To prepare the County and its subdivisions to cope with emergencies
resulting from enemy action and natural or man-made disasters, it is declared
to be necessary to establish an emergency management - disaster services agency
to comply with the program of the State of Wisconsin as set forth in Ch. 166,
Wis. Stats.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning
indicated:
CIVIL DEFENSE
All measures undertaken by or on behalf of the County and its subdivisions
to prepare for and minimize the effect of enemy action upon the civilian population
of Grant County.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - DISASTER SERVICES
Includes emergency government and civil defense and means all measures
undertaken by or on behalf of the County of Grant or its subdivisions to:
A.
Prepare for and minimize the effect of enemy action and natural or man-made
disasters upon the civilian population of Grant County.
B.
Effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital
public utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such enemy action
or natural or man-made disaster.
ENEMY ACTION
The hostile action by a foreign power which threatens the security
of this County, state or nation, or any part thereof.
NATURAL DISASTER
Includes all other extraordinary misfortunes affecting the population
of the County, natural or man-made, not included in the term "enemy action."
The Coordinator, in his or her capacity as County Coordinator, subject
to the control and direction of the County Emergency Management - Disaster
Services Committee and under the general supervision of the County Board,
shall:
A. Develop and promulgate emergency management plans for
the County, including planning for joint-action municipalities, consistent
with the state plan of emergency government;
B. Coordinate and assist, when asked, in the development
of non-joint-action municipal emergency management disaster services plans
with the County and integrate such plans with the County plan;
C. Coordinate the County and joint-action municipal emergency
management - disaster services program, when asked;
D. Coordinate County-wide emergency management - disaster
services training programs and exercises;
E. Advise the State Department of Military Affairs, Division
of Emergency Management, Administrator through the State Southwest Region
Director of all emergency management services planning for the County and
render such reports as may be required;
F. Coordinate the County and joint-action emergency management
- disaster services activities throughout the County during a state of emergency
and coordinate the non-joint-action municipal emergency actions within the
County, subject to the coordinating authority of the State of Wisconsin; and
G. Perform such other duties relating to emergency government
services as may be required by the County Board.
Whenever it is deemed necessary by either the County Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Committee or a municipality participating in a joint action,
there shall be a joint meeting of the Committee to decide such matters as
may arise.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to obstruct, hinder, or
delay any member of the Emergency Management - Disaster Services Organization
in the enforcement of any order, rule, regulation or plan issued pursuant
to this chapter or to do any act forbidden by any order, rule, regulation
or plan issued pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter. For a
violation of any of the provisions of this section, a court may order the
violator to pay a forfeiture of not more than $200 plus costs or be imprisoned
for up to 90 days, or both. Any person found violating any of the provisions
of this section may be issued a citation by any law enforcement officer of
Grant County, Wisconsin. Any citation shall provide for the information required
by § 66.0113, Wis. Stats. The District Attorney's office is authorized
to handle any citation actions filed for violations of this section. The cash
deposit which can be posted for a violation of this section is $200 plus the
statutory costs, including but not limited to the penalty assessment, jail
assessment, and crime laboratories and drug enforcement assessment. Cash deposits,
forfeitures, and costs shall be paid to the Clerk of Circuit Court for Grant
County located in Lancaster, Wisconsin. The Clerk of Circuit Court shall issue
receipts for cash deposits, forfeitures and costs.
During any period of time in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed
by the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, the County Board of Supervisors
for Grant County shall be allowed to employ the Grant County Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Organization and the facilities and other resources of
said Organization to cope with the problems of the emergency.