This chapter shall be known and may be cited and referred to
as the "Emergency Management Ordinance."
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an
emergency management unit that will provide for optimum use of the
resources of the Borough for action in coordinating emergency operations
and to provide standards for the position of Emergency Management
Coordinator.
A. The Emergency Management Coordinator will coordinate the emergency
services of the borough as required by New Jersey Statutes Chapter
251, P.L. 1942, as amended by Chapter 438, P.L. 1953 (N.J.S.A. App.
A:9-33 et seq.). The Emergency Management Coordinator will provide
planning guidance to the departments and agencies of the Borough.
B. This chapter does not relieve any Borough department or agency of
the responsibilities or authority given by state statute or by local
ordinance nor is it intended to adversely affect the work of any volunteer
agency organized for relief in emergencies.
A Council for Emergency Management, utilizing existing agencies
within the Borough, is hereby created.
A. The Council shall consist of the following:
(1) The Emergency Management Council will be under the direction of the
Coordinator. The Coordinator shall be a member and chairman of the
Council. There shall also be such deputies, appointed by the Coordinator
and approved by the Mayor, as are deemed necessary. Such deputies
shall be appointed from among the salaried officers and/or employees
of the Borough, whenever possible.
(2) The Mayor shall appoint up to 15 members to serve on the Emergency
Management Council and are to serve at the will and pleasure of the
Mayor.
(3) The employees, equipment and facilities of all Borough departments,
boards, agencies and commissions which will participate in emergency
management activities.
(4) Volunteer persons, organizations or agencies offering service to
and accepted by the Borough without remuneration.
B. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be a resident of the Borough
of Riverdale and shall be appointed by the Mayor. The Coordinator
shall serve for a term of three years and may be removed by the Governor
of New Jersey at any time for cause.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for
the provision of leadership in the field of emergency management in
the Borough. As such, the Coordinator shall be responsible for emergency
management program administration and program development encompassing
the four phases of emergency management mitigation, preparedness,
response and recovery. The Coordinator shall also be responsible for
the following specific matters.
A. Program administration.
(1) Insure that the Borough Office of Emergency Management is available
on a twenty-four-hour basis.
(2) Supervise the day-to-day operations of the Borough office of emergency
management.
(3) Insure that the Borough meets all requirements for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's Emergency Management Assistance Program,
including meeting goals agreed to in the annual work plan, maintaining
a currently approved municipal emergency operations plan, and providing
the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management with quarterly program
status reports, if applicable.
(4) Prepare, submit and justify the annual Borough emergency management
budget.
(5) Secure county, state and federal technical and financial assistance
available through the County Office of Emergency Management.
(6) Personally attend at least 75% of the scheduled County Office of
Emergency Management meetings. The Coordinator must assure representation
at all other county emergency management meetings.
(7) Maintain a continuing knowledge of all Borough, county, state and
federal laws and plans concerning emergency management.
(8) Maintain adequate files, records and correspondence relating to emergency
management activities.
(9) Interact with the County Emergency Management Coordinator regarding:
(a) Borough Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) review; (b) all mutual
aid agreements; (c) Hazard Identification Capability Assessment and
Multi-Year Development Plan (HICA/MYDP); (d) the approval and scheduling
of attendees for state and federally sponsored emergency management
course, etc.
(10) Coordinate with the Borough agencies, departments, and bureaus regarding
their emergency management responsibilities.
(11) Implement policies and procedures regarding emergency management.
(12) Conduct quarterly staff meetings, providing advance notice to the
County Office of Emergency Management.
(13) Receive and react to weather emergency notifications.
(14) Cooperate with the National Warning System (NAWAS) program.
(15) Comply with all directives, rules and regulations issued by the state
office of emergency management.
(16) Conduct a minimum of one exercise per year, providing a minimum thirty-day
advance notice through the County Office of Emergency Management to
the state office of emergency management.
B. Program development. Recruit, organize, coordinate, and train a staff
to administer the following emergency management functions and programs:
(4) Emergency operating center.
(5) Emergency public information.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall complete, within
one year of his or her appointment, the emergency program manager
course and the basic emergency management workshop. Following completion
of the first year's courses, the Coordinator shall complete 24
classroom hours of emergency management continuing education per year.
All courses taken by the Coordinator shall be submitted to and approved
by the county Emergency Management Coordinator.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished as a disorderly person in accordance with
the provisions of N.J.S.A. App. A:9-50 et seq.
Should any provision of this chapter be declared invalid for
any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of other
provisions or of this chapter as a whole, it being the legislative
intent that the provisions of this chapter shall be severable and
remain valid notwithstanding such declaration.
At all times, when the orders, rules and regulations made and
promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be in effect, they shall
supersede all existing sections, orders, rules and regulations insofar
as the latter may be inconsistent therewith. This chapter is adopted
to complement the New Jersey Emergency Management Act (N.J.S.A. App.
A:9-33, et seq.) and regulations promulgated thereunder and must be
read and interpreted in conjunction therewith. Any conflict found
to exist between this chapter and the above statute will be resolved
in favor of the statute.