Mayor Roth’s Eighth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation

Eighth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation

WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of emergency management and disaster relief, including the Mayor having direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of the Hawaiʻi County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawaiʻi and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawaiʻi County Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and

WHEREAS, on February 28, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi issued an Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19 being recognized as a public health emergency of international concern and a public health emergency for the United States; and

WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi issued a Proclamation declaring a state of emergency based upon the actions and directives of the President of the United States, the World Health Organization, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and current conditions warranting preemptive and protective actions related to the outbreak of COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi has issued 20 Emergency Proclamations related to the COVID-19 Emergency as of May 7, 2021; and

WHEREAS, since February 28, 2020 the Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi has issued seven Emergency Proclamations, 14 Emergency Rules, seven Amendments and three extensions to those Rules related to COVID-19 as of April 6, 2021; and

WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the County of Hawaiʻi and a response requires the serious attention, effort and sacrifice of all people in the County of Hawaiʻi to avert unmanageable strains on our healthcare system and other catastrophic impacts to the County of Hawaiʻi; and

WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily injury to residents of the County of Hawaiʻi, and the need for government agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide financial and other immediate services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapter 127A Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawaiʻi County Code; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exists due to the imminent danger or threat of emergency on Hawaiʻi Island from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Eighth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation shall be effective immediately, continuing thereon until July 28, 2021, unless terminated or superseded by a separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the County of Hawaiʻi to be affixed. Done this 29^th day of May, 2021 in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawaiʻi

CONCURRENCE:
Governor David Y. Ige