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BONITA SPRINGS — Bonita Springs City Council members today declared a state of emergency for the city in the expectation that effects from Hurricane Ike will be felt in Southwest Florida.
The state of emergency became effective at noon today.
The council approved it 7-0. The council was meeting Saturday for a budget hearing.
It allows the city to focus on preparing and recovering from the storm by relieving the city from the need to fulfill certain duties. It also allows the city more flexibility in the use of funds, City Attorney Audrey Vance pointed out.
“We’re normally required to follow a lot of rules to go through spending,” Vance said. “This allows us a lot of additional powers.”
In an e-mail announcing the declaration to the Lee County Emergency Operations Center, Vance said she hopes the declaration will expire without need or use.
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#1 Posted by kneejerk on September 6, 2008 at 5:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I truly believe in the need to be alert and prepared. But geez, it feels like we'll soon be at the point of declaring a disaster each year in early June and lifting it at turkeytime...
It really seems that all governmental entities are in such advance CYA mode since Katrina, that common sense is suffering. And complacence is sure to follow the false alarms.
#2 Posted by paysattention on September 6, 2008 at 11:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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