(A) As soon as possible after a disaster emergency affecting the county is declared either by the Governor or by the Chief Executive Officer of the county, the Chief 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. If the Chief Executive Officer fails or is unable to perform the above duty, the meeting shall be convened by some other member of the Board of Commissioners, or by the Auditor or the successively empowered county officers, in accordance with I.C. 36-2-2-8(a). Any such meeting of the Commissioners shall automatically be deemed an emergency meeting subject only to such procedural provisions of law as govern emergency meetings of County Commissioners, including relaxation of any applicable notice requirements pursuant to I.C. 5-14-1.5-5(d), and may be held in any convenient and available place. The meeting shall continue without adjournment for the duration of the disaster emergency, but may be recessed for reasonable periods of time as necessary and permitted by the circumstances.
(B) In the event that a quorum of the Board of Commissioners cannot be assembled for purposes of the meeting required under division (A) above of this section, the Chief Executive Officer of the county shall be considered a plenipotentiary representative of the Board and shall have all powers and may take all actions of the full Board under §32.39(A)(2) through (13) of this chapter until the assemblage of a quorum is possible.
(Ord. 94-02-CM, passed 1-17-94)