City of Norwalk, CT
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2023-11-14
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Chapter 88A Public Safety Board
- Charter and Special Acts
- Ch 1 Charter and Related Laws
- Ch 5 Special Acts
- Ordinances
- Ch 7 General Provisions
- Ch 8 Adoption of Code
- Ch 9 Administration
- Ch 10 Adult Use, Licensing
- Ch 10A Affordable Housing Account
- Ch 11 Air Pollution
- Ch 11A Alarm Systems
- Ch 12 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 14 Amusements
- Ch 15 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 17 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 17A Arts and Culture Commission
- Ch 18 Auctions
- Ch 18A Body Care and Body Art Facilities
- Ch 18B Tanning Facilities
- Ch 19 Bidding and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Bike/Walk Advisory Commission
- Ch 21 Billboards and Signs
- Ch 26 Building Code
- Ch 27 Buildings and Facilities, City
- Ch 29 Cannabis
- Ch 30 Capital Projects Program
- Ch 30A Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 30B Chief of Staff
- Ch 31 Civil Preparedness
- Ch 32 Code of Ethics
- Ch 33 Community Services Department
- Ch 34 Contractors
- Ch 35 Conservation Commission
- Ch 35A Department of Code Enforcement
- Ch 35B Economic and Community Development
- Ch 36 Enterprise Zone
- Ch 37 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 38 Explosives
- Ch 39 Fair Rent
- Ch 40 Fire-Alarm Systems: Institutions
- Ch 41 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Fire Lanes
- Ch 42A Fire Prevention
- Ch 43 Floods and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 47 Fuel-Oil Heating
- Ch 50 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 53 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Demolition Delay
- Ch 56 Historic District
- Ch 57 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 57A Historical Commission
- Ch 57B Home Health Care Agency
- Ch 57C Water Emergency
- Ch 58 Housing, Tax Abatement
- Ch 58A Blight Prevention
- Ch 59 Housing Code
- Ch 59A Housing: Equal Opportunity
- Ch 59B Housing Site Development Agency
- Ch 59C Housing Partnership
- Ch 59D Urban Rehabilitation Homeownership Program Tax Deferral
- Ch 60 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 60A Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 61 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 61A Leaf Blowers
- Ch 62 Living Wage
- Ch 62A Landlord Identification
- Ch 63 Law Department
- Ch 64 Loitering for Solicitation
- Ch 65 Massage Establishments and Therapists
- Ch 66 Milk
- Ch 66A Mooring and Anchoring
- Ch 67 Motor Vehicle Junkyard Operations
- Ch 67A Municipal Liability
- Ch 68 Noise
- Ch 69 Norwalk Harbor
- Ch 70 Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Authority
- Ch 70A Nudity, Public
- Ch 71 Nuisances
- Ch 72 Numbering of Buildings and Trailers
- Ch 72A Panhandling and Loitering
- Ch 73 Park Authorities
- Ch 73A Parking Authority
- Ch 73B Parking Violations and Citations
- Ch 74 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 77 Peddlers, Street Vendors and Solicitors
- Ch 77A Pesticides
- Ch 78 Phased Increased Assessment
- Ch 79 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Pocket Bikes and Motorized Scooters
- Ch 83 Poles, Conduits, Wires and Fixtures
- Ch 84 Retirement Benefits
- Ch 85 Police Department: Cadet Corps
- Ch 85A Procurement Guidelines
- Ch 86 Public Lighting
- Ch 87 Public Library Board
- Ch 88 Public Gatherings and Special Events
- Ch 88A Public Safety Board
- § 88A-1 Composition; organization; quorum.
- § 88A-2 Powers.
- § 88A-3 Duties.
- § 88A-4 Director of Combined Dispatch and Emergency Preparedness Planning.
- Ch 89 Council of Governments
- Ch 89A Regional Council of Elected Officials
- Ch 90 Operations and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 91 Sewers, Public
- Ch 92 Septage Disposal
- Ch 93 Stormwater, Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 94 Solid Waste Collection & Disposal; Transfer Station & Yard Waste Site
- Ch 95 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 95A Littering and Illegal Dumping
- Ch 96 Excavations and Encroachments in Public Streets and Grounds
- Ch 97 Excavating and Filling of Land
- Ch 98 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 99 Snow Emergencies
- Ch 100 Special Services Districts
- Ch 101 Scenic Roads
- Ch 102 Swimming Pools
- Ch 103 Taxation
- Ch 104 Tenements: Abatement of Nuisances
- Ch 105 Tenement Houses: Registration
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Town Clerk, Compensation of
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 112 Trees
- Ch 113 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 114 Water Use for Tree Spraying
- Ch 115 Women, Commission on Status of
- Ch 116 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 117 Zoning Enforcement
- Ch 118 Zoning
- Appendix
- Part I
- Ch 125 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Part II
- Ch 126 Pension Plan
- Part III
- Ch 127 Sewer Assessments
- Part IV
- Ch 128 Veteran's Memorial Park
- Part V
- Ch 129 Voting Hours
- Part VI
- Ch 130 Welfare Benefits
- Part VII
- Ch 131 Salaries
- Part VIII
- Ch 132 Food Service Employees Pension Plan
- Part IX
- Ch 133 Executive Orders
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City of Norwalk Common Council 1-14-2003. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There shall be a Public Safety Board in the City of Norwalk
(the Board), which shall consist of the Mayor, Chief of Police, and
Chief of Fire Department, who shall each serve during their respective
terms of office. The Mayor shall be Chairman of the Board. The Board
shall annually elect a Secretary from its members. Two members of
said Board shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of two members
voting on any issue shall be necessary for the transaction of business
of the Board.
A.
The Board shall have control, management and supervision of public
safety communications for the City of Norwalk, which shall include
the supervision of the Director of Combined Dispatch and Emergency
Preparedness Planning; supervision of civilian dispatchers in a combined
police and fire dispatch system and ambulance and emergency medical
notification system; coordination of planning with other local, state
and federal agencies for emergency management; and planning of emergency
preparedness for the City of Norwalk. The Local Emergency Planning
Committee shall report to the Board. The Board shall serve as the
City's principal liaison with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
B.
The Board shall have the power to purchase all supplies and equipment
necessary for the management of the combined dispatch system; to appoint,
remove, suspend, and discipline the employees thereof, and to prescribe
the duties of the Director of Combined Dispatch and Emergency Preparedness
Planning and all civilian dispatchers. The power to fix the number
and designation of all civilian dispatchers shall be in and exercised
only by the Public Safety Board.
A.
The Board shall hold meetings once each month or at such other times
as it may determine to be necessary. Special or emergency meetings
of the Board may be called by the Mayor or by two members upon reasonable
notice to the Mayor or the other member.
B.
The Board shall keep and preserve detailed records, files and minutes
of all its proceedings and of all work, property and expenditures
of said Public Safety Board and the combined dispatch system, and
said files, records and minutes, or certified copies thereof, shall
be accepted as evidence in all courts and proceedings.
The Board may appoint a Director of Combined Dispatch and Emergency
Preparedness Planning who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
The Director shall be responsible for the day-to-day administrative
duties and responsibilities of the Board, public safety communications
for the City, supervision and administration of the combined police
and fire dispatch system and ambulance and emergency medical notification
system, development of confidential security plans for the City, coordination
of planning with other local, state and federal agencies for the handling
of emergencies and development of protocols for disaster responses
and coordination of disaster training exercises.
