[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Princeton
as Title 5, Ch. 5, of the City Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
To prepare the City to cope with emergencies resulting from
enemy action and natural or man-made disasters, and to comply with
Ch. 323, Wis. Stats., it is declared to be necessary to establish
an organization for emergency government.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings in this chapter:
Includes civil defense and all those measures designed and
undertaken:
To minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused
or which would be caused by enemy action or natural or man-made disasters.
To deal with the immediate emergency conditions which could
be created by such enemy action or natural or man-made disasters.
To effectuate emergency repairs to or the emergency restoration
of vital public utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such
enemy action or natural or man-made disasters.
Any hostile action taken by a foreign power which threatens
the security of the state.
Includes all other extraordinary misfortune affecting the
City, natural or man-made, not included in the term "enemy action."
A.
There is hereby created an Emergency Government Committee composed
of a Chairperson and two additional members of the Common Council,
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation of the Common Council.
B.
The City Emergency Government Committee shall be an advisory and
planning group and shall advise the City on all matters pertaining
to emergency government. It shall meet upon the call of the Chairperson.
A.
There is hereby created the office of Emergency Government Director.
B.
The Emergency Government Director shall be appointed by the Mayor,
subject to approval by the Common Council, and shall hold office at
the pleasure of the Council. He/she shall receive such compensation
as may be authorized by the Common Council.
C.
The Director, subject to the control and direction of the City Emergency
Government Committee, and to the general supervision of the Common
Council, shall:
(1)
Develop and promulgate emergency government plans for the City, consistent
with the state and county plans of emergency government.
(2)
Coordinate and assist in the development of City emergency government
plans and integration of such plans with the county plan.
(3)
Coordinate City emergency government plans with the plans of other
municipalities.
(4)
Perform such other duties relating to emergency government as may
be required by the City Emergency Government Committee or Common Council.
In preparing and executing the emergency government program,
the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of the existing departments
and agencies of the City shall be utilized to the maximum extent practicable;
and the officers and personnel of all such departments are directed
to cooperate with and extend such services and facilities as are required
of them.
The emergency government services provided for by this chapter
may be activated by the Mayor, or in his/her absence by the President
of the Common Council; by the Emergency Government Director; by the
Green Lake County Sheriff's Office; or by the Green Lake County Director
of Emergency Government.
No person shall willfully obstruct, hinder or delay any member
of the emergency government organization in the enforcement of or
violate any order, rule, regulation or plan issued pursuant to the
authority contained in this chapter.
