[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Melrose as Rev. Ords. 1989, §§ 6-1 to 6-7; amended
by Ord. No. 99-250. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4]
The Department of Emergency Management is established in accordance with § A-304 of the Melrose Administrative Code.
A.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of Emergency
Management, hereinafter called the "Director," who shall be appointed
by the Mayor. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the
organization, administration and operation of the Department, subject
to the direction and control of the Mayor, and, subject to appropriation
of the necessary funds therefor, shall receive such salary as may
be fixed, from time to time, by the Mayor. 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.
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 officer 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." The 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 Mayor
may deem necessary. Such member of the Council as the Mayor may designate
shall serve as Chair of the Council. The Council shall serve subject
to the direction and control of the Mayor and shall advise the Mayor
and the directors on matters pertaining to emergency management.
Persons appointed to serve as auxiliary police officers of the
City under authority of Clause (a) of Section 11 of Chapter 639 of
the Acts of 1950 shall, while on duty, and subject to the provisions
of such Chapter 639, have all the powers of regular police officers
of the City. The terms of all persons so appointed shall expire on
the first Monday in March next following the date of their appointment.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to go to aid another
city or town at the request of such 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.
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 such Chapter 639.
