[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Marlborough as §§ 2-38 through 2-42 of the 1965 Code (Ch. 8 of the 1986 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Department of
Civil Defense, hereinafter called "the Department."
It shall be the function of the Department to
have charge of civil defense as defined in Acts 1950, Chapter 639,
Section 1, and to perform civil defense functions as authorized or
directed by such chapter or by any and all executive orders or general
regulations promulgated thereunder and to exercise any authority delegated
to it by the Governor under Chapter 639.
A.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director
of Civil Defense, hereinafter called the "Director," who shall be
appointed as prescribed by law. The Director shall have direct responsibility
for the organization, administration and operation of the Department,
subject to the direction and control of the appointing authority,
and shall receive such salary as may be fixed from time to time by
the appointing authority. The Director may, within the limits of the
amount appropriated therefor, appoint such experts, clerks and other
assistants as the work of the Department may require and may remove
them and may make such expenditures as may be necessary to execute
effectively the purposes of Acts 1950, Chapter 639.
B.
The Director shall also have authority to appoint
district coordinators and may accept and may receive, on behalf of
the City, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way
of gift, grant or loan for purposes of civil defense offered by the
federal government or any agency or officer thereof or any person,
firm or corporation, subject to the terms of the offer and the rules
and regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer. The Director
shall cause appropriate records to be kept of all matters relating
to such gifts, grants or loans.
There is hereby established a Civil Defense
Advisory Council, hereinafter called the "Council." Such Council members
shall serve without pay and shall consist of the Director of Civil
Defense, such other department heads and such other persons as the
authority appointing such Director may deem necessary. Such member
of the Council as such appointing authority shall designate shall
serve as Chairman of the Council. The Council shall serve, subject
to the direction and control of the appointing authority, and shall
advise such appointing authority and the Director on matters pertaining
to civil defense.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to
go to aid another city or town at the request of such city or town
in the suppression of riots or other forms of violence therein.
This article shall remain in force during the
effective period of Acts 1950, Chapter 639, and any act in amendment
or continuation thereof or substitution thereof. All references to
Acts 1950, Chapter 639, as now in force, shall be applicable to any
act in amendment or continuation of or substitution for Chapter 639.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL Chapter 33, Appendix
13-1 through 13-22, as amended
