Following mayor's resignation, Anchorage Assembly extends COVID-19 emergency declaration to Nov. 30 - Anchorage Daily News

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Following the resignation of Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz on Tuesday evening, the Anchorage Assembly voted to extend the municipal COVID-19 emergency declaration through Nov. 30.

It is the fifth time that the Assembly has extended the emergency declaration, which gives the mayor special powers to enact emergency orders and take other actions to address the coronavirus pandemic.

The motion to extend the emergency declaration passed 9-1, with Assemblywoman Jamie Allard voting against it. Allard has consistently opposed the emergency declaration and voted against each previous extension.

The Berkowitz administration had requested that the extension run through the end of the year on Dec. 31. But a motion introduced by Assemblywoman Crystal Kennedy and approved by the body means the city is moving to phase out of the emergency status and find other ways to address the pandemic.

A section added to the motion states that “the intent of this extension is solely to allow time to revert all processes out of current emergency status and into normal MOA management processes.”

Assemblywoman Suzanne LaFrance also made a motion to shorten the timeframe of the extension from the end of December to November.

“My concern is that we continue to roll forward the emergency orders rather than take the next step, which is to figure out what the transition to a more permanent solution needs to be,” LaFrance said.

The mayor’s resignation will go into effect on Oct. 23, and at that time the Assembly chair takes over as acting mayor. The chair is currently Felix Rivera.

The mayor’s current emergency powers would have expired this Friday and were first issued in March as the Assembly sought to take action against the growing COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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