[Amended 10-2-2000 ATM by Art. 7, approved 3-29-2001]
There is hereby established a Department of Emergency Management
(hereinafter called "the Department"). It shall be the function of
the Department to have charge of emergency management as defined in
Section 1, Chapter 639, Acts of 1950 and to perform emergency management
functions as authorized or directed by said 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
said Chapter 639.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of
Emergency Management (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 Chapter 639, Acts of 1950.
The Director shall also have authority to appoint district coordinators
and may accept and may receive on behalf of the Town, services, equipment,
supplies, materials, or funds by way of gifts, grant, or loan, for
purposes of emergency management, 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 Emergency Management Advisory
Council (hereinafter called the "Council"). Said Council shall serve
without pay and shall consist of the Director of Emergency Management,
such other department heads and such other persons as the Director
may deem necessary. Such member of said Council as said appointing
authority shall designate shall serve as Chairman of said Council.
Said Council shall serve subject to the direction and control of the
appointing authority and shall advise said appointing authority and
the Director on matters pertaining to emergency management.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to go to aid another
city or town at the request of said city or town in the suppression
of riots or other forms of violence therein.
Section
57-4 shall remain in force during the effective period of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, and any act in amendment or continuation thereof or substitution therefore.
All reference to Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as now in force,
shall be applicable to any act or acts in amendment or continuation
of or substitution of said Chapter 639.