Centralia Issues Emergency Resolution in Light of COVID-19 Outbreak

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The City of Centralia issued an emergency resolution in response to the spread of COVID-19 signed by Centralia Mayor Susan Luond on March 17, 2020.

The emergency resolution states that the City of Centralia is following the U.S. Department of Health and Social Services, Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Lewis County Commissioners’ declarations of emergency in an effort to reduce the threat of the virus. 

“With everything that’s going on, the city just wanted to weigh in. I think (the emergency resolution) just creates a pathway in case we need to act really quickly and don’t need to wait for normal procedure,” said Luond on Tuesday afternoon.



The resolution declared a local emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19 which authorizes “necessary expenditures to meet emergency needs without further notice of hearing and authorizing local resources to be used to the fullest extent possible,” stated the resolution.