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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.