[Adopted 5-13-2003 by Ord. No. 452]
This article shall be known as the "Danville
Borough Joint Emergency Operations Plan Ordinance."
The Borough of Danville hereby resolves to enter
into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with certain other
townships and boroughs of Montour County that have enacted a similar
ordinance and such other municipalities as would desire to enter into
an intergovernmental agreement in the future, whereby a Montour County
Joint Emergency Operations Plan will be created.
The purpose of the County Emergency Operations
Plan is to plan for and respond to any natural or man-caused disaster
emergencies that may occur within the geographical boundaries of Montour
County.
The conditions of the intergovernmental cooperation
agreement to be entered into between the participating municipalities
and the county are generally as follows:
A.
The municipalities agree that they shall take steps
to assure the formulation of the County Emergency Operations Plan,
and they shall adopt and declare the County Emergency Operations Plan
to be the emergency operations plan of each of their municipalities
for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement in Subsection 7503(1)
of the Emergency Management Services Code[1] to prepare, maintain, and keep current a disaster emergency
management plan for each of their municipalities.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 Pa.C.S.A § 7503(a).
B.
Each municipality agrees and shall provide necessary
information to the County Emergency Management Agency on a periodic
basis, as determined by the Coordinator of the Montour Emergency Management
Agency (hereafter referred to as the "Coordinator"), in order to prepare
and maintain a joint Emergency Operations Plan that can and will be
implemented for response to emergencies affecting the municipalities
that are parties to this Agreement. Each municipality agrees that
the County Emergency Operations Plan shall constitute the joint Emergency
Operations Plan of the municipalities.
C.
Each municipality shall provide reimbursement to the
Montour County Emergency Management Agency for the printing and mailing
of said joint emergency operations plan.
D.
Each municipality agrees to use the Montour County
Emergency Operations Plan for a term of five years. At the end of
this period of time, any municipality may withdraw from this agreement
after providing: 30 days' written notice to the other member municipalities;
and acceptance by the Montour County Emergency Management Coordinator
of a standalone emergency operations plan for that municipality. This
agreement, however, shall continue to exist among the remaining municipalities.
A copy of this article shall be filed with the
Montour County Emergency Management Agency and shall remain in effect
unless amended. Any amendments shall also be filed with the Montour
County Emergency Management Agency.
