Resolution 104-2008
RESOLUTION NO.
104 -2008
A RESOLUTION BY THE MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPTING THE MONROE
COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PLAN; DIRECTING THE MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THE STATE
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE
ADOPTION DATE OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, assigns to the Board of County
Commissioners responsibility for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is subject to natural and man-made hazards including
hurricanes, tornadm:s, floods, freezes, droughts, fires, and chemical releases and faces potential damage
to life, property, natural resources and the local economy; and
WHEREAS, Rule 9G-6.023, Florida Administrative Code, requires each county
emergency management agency to prepare a county Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan as a
precaution for protecting the citizens ofthe state from emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan has been
prepared in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 9G-6, Florida Administrative Code; and
WH:EREAS, in February 2008, the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management,
reviewed the Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and determined the plan to
be in compliance with the criteria for such plans; and
WH:EREAS, the Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
establishes a framework through which Monroe County may realistically prevent or mitigate the impacts
of, prepare for, effectively respond to, and recover from a wide variety of emergencies which mayor do
occur either naturally or as a result of manmade causes; and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan is
designed to be a process oriented document with review and revision procedures that allow the
Emergency Management Director to meet new or changing conditions including hazard-event
frequency, perceived local needs and funding opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Rule Chapter 9G-6, Florida Administrative Code, requires the governing
body of Monroe County to adopt by resolution, the Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan, within sixty (60) days following notification of approval of the plan by the Florida
Department of Emergency Management.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1.
The 2007 Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan IS
hereby adopted.
The Monroe County Department of Emergency Management is directed to notify
the State Division of Emergency Management (DEM) of the adoption date of the
Monroe County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
Section 2.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of April , A.D., 2008.
Mayor Charles McCoy
Mayor Pro Tern Mario DiGennaro
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Sylvia J. Murphy
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Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By:
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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