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    The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Madison, MS declared a local state of emergency due to damage from storms and drought weakening trees that were then infested by beetles. Hundreds or thousands of trees will need removal to ensure public safety as more trees die throughout the city. The emergency declaration authorizes departments to remove trees from public areas and seek any available funding assistance.

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    The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Madison, MS declared a local state of emergency due to damage from storms and drought weakening trees that were then infested by beetles. Hundreds or thousands of trees will need removal to ensure public safety as more trees die throughout the city. The emergency declaration authorizes departments to remove trees from public areas and seek any available funding assistance.

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    The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Madison, MS declared a local state of emergency due to damage from storms and drought weakening trees that were then infested by beetles. Hundreds or thousands of trees will need removal to ensure public safety as more trees die throughout the city. The emergency declaration authorizes departments to remove trees from public areas and seek any available funding assistance.

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    AN ORDER BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN

    OF THE CITY OF MADISON TO PROCLAIM A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY


    AND ORDER IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF

    WHEREAS, the City of Madison previously declared a State of Emergency


    following extensive damage resulting from several storms impacting the area, which
    storms included hail and winds estimated at 70 miles per hour; and

    WHEREAS, as a result of the storms, numerous homes and properties were


    damaged, and public rights of way were impas$ible from the downed trees and broken
    limbs; and

    WHEREAS, immediately after the storms, the area experienced a severe drought,
    further weakening the already stressed trees throughout the City of Madison; and
    WHEREAS, as a result of those two extreme weather events, the weakened trees
    were attacked by invasive, damaging beetles which infested thousands of trees as they
    spread throughout the City, and while the destruction became evident immediately on
    some trees, as the Spring season approaches, the City is seeing an increase in the
    number of dead or dying trees around homes and City streets that, if not removed soon,
    will faIl; and

    WHEREAS, efforts to address this damage are ongoing by both the City of
    Madison and its residents, with expectations that hundreds, if not thousands of trees, will
    still have to be removed to provide for the safety of residents and to prevent further
    destruction to homes and property; and
    WHEREAS, the City has heard from numerous residents directly affected by this
    issue and it is actively seeking options to aid the residents of Madison, and to address
    the removal of trees on City property and rights-of-way; and
    WHEREAS, should emergency funding from the Federal Emergency Management
    Agency, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, or any State Agency become
    available, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declare their intention to seek this funding to
    aid the City and its residents; and
    IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED, for the health, safety and welfare of the City of
    Madison, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Madison, Mississippi, do hereby
    declare and proclaim that a “State of Emergency” in the City of Madison, Mississippi,
    pursuant to the authority granted by Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 45-17-3 et seq . and related
    statutes, hereby finds and declares that a “Civil Emergency” presently exists in the City
    of Madison, Mississippi and under the authority of Miss. Code Ann . Sec. 33-15-17(d), and
    related statutes, finds and declares that a “Local Emergency” presently exists in the City
    of Madison, Mississippi; and
    FURTHER, pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §21-35-19, and related statutes, the
    Mayor and Board further authorize City Departments to take any and all necessary action
    to provide for the safety of the residents of the City, to include without limitation, removing
    trees on City property and right-of-way, and further authorizes the active search, and if
    available, application for funding to assist in addressing this Local Emergency.
    IT IS FURTHER DECLARED AND ORDERED that said State of Emergency shall
    be deemed to continue to exist in the City of Madison until its termination is ordered and
    proclaimed by the Mayor or Governing Authority; a copy of this proclamation is hereby
    filed with the Municipal Clerk of the City of Madison and made a public record.
    SO ORDERED AND PROCLAIMED on this the 2nd day of January, 2024.

    The above and foregoing Order was introduced by Alderman Bowering, seconded by
    Alderman Tatum and was adopted by the following roll call vote:
    Alderman Strain: AYE
    Alderwoman Tatum : AYE
    Alderwoman Peeler: AYE
    Alderman Jarvis: AYE
    Alderman Tankersley: AYE
    Alderman Hudgins: AYE
    Alderman Bowering: AYE

    WHEREUPON, the foregoing Order was declared passed and adopted at a


    regularly scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Madison,
    Mississippi, on this the 2nd day of January 2024.

    Mary Hawkins Butler, Mayor


    FILED AND ATTESTED BY:

    .L„ roCAnA@
    Susan B. C:randall, City Clerk

    (SEAL)

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