Title
Resolution - Approval of Delegation of Authority to Chief Executive Officer to Implement Measures in Response to COVID-19 - J. Parsley
Other Info
Submitted By: Chief Executive Officer
Department: CEO
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations: As Discussed in Executive Session
Discussion
On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas ("Governor Abbott") declared a state of disaster for all counties in Texas due to COVID-19. On that same day, the President of the United States ("President Trump") proclaimed that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constituted a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020. On Monday, March 16, 2020, the Cooperative activated its Emergency Operations Plan ("EOP") at the (P) Pre-Emergency Preparation level which indicates that news and/or forecasts of significant hazardous conditions or events that have a reasonable probability of impacting service and/or operations of the Cooperative. On March 19, Governor Abbott mandated certain obligations for Texans in accordance with President Trump's Coronavirus Guidelines for America ("Guidelines"), as promulgated by President Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") on March 16, 2020, which called upon Americans to take actions to reduce the spread of COVID-19. On March 25, 2020 President Trump issued a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Texas. On March 29, 2020, President Trump announced that the restrictive social-distancing Guidelines should extend through April 30, 2020, and on March 31, 2020, Governor Abbott ordered on a statewide basis continuing through April 30, 2020, subject to extension based on the status of COVID-19 in Texas and the recommendations of the CDC and the White House Coronavirus Task Force, that every person in Texas minimize social gatherings and minimize in-person contact with people who are not in the same household, except where necessary to provide or obtain essential services ("Statewide...
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