[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Tuckerton 11-16-1987
by Ord. No. 14-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established in the Borough of Tuckerton an Office of
Emergency Management, to be directed by the Emergency Management Coordinator
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
A.
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator
from among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management Coordinator
shall serve, subject to fulfilling the requirements of this section, for a
term of three years.
B.
As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue
for the full term of his appointment, the Emergency Management Coordinator
shall have successfully completed, at the time of his appointment or within
one year immediately following his appointment, the current approved civil
defense director-coordinator course. The failure of any Emergency Management
Coordinator to fulfill such requirements within the period prescribed shall
disqualify the Coordinator from continuing in the office of Coordinator, and
thereupon a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
A.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible
for the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster control
operations within the Borough.
B.
Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or
is imminent in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator of the
municipality shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the
Borough. The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with the regulations
promulgated by the State Civilian Defense Director, shall be empowered to
issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out
disaster control operations and to protect the health, safety and resources
of the residents of the Borough.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint an Emergency Management
Deputy Coordinator, with the approval of the Mayor. Wherever possible, such
Deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of
the municipality.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint an Operations Officer
with the approval of the Mayor. The Operations Officer shall be under the
authority of the Emergency Management Coordinator and the Emergency Management
Deputy Coordinator. The Operations Officer shall be responsible for implementing
the directions of the Emergency Management Coordinator and the Deputy Coordinator
during any emergency or test drill.
[Added 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 15-1987]
There is hereby created an Emergency Management Service Council, to
be composed of not more than 15 members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor
and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency
Management Coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as chairman of the
Emergency Management Service Council.
[Added 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 15-1987]
A.
The Emergency Management Service Council shall assist
the municipality in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed
to meet the requirements of all local civil defense and disaster control activities
in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Governor of
the State of New Jersey.
B.
The Emergency Management Service Council is authorized,
within the limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization
to assist in supervising and coordinating the civil defense and disaster control
activities of the local municipality.
