[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Grant County 5-17-1994
by Ord. No. 28. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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:
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.
Includes emergency government and civil defense and means all measures
undertaken by or on behalf of the County of Grant or its subdivisions to:
Prepare for and minimize the effect of enemy action and natural or man-made
disasters upon the civilian population of Grant County.
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.
The hostile action by a foreign power which threatens the security
of this County, state or nation, or any part thereof.
Includes all other extraordinary misfortunes affecting the population
of the County, natural or man-made, not included in the term "enemy action."
A.
Formation. The County Board of Supervisors for the County
of Grant, State of Wisconsin, shall designate a committee of that Board to
act as the Grant County Emergency Management - Disaster Services Committee.
Said Committee shall have as its Chairman the Chairman of the County Board.
B.
Duties of the Emergency Management - Disaster Services
Committee. The County Emergency Management - Disaster Services Committee shall
be an advisory and planning group and shall advise the County Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Coordinator and the County Board of Supervisors on all
matters pertaining to emergency government services. It shall meet upon call
of the Chairman.
A.
Joint Coordinator. There is hereby created the office
of Emergency Management - Disaster Services Coordinator. The County Emergency
Management - Disaster Services Coordinator shall also hold the office of municipal
coordinator in those municipalities of the County as may hereafter enact an
ordinance parallel to this chapter.[1]
B.
Tenure, term, appointment, and statutory provision.
(1)
Tenure. The County Emergency Management - Disaster Services
Coordinator shall be a full-time position. The salary of the Coordinator and
members of his or her staff shall be set from time to time by the County Board
of Supervisors.
(2)
Term. The term of the Grant County Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Coordinator shall be at the pleasure of the County Board.
(3)
Appointment. The Emergency Management - Disaster Services
Coordinator shall be appointed by the County Board Chairman subject to the
approval of the County Board.
(4)
Statutory provision. The provisions of § 166.03,
Wis. Stats., relating to powers and duties of emergency government services
and personnel shall apply to the Coordinator and his or her staff.
C.
Status. The County Emergency Management - Disaster Services
Coordinator shall be considered to be an employee of the County, by appointment,
not under civil service, and shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges,
and benefits that appointed County employees have. He or she shall report
to the County Emergency Management - Disaster Services Committee.
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:
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.
A.
Office and staff. The Grant County Board shall provide
an office, office furniture, stenographic help, and such office supplies as
may be necessary to carry out the functions of the County Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Coordinator, and the cost thereof shall be defrayed by
the County of Grant, with the help of federal matching funds.
B.
Major equipment and services. Cost of equipment and services
shall be borne 100% by the municipal government requiring such procurement
with federal matching funds procured by the County-Municipal Director when
applicable. Federal matching funds reimbursement shall be returned to the
treasurer of the municipality procuring the equipment or services.
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.
A.
Policy. In preparing and executing the Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Program, the services, equipment, supplies and facilities
of the existing departments and agencies of the County shall be utilized to
the maximum extent practicable, and the officers and personnel of all such
departments and agencies are directed to cooperate with and extend such services
and facilities as are required of them.
B.
Responsibility.
(1)
In order to assure that in the event of an emergency
all the facilities of the existing County government are expanded to the fullest
to meet such emergency, the following specific responsibilities are assigned
to the following department heads named as Directors of Emergency Management
- Disaster Services. The Emergency Management - Disaster Services Coordinator
will assist them in organizing and planning for the expansion of their departments
prior to and during an emergency and for recruiting necessary emergency management
volunteers to supplement regular department employees.
(a)
County Board Chairman: Director of Command and Control.
(b)
County Sheriff: Director of Police Services.
(c)
County Highway Commissioner: Director of Engineering
Services.
(d)
County Clerk: Director of Supplies Services.
(e)
County Social Services Director: Director of Human Services.
(f)
County Nurse: Director of Public Health.
(g)
County Coroner: Director of Mortuary Services.
(h)
District Attorney: Director of Intelligence.
(2)
Other department heads not specifically named will fulfill
emergency and nonemergency duties as assigned under the County Emergency Operations
Plan. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to limit the Emergency
Management - Disaster Service Coordinator from immediately commencing organizational
and planning programs as required by the State of Wisconsin Emergency Operations
Plan.
C.
Joint action. Municipalities entering into joint action
with Grant County will provide for utilization of existing services of municipal
government by enactment of an ordinance parallel to this section.
A.
Policy. Such ordinances under which the use of County
government equipment on private property is prohibited are hereby amended
under the provisions of United States Public Law 93-288 to permit debris removal,
by the County, when such action is invoked by presidential disaster declaration.
When a presidential disaster declaration is invoked in this County, debris
removal from the affected private property will be accomplished, whenever
possible, by use of local or County-owned equipment, provided that such individuals
sign a certificate of release holding the local, County, state or federal
government free of liability and request such debris removal services.
B.
Responsibility of Grant County Emergency Management -
Disaster Services Coordinator.
(1)
The Grant County Emergency Management - Disaster Services
Coordinator is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the County
of Grant, a public entity established under the laws of the State of Wisconsin,
any application and to file it in the appropriate state office for the purposes
of obtaining certain federal assistance under United States Public Law 93-288.
(2)
Under the provisions of United States Public Law 93-288,
debris removal from private property, when a presidential disaster declaration
is invoked in this County concerning said private property, shall be coordinated
by the Grant County Emergency Management - Disaster Services Coordinator or
his designee for all areas within Grant County.
(3)
The County Emergency Management - Disaster Services Coordinator
shall establish liaison and coordinate with the Grant County Land Conservation
Committee, which shall have responsibility for debris removal on private property
for all designated predominately rural areas when a presidential declaration
is invoked for said private property in this County and the property owner
executes a release of liability.
C.
Responsibility of Grant County Highway Commissioner.
Responsibility for nonrural areas shall be under the control of the Grant
County Highway Commissioner with authority to delegate control to a department
of public works or engineering or street department in municipalities of the
County. The Highway Commissioner shall:
(1)
Initiate necessary steps to ensure that the responsible
department of public works or engineering or street department in all municipalities
within the County is aware of debris removal responsibilities under United
States Public Law 93-288.
(2)
Maintain inventories of engineering equipment of municipalities
with the County.
(3)
Establish liaison with private contractors for possible
utilization of their engineering equipment under the provisions of United
States Public Law 93-288.
(4)
Be authorized to employ short-term emergency manpower
at the present Grant County part-time salary schedule, as necessary, to implement
debris removal from private property under the provisions of United States
Public Law 93-288, with approval of the Grant County Board Chairman.
A.
Joint-action municipalities. In the event the Governor
determines that an emergency exists due to natural or man-made disasters,
the County Coordinator will activate and coordinate the Emergency Management
- Disaster Services Organization.[1]
B.
Non-joint-action municipalities. In the event of a natural
or man-made disaster, the County Coordinator will coordinate when asked to
do so by the local municipalities affected and render such assistance as is
required and available from County resources.
C.
Emergency use of vehicles. In any state of emergency,
when an individual is responding to an official request for help during said
emergency, said individual may operate any vehicle within Grant County without
regard to motor vehicle registration laws or being subject to arrest under
the provisions of § 341.04, Wis. Stats., or any ordinance adopted
by Grant County incorporating the provisions of said Wisconsin Statutes.
D.
Red Cross or Salvation Army not affected. Nothing contained
in this chapter shall limit or in any way affect the responsibility of the
American National Red Cross or Salvation Army as authorized by the Congress
of the United States.
E.
Establishment of temporary locations of government and
succession to local offices. The Grant County Board of Supervisors may, during
any declared state of emergency, be it at a County level or state level, provide
for, by resolution, the establishment of an alternate place to convene to
carry on the affairs of Grant County during the state of emergency and to
provide for, by resolution, the succession to local offices which may be necessary
for the continuity of Grant County governmental functions during the state
of emergency, said emergency resulting from enemy action.
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.
