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RESOLUTION NO. OLo \ _5
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR COUNTY OFFICE CLOSURE DUE TO WEATHER
CONDITIONS OR NATURAL DISASTER
WHEREAS, the County Commissioners shall establish the hours of most county offices for the
transaction of business;
WHEREAS, dL ring times of inclement weather or natural disaster it is essential that the County continue
to provide vital public services and it is expected that employees make every reasonable effort to report
to work without endangering their personal safety;
WHEREAS, in the event County offices are closed, a procedure needs to be established;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED to adopt the County Office Closure Procedure as outlined in
Attachment A.
DATED this 12th day of February 2013.
ATTEST:
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Shannon Goudy, Cle of the Bo ,r
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tim Whitehead, Chief DPA
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Randy Neatherlin, Chair"
Tim Sheldon, Commissioner
Terri Jeffreys, Commissic ner
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Attachment A
County Office Closure Procedure
(January 2013)
❑ When a major snow, ice or storm event is taking place or appears to be imminent,
the road operations manager or their designee, shall collect information from a variety of
community sources to prepare a road condition report as early as possible, but no later
than 4:45 a.m. if possible.
❑ On or about 4:45 a.m. the designated road operations manager shall contact the
Public Works Director or their designee to discuss the road and weather conditions and
latest weather forecast.
❑ On or about 5:00 a m. the Public Works Director or designee calls the Commission
Chair to advise them of road conditions throughout the county and latest weather
forecast and makes recommendation regarding suspending standard operations.
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The Chair shall decide that:
1. Situation does not merit suspending standard operations: The County will
observe normal business operations because road conditions in most areas of
the County are not hazardous; all County operations will be conducted to
facilitate justice and commerce. Staff may use leave as provided in the
Personnel Policy 4.5 Unusual Weather Conditions/Extreme Circumstances; or
2. Opening standard operations will be delayed until specified time later in the
day (preferably 10:00 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.) [or closed early if conditions
merit] because extremely hazardous conditions currently exist and the
safety risks of travel for employees and the public and the associated County
liability outweigh the benefit of commencing designated standard operations at
the normal time. or
3. Extremely hazardous conditions exist and are likely to persist throughout
the day and the safety risks of travel for employees and the public and the
associated County liability outweigh the benefit of conducting designated
standard operations this day Conduct of standard operations is suspended
until a specified time the following day.
The Chair will contact the Presiding Judges of Superior and District Courts to
determine if it is necessary to make special accommodations for any of their operations
during the suspension of standard operations.
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By 6:00 a.m. the Chair calls Central Operations staff to update the County closure
information message number (360-427-9670 ext. 678) with information regarding the
duration of the suspension. Central Operations will contact the media.
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The Public Works Director or designee shall update the County website with the
closure information
❑ If closure occurs during regular work hours, Central Operations updates the County
closure information message number (x678), contacts each county office, sends out an
"all county" email, sends notice to website and the media.
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