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Council approves first reading to update emergency ordinance; removes mayor's explicit authority to command police
Summary
On first reading, the council approved changes to the city's civil-emergencies ordinance to allow extensions of declared emergencies in seven-day increments by council, the mayor or mayor pro tem, or the city manager (or designee) and to remove language that explicitly granted the mayor authority to command the police.
Jacksonville Beach's City Council approved on first reading an amendment to the city's civil-emergencies ordinance that clarifies procedures for declaring and extending a local state of emergency and removes language that explicitly granted the mayor authority to command the police. The hearing and first-reading approval took place Sept. 2; the ordinance was scheduled for second reading Sept. 15. Staff described two principal changes: (1) an…
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