Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County

The record

Jurisdiction

Camden County, New Jersey · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

Level

County

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act); N.J.S.A. 40:48-1(6); county ordinances (as recited in the Proclamation, Ex. MET-PHL-079)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16 close of business (through Mar. 31, 2020; extended indefinitely Mar. 28, Ex. MET-PHL-068) (read as 2020-03-16)

End

Extended indefinitely Mar. 28, 2020; no termination located before Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices

Addressees

• Camden County government, agencies and authorities (PCFA, CCMUA, CCIA)
• county employees
• Camden County Library System, Technical Schools and College
• the Sheriff (sales and evictions)
• nonessential businesses (voluntary request)

Functions reached

• CT county offices closed to the public; sheriff sales halted; evictions stopped
• OF county employees at home
• WF county schools and college remote; senior centers closed
• MK park permits suspended
• CS county authorities closed to essential personnel

Collection

Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

The Freeholder Board has declared a state of emergency in Camden County in response to the global pandemic caused by coronavirus (COVID-19). As a result of the declaration, all nonessential employees and personnel county-wide will be asked to begin working from home on Tuesday, March 17. At close of business on March 16 through March 31, Camden County and its agencies will activate emergency measures to reduce governmental operations to only essential functions.... all branches of the Camden County Library System will close at 5 p.m. today, March 16, until April 13.... both campuses, Pennsauken and Gloucester, of the Camden County Technical Schools will close and implement remote learning until March 31. Camden County College will also transition to virtual learning... At this time, all Camden County Sheriff sales have been halted, and all evictions have been stopped. The Camden County Parks Department has also suspended all park permitting. The Camden County Pollution Control Financing Authority (PCFA), Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA), and Improvement Authority (CCIA), will close and reduce staff to essential personnel only. As part of the emergency declaration, the Freeholder Board is asking all nonessential businesses in the county to consider voluntarily closing or modifying operations... All county-operated and congregate senior center sites will close at 5 p.m. today, March 16.

Enforcement

Notes