[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Lynnfield 10-23-1950 STM (Ch.
2, Sub. B, Para. 23, §§ 1-6, of the Bylaws). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Department of Emergency Management
(hereinafter called the "Department"). It shall be the function of
the Department to have charge of emergency management as defined in
Section 1, Chapter 639, Acts of 1950 and to perform civil defense
functions as authorized or directed by said Chapter 639 or by any
and all executive orders or general regulations promulgated thereunder,
and to exercise any authority delegated to it by the Governor under
said Chapter 639.
A.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of Emergency
Management (hereinafter called the "Director"), who shall be appointed
as prescribed by law. The Director shall have direct responsibility
for the organization, administration and operation of the Department,
subject to the direction and control of the appointing authority.
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 Town, 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 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.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to go to aid another
city or town at the request of said city or town in the suppression
of riots or other forms of violence therein.
This bylaw shall remain in force during the effective period
of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950 and any act in amendment or continuation
thereof or substitution thereof.
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 said Chapter 639.
