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Greetings, 

The Marion County Sheriff's Office would like to invite the Idaho State Governor, including his cabinet, to join us for a sit-down in our headquarters to meet regarding the matter outlined in the Executive Order from Governor Kirkman. 

Please do contact me at your earliest convenience to schedule this sit-down. We look forward to meeting with you to come to a solution to this problem.

Regards,

Sheriff Jack Mondays
Marion County Sheriff's Office

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The Office of the Governor

Executive Department                       Proclamation                       State Capitol            

  State of Idaho                                                                           EvoCity             

                            WHEREAS, the health and safety of all Idahoans is the greatest priority of our state and

                  its leaders; and

                           WHEREAS, Idaho is committed to being as prepared as possible to respond to the 2019

                  novel coronavirus (COVID-19); and

                           WHEREAS, the worldwide detection of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19),

                  including in the United States, has progressed to a pandemic declared by the World Health

                  Organization on March 11, 2020; and

                           WHEREAS, the Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a public health

                  emergency exists to address the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which affects or has

                  significant potential to affect national security; and

                           WHEREAS, there is risk to life and the continued operation of public infrastructure as a

                  result of the potential for cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the State of

                  Idaho; and

                           WHEREAS, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, other state agencies, and the

                  local public health districts are expending resources to prepare for and treat cases of the 2019

                  novel coronavirus (COVID-19), supporting healthcare system response, and addressing

                  resource shortages through the use of supplies and equipment from the Strategic National

                  Stockpile (SNS) throughout the State of Idaho to reduce transmission and illness severity. The

                  costs associated with facilitating the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) preparedness and

                  response effort are expected to increase commensurate with the severity of the outbreak; and

                           WHEREAS, the State of Idaho has established a Coronavirus Working Group to aid in

                  the many public health aspects of the incident; and

                           WHEREAS, the Idaho Office of Emergency Management Emergency Operations Center

                  is coordinating resources across state government to support the Idaho Department of Health

                  and Welfare and local officials in alleviating the impacts to people, property, and infrastructure,

                  and is assessing the magnitude and long-term effects of the incident with the Idaho Department

                  of Health and Welfare;

                           NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas Kirkman, Governor of the State of Idaho, by virtue of the authority

                  vested in me by Section 46-1008 of the Idaho Code do hereby find and therefore proclaim and

                  declare:

                           1.    That a state of emergency described in Section 46 1008, Idaho Code, exists in the State of 

                           Idaho.

                               a. The plans and procedures of the State of Idaho Emergency Operations Plan are to be

                                   implemented.

                               b. The nature of the emergency is the occurrence and imminent threat to public health

                                   and safety arising from the effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

                               c. The area threatened by the emergency includes the State of Idaho.

                               d. The area subject to this proclamation shall include the State of Idaho.

                           2.    The state of public health emergency herein described shall exist for a period of thirty

                                  days unless terminated, modified or unless extended for thirty-day increments.

                           3.    State agencies and departments are directed to utilize state resources and to do

                                  everything reasonably possible to assist affected political subdivisions in an effort to

                                  respond to and recover from the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

                           4.    This proclamation serves pursuant to Section 46-1008, Idaho Code, as authorization for

                                  the resources of state government to assist in efforts to deal with the public health

                                  emergency of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Idaho.

                           5.    State licensing agencies and departments are authorized to temporarily exercise
                                  enforcement discretion, implement temporary rules, and waive licensing and related
                                  requirements to maximize access to health care services and provider support in
                                  response to COVID-19.

                           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great

                           Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in EvoCity on this 27th day of March in the year of

                           our Lord two thousand and twenty and of the Independence of the United States of America

                           the two hundred thirty-third and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred nineteenth.

                                                      
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                                                                                                       Thomas A. Kirkman
                                                                                                            GOVERNOR