[Amended 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. Pursuant to the authority granted thereto in N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.1,
there shall be a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator in the
Borough of Red Bank to be appointed by the Mayor from among the residents
of the municipality.
B. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-44, the Municipal Emergency Management
Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating,
and the conduct of emergency management operations within the Borough
of Red Bank and shall be empowered with and subject to all the powers
and responsibilities delegated by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30 et seq.
C. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a
term of three years from the date of the initial appointment by the
Mayor. Any vacancy in the position of Municipal Emergency Management
Coordinator shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on
the unexpired term of the prior Coordinator.
[Amended 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41, there shall be a Local Emergency
Management Council in the Borough of Red Bank composed of not more
than 15 members to assist the Borough in establishing the various
local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local
emergency management activities and to assist in supervising and coordinating
of the Borough's local emergency management activities.
B. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, as authorized by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41 and appointed pursuant to §
50-1 of the municipal Code, shall be a member of the Local Emergency Management Council and shall serve as the Chair thereof.
C. Notwithstanding the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, all
appointments to the Local Emergency Management Council shall be by
the Mayor for a term of one year from the date of the initial appointment.
Any vacancy in the position of member of the Local Emergency Management
Council shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on the
unexpired term of the prior member.
[Added 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. Pursuant to the power of N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.5, whenever, in the
opinion of the Borough's Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator,
disaster has occurred or is imminent in the Borough of Red Bank, the
Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state
of local disaster emergency within the Borough.
B. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management,
shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary
to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to
protect the health, safety, and resources of the residents of the
municipality.
C. The powers conferred to the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator
by this chapter are confined to those conferred by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.5
and shall be exercised in a manner strictly consistent therewith.
The proclamation of emergency provided herein shall become effective
upon its issuance to news media or immediate dissemination to the
public, its posting on a bulletin board in the Municipal Building
and, where feasible, by public address systems throughout the Borough.
Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with the provisions of
this article shall terminate after 48 hours from the issuance thereof,
or upon the issuance of a proclamation determining an emergency no
longer exists, whichever occurs first; provided, however, that such
emergency may be extended for such additional comparable periods of
time as determined necessary by the Mayor.
This article shall be construed to be an addition to any other ordinances or statutes on the same subject and shall particularly be construed to be in addition to the provisions of Chapter
315, Disorderly Persons.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its final passage
and publication according to law, pursuant to a resolution declaring
an emergency to exist.