"Emergency management" means all measures undertaken by or on
behalf of the Village to:
A. Prepare for and minimize the effect of natural or man-made disaster
upon the civilian population.
B. Undertake measures by or on behalf of the state and its subdivisions
to prepare for and minimize the effect of enemy action upon the civilian
population.
C. Effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of,
vital public utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such
action or disaster.
The Emergency Management Committee shall prepare a comprehensive
emergency program for the Village and shall present such plan to the
Village Board for its approval. When the Village Board has approved
the plan, the Emergency Management Committee shall utilize the services,
equipment, supplies and facilities of the Village to the maximum extent
practicable in satisfying the objectives of the plan.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2005-04-03; 5-5-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-05-01]
Whenever necessary to meet an emergency for which adequate regulations
have not been adopted by the Village Board, the Village President
and, in his or her absence, the Chairperson of the Emergency Management
Committee and, in his or her absence, the Committee Vice Chairperson
and, in his or her absence, the Village Board President Pro Tem may
by proclamation promulgate and enforce such orders, rules and regulations
relating to the conduct of persons and the use of property as shall
be necessary to protect the public peace, health and safety and preserve
lives and property and to ensure the cooperation necessary to emergency
plan activities. Such proclamations shall be posted in three public
places and may be rescinded by the Village Board by resolution at
any time.
Any person who shall willfully obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the Emergency Management Committee in the enforcement of any order, rule, regulation, or plan issued pursuant to this chapter, or do any act forbidden by any order, rule, regulation, or plan issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code.