At the September 23, 2021 Peoria County Democrats Precinct Committee Person meeting, members voted to pass the following resolution:
A Resolution Declaring Continuing Utility Disconnections in Illinois to be a Pandemic Safety Risk
Whereas, a new and significant outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19"), a novel severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among people through respiratory transmissions, emerged in late 2019: and,
Whereas, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID 19 to be a public health emergency and declared it a worldwide Pandemic on March 2020; and,
Whereas, on January 13, 2020 the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary declared a public health emergency for the United States; and,
Whereas, the Governor of the State of Illinois issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation declaring all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area in March 9, 2020 and,
Whereas, on March 13, 2020 the President of the United States declared a National Emergency concerning the COVID-19 virus; and,
Whereas, on March 20, 2020, the Governor of the State of Illinois issued Executive Order 2020- 10 entitled Executive Order in Response to COVID-19, and has issued many Executive Orders regarding the COVID-19 public health emergency since that date; and,
Whereas, restricting access to utilities based on ability to pay hinders the public efforts in regard to other priorities including containment and tracing; and,
Whereas, the Governor of Illinois has the authority from 20 ILCS 3305 7 (12) to enact a mandatory moratorium on utility disconnections from all providers, including private corporations, municipal utilities, cooperatives, and all other utilities providers; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PEORIA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE THAT:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals shall be and are hereby incorporated into this Section 1 as if said recitals were fully set forth.
Section 2. That there is a public health emergency caused by the contagious COVID-19 virus.
Section 3. The public health emergency is related to the COVID-19 virus which is causing or anticipated to cause widespread impacts on the financial health of members of the community.
Section 4. That the Peoria County Democratic Central Committee declares the termination and disconnection of utility service by any provider, whether private for-profit, non-profit, public or co-operative, for failure to pay for such a service constitutes a pandemic safety risk until we have reached at least a herd immunity and appropriated the Federal Funds.
Section 5. The Peoria County Democratic Central Committee calls on the Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to enact a mandatory moratorium on utility disconnections without means-testing.
Whereas, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID 19 to be a public health emergency and declared it a worldwide Pandemic on March 2020; and,
Whereas, on January 13, 2020 the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary declared a public health emergency for the United States; and,
Whereas, the Governor of the State of Illinois issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation declaring all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area in March 9, 2020 and,
Whereas, on March 13, 2020 the President of the United States declared a National Emergency concerning the COVID-19 virus; and,
Whereas, on March 20, 2020, the Governor of the State of Illinois issued Executive Order 2020- 10 entitled Executive Order in Response to COVID-19, and has issued many Executive Orders regarding the COVID-19 public health emergency since that date; and,
Whereas, restricting access to utilities based on ability to pay hinders the public efforts in regard to other priorities including containment and tracing; and,
Whereas, the Governor of Illinois has the authority from 20 ILCS 3305 7 (12) to enact a mandatory moratorium on utility disconnections from all providers, including private corporations, municipal utilities, cooperatives, and all other utilities providers; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PEORIA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE THAT:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals shall be and are hereby incorporated into this Section 1 as if said recitals were fully set forth.
Section 2. That there is a public health emergency caused by the contagious COVID-19 virus.
Section 3. The public health emergency is related to the COVID-19 virus which is causing or anticipated to cause widespread impacts on the financial health of members of the community.
Section 4. That the Peoria County Democratic Central Committee declares the termination and disconnection of utility service by any provider, whether private for-profit, non-profit, public or co-operative, for failure to pay for such a service constitutes a pandemic safety risk until we have reached at least a herd immunity and appropriated the Federal Funds.
Section 5. The Peoria County Democratic Central Committee calls on the Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to enact a mandatory moratorium on utility disconnections without means-testing.
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