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: Lisa Scarborough
Department: General Counsel
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations:
Expenditure of Cooperative funds estimated in the amount of $0 currently included in the Cooperative's 2020 operating budget; expenditures of staff time estimated in amount of 15 hours (other than ordinary processing requirements).
Discussion
The Annual Meeting of the Cooperative's members will be on June 19, 2020. The Board of Directors ("Board") previously approved the agenda, program, and order of business for the Annual Meeting in April, 2020. The Board may now consider delegating the manner of participation and conduct the meeting.
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 18, 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 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 gatherin...
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