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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-213
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, EMPOWERING THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO
REQUIRE THE COLLECTION OF CITY EMPLOYEE VACCINATION
INFORMATION TO AID THE CITY'S COVID-19 PANDEMIC PLANNING,
PREVENTION, RESPONSE AND COMPLIANCE EFFORTS
EXHIBIT 1
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 6.04.090(A) designates the City Manager as the
Director of Emergency Services (Director); and
WHEREAS, Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 6.04.l00(A)(G)(e) empowers the director, in the
event of a proclamation of a local or statewide emergency, to execute any special powers conferred
upon the Director by City Council resolution; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 pandemic states of emergency presently exists in the state, county, and
city; and
WHEREAS, as the COVID-19 pandemic persists, federal, state and local authorities are focusing
on vaccination as the primary means of reducing the spread of the disease and preventing serious
illness from the disease; and
WHEREAS, the federal government is requiring federal contractors and most private employers
to institute mandatory vaccination and testing programs; and
WHEREAS, the state government requires similar programs for some employers and is expected
to expand the programs to other employers, including the city; and
WHEREAS, the city needs accurate employee vaccination information to plan for and comply
with the anticipate requirements and other COVID-19 prevention and response efforts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Director is empowered to require the collection of city employee vaccination
information.
3. That the authorization provided to the Director in this resolution shall remain in effect
for the duration of the local COVID-19 pandemic emergency unless terminated earlier
by City Council action.
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EXHIBIT 1
4. That the Director may take any further action necessary and appropriate to carry out
the purpose and intent of thi.s resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 21st day of September 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: Blackburn.
ABSENT: None.
MA TT HALL, Mayor
1-C ~t:ffl~ uv,.__ FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)