{"id":7907,"date":"2021-03-25T16:47:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=7907"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:47:31","slug":"declaring-a-local-state-of-emergency-to-continue-virtual-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2021\/03\/25\/declaring-a-local-state-of-emergency-to-continue-virtual-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Sheet: Declaring a Local State of Emergency to Continue Virtual Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/OMA-fact-sheet-snip.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-7908\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27173%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20173%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27173%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"\/inside208\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/OMA-fact-sheet-snip-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>During our recent virtual Capital Conference, the Michigan Municipal League received a lot of questions from our members about what to do now that the no-reason virtual meetings law in Michigan is set to sunset on March 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mml.org\/resources\/publications\/one_pagers\/3-24-2021-x%20FS-Declaring-Local-State-of-Emergency-or-Disaster.pdf\">Our new Fact Sheet<\/a>: &#8220;Declaring a Local Emergency or Disaster&#8221;, names the authority and actions necessary to declare a local state of emergency\/disaster. Sample resolutions and a sample ordinance are included in this document. We thank Steven D. Mann and Ronald C. 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