[[1]HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 2016. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: Former Ch. 36, Code of Ethics, adopted 7-9-1991 by Ord. No. 1205, as amended, was repealed 1-28-2020 by Ord. No. 1985.
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted thereto in N.J.S.A. App.A:9-40.1, there shall be a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator in the Borough of Middlesex to be appointed by the Mayor from among the residents of the municipality.
B. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App.A:9-44, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency management operations within the Borough of Middlesex and shall be empowered with and subject to all the powers and responsibilities delegated by N.J.S.A. App.A:9-30 et seq.
C. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years from the date of the initial appointment by the Mayor. Any vacancy in the position of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on the unexpired term of the prior Coordinator.
A. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App.A:9-41, there shall be a Local Emergency Management Council in the Borough of Middlesex composed of not more than 15 members to assist the Borough in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local emergency management activities and to assist in supervising and coordinating of the Borough's local emergency management activities.
B. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, as authorized by N.J.S.A. App.A:9-41 and appointed pursuant to § 36-1 of the municipal Code, shall be a member of the Local Emergency Management Council and shall serve as the chairman thereof.
C. 
Notwithstanding the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, all appointments to the Local Emergency Management Council shall be by the Mayor for a term of one year from the date of the initial appointment. Any vacancy in the position of member of the Local Emergency Management Council shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on the unexpired term of the prior member.
A. 
Pursuant to the power of N.J.S.A. App.A:9-40.5, whenever, in the opinion of the Borough's Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, disaster has occurred or is imminent in the Borough of Middlesex, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Borough.
B. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety, and resources of the residents of the municipality.
C. 
The powers conferred to the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator by this chapter are confined to those conferred by N.J.S.A. App.A:9-40.5 and shall be exercised in a manner strictly consistent therewith.