: AA 4 BOROUGH B OF PARKSIDE 3 22 - East Elbon Road - Parkside, Delaware County Pennsylvania, 19015-3318 % Phone: 610-876-3659 L LL BUT Fax: 610-876-6641 BOROUGH OF PARKSIDE COUNTY OF DELAWARE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR PARKSIDE BOROUGH, DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DUE TO THE IMMINENT CLOSURE OF THE CROZER HEALTH SYSTEM AND THE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY FILING BY PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF CROZER HEALTH WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested by 35 Pa. C.S.A. $7501(b) and PA Borough Code Section 1006-A(b), the Mayor is authorized to declare emergencies because of the severe effects on healthcare and emergency services within Parkside Borough and throughout Delaware County anticipated by the imminent closure of the Crozer Health System, and the Chapter 11 oankruptcy filing by Prospect Medical Holdings, the parent company of Crozer Health; and WHEREAS, the Borough of Parkside wishes to mitigate the adverse etfects on healthcare and emergency services of both Parkside Borough and the Parkside Borough Fire Department; and WHEREAS, the, Borough intends to activate the response and recovery aspects of all appliçable local emergency management plans and to authorize the furnishing of aid and assistance to its citizens, where necessary, thereunder; and WHEREAS, the declaration of an emergency authorizes the Borough to enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to disaster emergency management, response and recovery; and WHEREAS, the declaration of an emergency further authorizes the Borough to exercise certain powers vested under 35 Pa. C.S.A. $7501 et seq. without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase of supplies and materials, and the levying of taxes and the appropriation and expenditure of public funds.