DeKalb Times

City of Genoa City Council met March 17.

Here is the agenda provided by the council:

I. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

II. PUBLIC COMMENTARY

III. BONAFIDE EMERGENCY FINDING: Motion to find that there is a bonafide emergency, pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120/2.02(a), warranting this special meeting of the City Council based on the following findings of fact:

• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). The virus was first identified as the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019; and

• On March 9, 2020, Governor J.B. Pritzker declared all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area; and

• On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic; and

• Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2), cancelling all public and private gatherings in the State of Illinois of 1,000 people or more to implement social distancing; Governor Pritzker issued Executive Orders 2020-05 and 2020-06 (COVID-19 Executive Order Nos. 3 and 4), closing all public and private schools through March 30, 2020; and Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-07 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 5) suspending service at bars and restaurants in the State of Illinois to the public through March 30, 2020 and limiting all public and private gatherings in the State of Illinois of 50 people or more to implement social distancing.

IV. ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19), including he following:

• Motion to approve an Ordinance Amending Title 1, Administration, Chapter 5, Mayor, of the City of Genoa Municipal Code to add a Provision for a Local Disaster Declaration and Establish the Power and Authority of the Mayor during a State of Emergency providing for the exercise of extraordinary powers by executive order of the Mayor during a state of emergency within the City;

• Motion to approve an Ordinance Waiving Remote Attendance Rules for the Duration of a Local State of Emergency Declaration

• Such other emergency actions relating to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

V. ADJOURNMENT

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