Mayor Ted Wheeler Declares State Of Emergency

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Thursday declared a State of Emergency.

The move gives the City additional authority to address COVID-19.

Here’s more from the Mayor:

Here are the latest actions the City is specifically taking:

During the State of Emergency, water service will not be disconnected for non-payment of sewer/stormwater/water bills.
We will convene a COVID-19 Economic Impact Task Force to generate ideas for a stimulus package to help small and large businesses recoup losses from canceled events and loss of business.
We are expanding community hygiene stations citywide.
We are assisting shelter providers to keep winter shelters open.
We are protecting the thousands of city employees and its visitors by postponing or canceling non-essential work gatherings.
We are stopping non-essential travel for meetings and conferences and encouraging vulnerable employees to stay home for as long as they need to.
The City of Sherwood has also declared a State of Emergency.