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Lunenburg supervisors declare local emergency, adopt ordinance enabling remote meetings and temporary powers
Summary
The Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a local state of emergency for COVID-19 on April 9 and adopted Emergency Ordinance 20-1, expanding temporary authority for government operations, permitting electronic meetings without a physical quorum, and suspending certain statutory deadlines.
On April 9, 2020, the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a local state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic and adopted Emergency Ordinance 20-1 to ensure continuity of government operations.
County Attorney Frank Rennie presented the ordinance and related resolutions, saying Administrator Tracy M. Gee had issued a temporary declaration on March 24 that the Board was being asked to confirm. The Board voted 7–0 to adopt the emergency declaration (motion by Supervisor Edward Pennington; seconded by Supervisor Frank Bacon) and later voted 7–0 to adopt Ordinance 20-1 (motion by Supervisor Alvester Edmonds; seconded by Supervisor Bacon).
Ordinance 20-1 contains 14 provisions that collectively: confirm the administrator's emergency declaration; authorize limited variances from state and local law to…
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