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Ex. MET-ORL-038 Order Primary source read

City of Orlando Executive Order: Declaration of State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)

Declaration of State of Emergency within the City of Orlando (COVID-19)

Mayor Buddy Dyer · City of Orlando, Florida (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Orlando, Florida · Orlando · Florida
Level
City
Authority
City Code of the City of Orlando sec. 43A.01; Fla. Stat. ch. 252
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 12:01 p.m. (read as 2020-03-13)
End
Seven days; extended to 12:00 midnight Mar. 27, 2020 by the Mar. 20, 2020 extension order (8:00 a.m., City Code sec. further extensions with the county emergency (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • City of Orlando departments; the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for city orders
  • WF city workforce scheduling
Collection
Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

I, BUDDY DYER, as Mayor of the City of Orlando... in accordance with the provisions of section 43A.01 of the City Code of the City of Orlando, hereby declare that a STATE OF EMERGENCY exists within the City of Orlando. In order to provide for the public safety and welfare during this State of Emergency, I hereby authorize all City Department Heads and Division Managers to take whatever actions they deem necessary with respect to scheduling of personnel and suspend any provisions of any collective bargaining agreement which would restrict such decisions. This declaration shall be effective immediately upon my execution, and shall be effective for seven days from the date and time hereof, unless otherwise terminated or extended in accordance with applicable law.

Enforcement

Predicate for the city's Mar. 17 and Mar. 20, 2020 orders (Exs. MET-ORL-037, -060, -061)

Notes

Recites Governor's EO 20-51 (Mar. 1, 2020). The city's declaration preceded Orange County's EEO 2020-01 by hours (Orange County declared the same day).

Retrieval note

Scanned; read as a rendered image. Handwritten date 3/13/2020, 12:01 p.m.; EO number blank. Archive capture reached by nearest-date redirect (timestamp not recorded by the queue).