The Chesapeake Metropolis Council will meet on Monday at 5 p.m. for a particular assembly the place leaders are anticipated to substantiate the emergency declaration to “unencumber funding to help restoration following the Walmart capturing,” the town tweeted on Friday.
The declaration states: “on account of this tragedy, impacted residents face the necessity for continued emergency sources and necessitating the proclamation of a neighborhood emergency to alleviate this situation.”
The state of emergency, if agreed upon, will proceed by means of Dec. 5, 2022.
After the council assembly, metropolis officers will collect with the mayor for a public citywide candlelight vigil with Chesapeake Mayor Rick West.
-ABC Information’ Beatrice Peterson