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Ex. MET-CIN-037 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 19, 2020)

Mayor declares State of Emergency

Mayor Joe Meyer · City of Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County) (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County) · Cincinnati · Ohio
Level
City
Authority
KRS ch. 39A-39B (local emergency declaration; authority not named in the release)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)
End
'will be in effect until rescinded'; rescission date not verified (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationCurfew and hours
Addressees
  • the City
Functions reached
  • predicate for the Covington executive orders (Exs. MET-CIN-039, -041)
Collection
Cincinnati MET-CIN

Operative words

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer declared a formal State of Emergency in the city of Covington this morning... the order empowers the Mayor to waive procedures and formalities otherwise required by law... The Mayor may also 'institute a curfew as a strategy to limit the spread'... Specific changes would be implemented via executive order.

Enforcement

Executive orders under the declaration

Notes

The City's own release describing the declaration;

Retrieval note

Issuing government's own release; primary instrument text not read.