Speaker 2: The Report of City Council of Champaign, one Capital 119869 relating to violations of civil emergency orders. Amending Section 10.0 2.177 of the Code. Establish enforcement actions for violations of civil emergency order. Adding a new section 10.0 2.1 22 to get on the code to establish a separate to Chapter 10.0 to repealing Chapter 12 8.26 of the SAT on the psychological operations relating to civil emergency orders declaring an emergency and abolishing an immediate effective date all by a first vote of the City Council.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Madam Clerk. I will move to pass Council Bill 119869. Is there a second victim? It's been moved and seconded to pass the bill. Councilmember Lewis, you are the prime sponsor of Council Bill 119869 and are recognized in order to address this item. We may have lost council member Lewis, actually. All right. Sorry, folks. It looks like we lost Councilmember Lewis from the virtual meeting, so we're going to give it an opportunity to go ahead and see if we can get him logged back in. He's calling in now, is what I understand he is doing. But council bill 119869 folks was heard. I will I will fill the time here was heard in my committee on Friday, September 11th, this past Friday. We had an opportunity to be briefed by Katrina, as you heard Councilmember Lewis describe this morning. This ordinance really provides an enforcement mechanism for the city to actually create a system by which to enforce any potential violations of civil emergency orders that have been or will be issued now or in the future. As we know, during this COVID 19 economic crisis and public health crisis, we've had an opportunity to consider several civil emergency orders attempting to regulate private industries. This is an opportunity for us to create some civil mechanisms by which to create enforcement of those emergency orders. And and today we have an opportunity to consider this. It did pass unanimously and sorry, it was not considered in my committee for votes, since it was referred to full city council. But we did have an opportunity to have a full conversation and briefing on this council. Bill and I will now hand it over to Councilmember Lewis to provide any additional remarks he might want to add. He has joined us now via phone. Councilmember Lewis, please.
Speaker 4: Hey. Thank you, Madam President. Hopefully I'll be able to be back on in person in just a moment here. Appreciate your remarks. That was an excellent summary. I think I'll mostly stand by those remarks, given my comments last Friday in your committee, as well as my comments, the briefing this morning. And just look forward to voting on this and and updating the Seattle Municipal Code.
Speaker 0: Excellent. Are there any other comments on the bill? Councilmember Lewis, I mean, Councilmember Herbold. Sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 1: Thank you. This is more of a question. So given that we have passed a.
Speaker 0: Number of emergency orders already and we are updating the.
Speaker 1: Code to say.
Speaker 0: That there's a civil there's an.
Speaker 1: Ability to issue or to pursue civil infractions.
Speaker 0: For violation of emergency orders.
Speaker 1: Well, we need to go back and update the previously enacted emergency orders to reflect this this new authority.
Speaker 4: I'm currently working on that councilmember verballed with the mayor's office. We we probably don't need to I mean, it goes without saying, and I don't know if this is the basis of your question, but the law cannot apply retroactively to violations that had already occurred if they had. But so I think going forward, you know, once these, you know, go into effect, you know, folks will be on notice that this is a potential impact. But, you know, we're seeing it maybe it makes sense to to reissue the orders or to to somehow modify them to be in compliance. But it it may not be necessary, but that might be a question for the city attorney's office and central staff as well.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Thank you so much, Councilmember Herbold, for that question. And because Mr. Lewis for the answer, is there. Are there any other comments on the bill? Hey, hearing no other comments, will the court please pull the wool on the passage of the bill?
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Speaker 4: Yes.
Speaker 1: Purple. Yes. President Gonzalez high nine in favor. None opposed.
Speaker 0: The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please the fix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Hey, agenda item two. Item two has been removed from the meeting agenda, so we're going to move to agenda item three. Will the clerk please read agenda item three into the record?
AN ORDINANCE relating to violations of civil emergency orders; amending Section 10.02.110 of the Seattle Municipal Code to establish enforcement actions for violations of civil emergency orders; adding a new Section 10.02.120 to the Seattle Municipal Code to establish a severability clause to Chapter 10.02; repealing Chapter 12A.26 of the Seattle Municipal Code to consolidate provisions related to civil emergency orders; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.