DATE: December 3, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer/Emergency Services Director
SUBJECT: Termination of the existence of a Local Emergency - Beet Leafhopper Insect in Fresno County
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution (a) terminating the local emergency as of August 17, 2024, which was proclaimed by the Emergency Services Director on April 17, 2024, and ratified by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on April 23, 2024, and further continued by the Board on June 18, 2024, which actions authorized the Agricultural Commissioner to allow commercial growers to use neonicotinoid pesticides on an emergency basis on tomato crops to combat the Beet Leafhopper insect in Fresno County, and (b) ordering that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the County Administrative Office to the State Director of the Office of Emergency Services.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will terminate the local emergency status in Fresno County related to the Beet Leafhopper (BLH) insect.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
No viable alternatives to the recommended action have been identified.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
California Government Code (GC), section (?) 8630 authorizes proclamation of a local emergency by your Board or by an official so designated by ordinance when your Board is not in session and cannot immediately be called into session. Fresno County Ordinance Code, Chapter 2.44, designates the County Administrative Officer as the Emergency Services Director.
Pursuant to GC, ? 8630 and County Ordinance, Chapter 2.44, the Emergency Services Director proclaimed the existence of a local emergency on April 17, 2024, due to the imminent infestation of the BLH insect and due to the need for the Agricultural Commissioner to authorize commercial growers to use neonicotinoid pesticides on tomato crops on an emergency basis in Fresno County to combat the...
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