Oregon Statutes - Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration - Section 294.455 - Authorization to expend or borrow moneys after destruction of property or natural disaster; authorization by chief executive officer to protect public health or safety.

If property has been involuntarily converted or destroyed during the current year or current budget period or if, as a result of civil disturbance, fire, flood, earthquake or other calamity or natural disaster, it is necessary for a municipal corporation to expend funds, receive grants or borrow moneys that were not included in the budget for the current year or current budget period, authorization of all matters necessary in order for the municipal corporation to receive those grants or borrow those moneys may be made by ordinance or resolution of the governing body, and appropriations for the estimated expenditures out of any source of available funds, including but not limited to unappropriated fund balances, shall be made by resolution or ordinance in the same manner as provided in ORS 294.450 (1), or by supplemental budget as provided by ORS 294.480 (3) and (4). When prompt action is necessary to protect the public health or safety following the involuntary conversion or destruction of property or the occurrence of a calamity or natural disaster and if it is not practical to convene a meeting of the governing body of the municipal corporation, the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation may, by written order, authorize the immediate expenditure of funds from any available source to redress the situation that threatens the public health or safety. [1963 c.576 §27a; 1965 c.451 §10; 1991 c.573 §2; 1997 c.308 §25; 2001 c.135 §22]

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