Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on an Order Extending a Declaration of Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, Texas in relation to the severe winter weather event occurring in February 2021; with such extension continuing until otherwise terminated by Order of the Williamson County Commissioners Court.

On February 21, 2021, the Williamson County Judge issued an Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, Texas after making a determination based on statements and information provided to him by Williamson County Emergency Management personnel, state and local officials, and other emergency services agencies serving Williamson County, Texas that extraordinary measures must continue to be taken to alleviate and prevent the suffering of people and to protect or rehabilitate property due to the severe winter weather event experienced in Williamson County, Texas.

The conditions necessitating declaration of a local state of disaster continue to exist in Williamson County, Texas in relation to the severe winter weather event experienced in Williamson County, Texas and §418.108(b) of the Texas Government Code provides that a local state of disaster may not be continued for a period in excess of seven days without the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision; and