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East Providence Municipal Court is Cancelled tonight.
Arraignments will be moved to January 7th, 2021.
Housing is moved to January 14th, 2021.
PARKING BAN LIFTED AS OF 3PM 12-17-2020



Supplemental Declaration of Municipal Emergency
Executive Order 2020-015
April 7, 2020 

Extending Executive Order 2020-004, dated March 15, 2020, entitled, declaration of state of municipal emergency



WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, the State of Rhode Island Governor, Gina M. Raimondo, issued Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, Mayor Roberto L. DaSilva, issued Executive Order 2020-004 declaring a state of municipal emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, the East Providence City Council ratified the Declaration of Municipal Emergency at a meeting on March 17, 2020 and authorized its extension through April 17, 2020; and

WHEREAS, the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 in Rhode and across the country continues to rise; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 30-15-9(b), Mayor DaSilva has not judged the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to have passed or the disaster to have been dealt with to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist and the state of municipal emergency can be terminated.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mayor Roberto L. DaSilva, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the Mayor of the City of East Providence, pursuant to the Rhode Island General Laws and the Home Rule Charter of the City of East Providence, do hereby order and direct the following:

Executive Order 2020-004, entitled “Declaration of State of Municipal Emergency,” declared March 15, 2020, and ratified by the East Providence City Council on March 17, 2020, is hereby extended.

This Order shall take effect on April 17, 2020 and remain in full force and effect through May 8, 2020, by and with the consent of the City Council.