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Consider adopting a resolution ratifying the City Manager’s Declaration of Local Emergency
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Presented By: Chris Brown, city attorney
Recommendation and Review
On January 24, 2026, in response to the nature of the hazardous winter weather event impacting the City, the City Manager declared a local emergency in his capacity as the local director of emergency management. Section 44.1-146.21 requires the governing body to confirm and ratify the declaration at its next regular meeting or at a special meeting within 45 days of the declaration, whichever comes first. Additionally, the governing body must terminate the emergency declaration should it find that the emergency has subsided.