Supplemental Declaration of Municipal Emergency
Executive Order 2020-022
April 28, 2020
Extending Executive Order 2020-004. Dated March 15, 2020, entitled, Declaration of State of Municipal Emergency
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, the State of Rhode Island Governor, Gina M. Raimondo, issued Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, Mayor Roberto L. DaSilva, issued Executive Order 2020-004 declaring a state of municipal emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the East Providence City Council ratified the Declaration of Municipal Emergency at a meeting on March 17, 2020 and authorized its extension through May 8, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 within the City of East Providence continues to rise; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 30-15-9(b), Mayor DaSilva has not judged the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to have passed or the disaster to have been dealt with to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist and the state of municipal emergency can be terminated.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mayor Roberto L. DaSilva, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the Mayor of the City of East Providence, pursuant to the Rhode Island General Laws and the Home Rule Charter of the City of East Providence, do hereby order and direct the following:
Executive Order 2020-004, entitled “Declaration of State of Municipal Emergency,” declared March 15, 2020, and ratified by the East Providence City Council on March 17, 2020, is hereby extended.
This Order shall take effect on May 5, 2020 and remain in full force and effect through May 19, 2020, by and with the consent of the City Council.
