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suffering or financial loss including but not limited to fire, explosion, flood, severe weather, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, spills or releases of petroleum products or other hazardous material, contamination, utility or transportation emergencies, disease, blight, infestation, civil disturbance, riot, sabotage and war. State of Emer enc . A situation which involves an emergency or a disaster. Declaration of State of Emer~encX. ~2} ~a} The city manager may declare a state of emergency when: 1, An emergency requires a coordinated response beyond that which occurs routinely; 2. The required response is not achievable solely with the added resources acquired through mutual aid or cooperative assistance agreements; and 3. The emergency consists of a level 3 emergency under the city's emergency management plan. fib} Prior to declaring a state of emergency, the city manager shall contact, or at a minimum use all reasonable efforts to attempt to contact, the mayor and the city councilors to seek their input about declaring a state of emergency. ~f the city manager is unable to contact a majority of the councilors, then the city manager shall not declare a state of emergency unless the city manager obtains approval of the mayor or one city councilor. ~c} The city manager shall use an administrative order to declare a state of emergency. Any administrative order declaring a state of emergency shall: 1. Ymmediately be provided to the city council and mayor; 2. Designate the geographic boundaries of the area where the state of emergency exists; and 3. Fix the duration of time in which the state of emergency shall exist. The initial duration shall not exceed a two week period, but may be extended for additional periods of two weeks. ~d} The city manager may request the Governor to declare a state of emergency within the city. The city manager shall submit the request as provided in state law. fie} The city manager shall terminate the state of emergency in an administrative order when the state of emergency no longer exists or when the threat of an emergency has passed. If the Governor has declared a state of emergency within the city, the city manager shall request the Governor to terminate the declaration. ~#} The city council may repeal the city manager's declaration of a state of emergency by majority vote. ~3} Emer enc Interim Succession. ~a} If the city manager, for any reason, is unable or unavailable to perform the duties of office under this code during a state of emergency, the duties shall be performed by the first available of those emergency interim successors designated by the city manager under section 2.1035 of this code. Ordinance - 2