CHARTER REFERENCES
Organization of City agencies — See § 6-1.
[Ord. No. 104, § 2; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
Whenever the following terms are used in this chapter, they
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise expressly provided, or unless a different meaning
is reasonably and clearly apparent from the language or context:
The emergency management agency.
Acts of 1950, chapter 639, as now in force, together with
any acts in amendment or continuation of or substitution for such
chapter 639.
The emergency management agency advisory council.
The director of the emergency management agency.
[Ord. No. 104, § 1, Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
There is hereby established an agency to be known as the emergency
management agency.
[Ord. No. 104, § 4; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
It shall be the function of the emergency management agency
to have charge of emergency management as defined in Acts of 1950,
Chapter 639, and to carry out and perform all emergency management
functions and duties as authorized or directed by such Chapter 639
and any acts in amendment or in addition thereto, and as authorized
or directed by any and all executive orders or general regulation
promulgated thereunder, and to exercise any authority delegated to
it by the governor under Chapter 639.
[Ord. No. 104, § 5; Ord. No. 266, § 1,
11-12-1976; Ord. No. 289, § 1, 7-29-1977; Ord. No. 808,
§§ I, II, 9-25-1996]
The emergency management agency shall be under the direction
of a director of emergency management, who shall be appointed by the
mayor as prescribed by law, with the approval of the city council.
The director shall have direct responsibility for the organization,
administration and operation of the department, subject to the direction
and control of the mayor. The director may make such expenditures
as may be necessary to execute effectively the purposes of the Acts
of 1950, Chapter 639, and of this chapter, and any acts in amendment
or addition to such law or this chapter.
In the event federal reimbursement now made shall cease, said
salary would no longer be paid to the director as aforesaid. Such
salary or any other salary can then be restored only by appropriate
action of the mayor and city council.
[Ord. No. 104, § 6; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
The director of the emergency management agency may, within
the limits of the amount appropriated therefor, appoint district coordinators
and such experts, clerks and other assistants as the work of the emergency
management agency may require, and may remove them at his pleasure.
Such personnel shall receive such salary or compensation as may be
fixed from time to time by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 104, § 7; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
There is hereby established an emergency management agency advisory
council. Such council shall serve without pay, and shall consist of
such persons as may be appointed thereto from time to time by the
mayor, without limit as to the number thereof. All members shall serve
at the pleasure of the mayor. The mayor shall designate one member
of such council to be its chairman, and one member to be its secretary.
Such council shall serve subject to the direction and control of the
mayor and shall advise the mayor and the director on matters pertaining
to emergency management, but it shall have no control of, or authority
over the emergency management agency or its director.
[Ord. No. 104, § 8; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
The director of emergency management agency shall have the authority
to accept and 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 other person, 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. This
chapter shall not authorize the director to receive or accept any
gift or grant of real estate or of any interest therein.
[Ord. No. 104, § 9]
Subject to the approval of the mayor, 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.
[Ord. No. 64, 9-10-1968, § 1; Ord. No. 808, § I,
9-25-1996]
Auxiliary police appointed by the mayor and city council shall,
when placed on duty by order of the chief of police, exercise or perform
the full powers or duties of regular police officers. These powers
shall terminate when the auxiliary police are relieved from duty by
the chief of police. These powers will include the carrying of firearms
only when specified by the chief of police. Exceptions to these powers
are:
(1)
That auxiliaries are not authorized to enter upon private property
for the purpose of enforcing air raid precaution rules, regulations
or orders issued by or under authority of the governor; nor
(2)
Shall they be called upon for service in any industrial or labor
dispute or to regulate picketing in connection with a strike; nor
(3)
Shall they perform any act or duty in violation of the general laws
of the commonwealth and any amendments thereto.
[Ord. No. 104, § 10]
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.
