[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.