Permanent Emergency

Personally, I do not believe that the City Council is even considering letting the Permanent Emergency Ordinance sunset.  Just the way the extension was written and introduced as a done deal seems to be evidence enough.

“Introduced: March 4, Public Hearing: April 1, 2021 Adopted:, 2021

Section 1. Classification. This is a non-code ordinance.

Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The council declares that the coronavirus

threat and impact remain a public health emergency.

Section 3. Authority. This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the general police powers of the City of Dillingham, and the City’s authority to regulate use of public facilities such as streets and highways and the Dillingham Port.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance extends Ordinance No. 2020-22(S) in its entirety, to September 3, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. unless adjusted by action of the City Council.

PASSED and ADOPTED by the Dillingham City Council on April 1, 2021.”

 

That’s a straight copy and paste from the minutes of the March City Council Meeting.  Here’s the link for entire minutes…. The extension of 2020-22 is on pages 65-67.

https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/dillingak-pubu/MEET-Packet-e860600302a043cdbd61ff60d79ae088.pdf

Oh, and by the way…

When did the voters of Dillingham ever approve the current taxation system as required by law? 

Beating A Deadhorse?

Just reading the title of this permanent ordinance naming an ‘emergency’ says a lot about the calamity Dillingham Ordinance 2020-22 actually is. 

“PUBLIC HEARINGS 

a. Ordinance 2020-22(S); An Ordinance of the Dillingham City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Utilize the Emergency Operations Center to Promulgate and Enforce Regulations to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Accordance with the Recommendations in the City of Dillingham COVID-19 Mitigation Plan 

8. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
1. Adopt Ordinance No. 2020-22(S); An Ordinance of the Dillingham City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Utilize the Emergency Operations Center to Promulgate and Enforce Regulations to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 in Accordance with the Recommendations in the City of Dillingham COVID-19 Mitigation Plan ...................................................page 49 
2. Introduce Ordinance No. 2020-23; An Ordinance of the Dillingham City Council Amending the Effective Date of Ordinance 2020-02 ............................................................... page 55”

City of Dillingham November 5, 2020 Regular Council Meeting Page 1 of 2 

https://www.dillinghamak.us/vertical/sites/%7BC84DE958-9EE4-4CFE-90E3-D1666668A90E%7D/uploads/00_A_11.05.2020_Regular_Mtg_Agenda.pdf

This idea must be postponed for much further public discussion.  Making permanent the ‘emergency’ of Covid/Corona/CV-19 and the ambiguous ever-changing mitigation plan/policy is a far-over-reaching act.  It pretty much puts a perpetual infringement upon the people’s personal rights and their property. The Alaska Constitution says:

Preamble 

We the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land, in order to secure and transmit to succeeding generations our heritage of political, civil, and religious liberty within the Union of States, do ordain and establish this constitution for the State of Alaska.

Article I – Declaration of Rights

§ 1. Inherent Rights

This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own industry; that all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law; and that all persons have corresponding obligations to the people and to the State

Source: https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/