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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 43-20-01 of the City Manager Pro Tern DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO REQUEST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. The City Manager Pro Tern of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Under the provisions of Section 16(2) of the Eugene Charter of 2002, the City Manager is given authority to make purchases, appoint and remove all employees, and act as the business agent for the City Council in connection with the sale of real estate and other business and commercial transactions. B. Pursuant to ORS 402.200-402.255, under the Oregon Resource Coordination Assistance Agreement (ORCAA) created pursuant to ORS 402.210, the state government , each local government that has not opted out of participation, and tribal governments that have opted in to participation ("participants") may request assistance from other participants in order to prevent, mitigate, respond to, or recover from an emergency or disaster. C. Pursuant to ORS 402.215, requests for assistance, and responses to requests for assistance, must be made by or through the presiding officer or chief executive officer of the participating local government, or their designee(s). D. In the event of an emergency or disaster, it may be necessary for the City to request assistance from other participants, or to respond to requests from requesting participants, to address the emergency or disaster. It would be most efficient and in the public interest to delegate expenditure and contract signing authority, and the authority to request assistance and respond to requests for assistance. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY MANAGER PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF EUGENE ORDERS AND DIRECTS THAT: 1. In order to prevent, mitigate, respond to, or recover from an emergency or disaster, the personnel listed below are authorized to: (a) Request assistance in emergency and disaster situations from Oregon Resource Coordination Assistance Agreement (ORCAA) participants; (b) Respond to requests for assistance from OR CAA participants in emergency and disaster situations; and Administrative Order -Page 1 of 2