§ 34.43 SPECIAL EMERGENCY POWERS, DUTIES OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER; CONVENTION OF EMERGENCY MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; SPECIAL MEETING PROCEDURES.
   (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, 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 the County Commissioners;
      (3)   Include relaxation of any applicable notice requirements pursuant to I.C. 5-14-1.5-5(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 the circumstances.
(Ord. 1996-15, passed 11-19-1996)