and Fire Divisions, and by such emergency services personnel as the Mayor may designate or appoint;
(b) The power to execute contracts for the emergency construction or repair of public improvements, when the delay of advertising and public bidding might cause serious loss or injury to the City, upon following the procedures of Section 268.06;
(c) The power to purchase or lease goods and services that the Mayor deems necessary to the City's emergency response or for the repair of City facilities, or both, upon following the procedures of Section 268.06;
(d) The power to lease real property, or structures, or both, that the Mayor deems necessary for the continued operation of City government;
(e) The power to delineate the boundaries of any area threatened by emergency conditions, to restrict or prohibit persons from entering such area except when carrying on necessary and legitimate purposes, and to control and regulate movement within and from such area;
(f) The power to establish a curfew within such area in accordance with the provisions of Section 268.07;
(g) The power to promulgate rules and orders to implement and clarify the Mayoral proclamation exercising emergency power.
(Ord. 109-2017. Passed 12-19-17.)