Flowery Branch City Council members Thursday night voted to grant Mayor Mike Miller sole authority to declare a local emergency.Previously, declaration of a local emergency required a quorum from the council. “What this ordinance does is the fleshing out with, an actual resolution that shows and more clearly delineates, what would be the actions for the city during emergency,” City Manager Bill Andrew said.The move to create Chapter 25 in the city’s Emergency Management Code was in part to hasten the decision-making process when time is of the essence in situations of emergency or disaster.“We’ve also talked to Oakwood and they’ve recently updated theirs,” Andrew said. The revised code is based upon a Georgia Municipal Association sample ordinance, created in cooperation with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Association County Commissioners of Georgia.