{"id":"MET-MSP-046","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Hennepin County, Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"MSP","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as recorded on the County\u0027s COVID-19 response page)","authority":"Minn. Stat. 12.29 (local emergency)","instrument":"Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March 17, 2020) and closure of county libraries and service centers","title":"Hennepin County COVID-19 response: \u0027Declaring continued local emergency\u0027; libraries and service centers closed through April 10, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"Emergency \u0027will remain ongoing\u0027; closures through Apr. 10, 2020 and continued with the Stay at Home order","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-10","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","CRT"],"addressees":["Hennepin County departments","the public (library, service center and licensing customers)"],"clause":"The county board declared a continued local emergency at Tuesday\u0027s special board meeting, March 17, 2020... The declaration of local emergency invokes Hennepin County\u0027s disaster plans, along with the county\u0027s powers to quickly provide emergency aid.... All Hennepin County ordinances, rules, and policies that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to COVID-19 may be suspended for the duration of the local emergency if necessary. The board authorized up to $3 million to provide alternative quarantine and isolation spaces... Our libraries and service centers will be closed through April 10 to follow the Stay at Home order issued by Governor Walz.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["CT public offices, licensing service centers, vital records","DM motor vehicle and licensing counters","CB residents"],"notes":"Vital records by mail and fax only; road permits online; domestic abuse service center by phone.","sourceUrl":"https://www.hennepin.us/covid-19","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200328142652/https://www.hennepin.us/covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":219825,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MSP","url":"/library/MET-MSP-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MSP-046","citation":"Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as recorded on the County\u0027s COVID-19 response page), Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March 17, 2020) and closure of county libraries and service centers (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-046)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":[]}