[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Amesbury
as Art. 32 of the 1990 Bylaws (originally adopted 11-20-1950 pursuant
to Chapter 639, Acts of 1950). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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
functions as authorized or directed by Chapter 639, Acts of 1950,
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.
A.Â
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.
B.Â
The Director shall also have authority to appoint
district coordinators and may accept and may receive, on behalf of
the City, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way
of gift, 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 an Emergency Management
Advisory Council (hereinafter called the "Council"). Such Council
shall serve without pay and shall consist of the Director of Emergency
Management and such other department heads and such other persons
as the authority appointing said 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
aid another city or town at the request of said city or town in the
suppression of riots or other forms of violence therein.
This chapter shall remain in force during the
effective period of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, and any act in amendment
or continuation thereof or substitution therefor unless sooner repealed
by vote of the City.
All references 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 for said Chapter 639.