There is hereby created within and for the City of Ozark an
emergency management organization to be known as the Ozark Emergency
Management Organization, which is responsible for the preparation
and implementation of emergency functions required to prevent injury
and minimize and repair damage due to disasters, to include emergency
management of resources and administration of such economic controls
as may be needed to provide for the welfare of the people, and emergency
activities (excluding functions for which military forces are primarily
responsible) in accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., and supplements
thereto, and the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan adopted thereunder.
This agency shall consist of a Director and other members appointed
by the Ozark Emergency Management Organization to conform to the State
organization and procedures for the conduct of emergency operations
as outlined in the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan.
The organization shall perform emergency management functions
within the City of Ozark and may conduct these functions outside the
territorial limits as directed by the Governor during the time of
emergency pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, RSMo., and supplements
thereto.
[R.O. 2006 §255.040; CC 1992 §255.040]
A. The
Director shall be named by the City Administrator and may be an additional
duty to any other employment within the City. If the City Administrator
appoints a person who is not a City employee, then said Director shall
serve at the pleasure of the City Administrator.
B. The
Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration
and operations of local emergency management operations, subject to
the direction and control of the Mayor or Board of Aldermen.
C. The
Director shall be responsible for maintaining records and accounting
for the use and disposal of all items of equipment placed under the
jurisdiction of the Ozark Emergency Management Organization.
The Mayor may enter into mutual-aid arrangements or agreements
with other public and private agencies within and without the State
for reciprocal emergency aid as authorized in Section 44.090, RSMo.
[R.O. 2006 §255.050(5); CC 1992 §255.050(5); Ord. No. 89-41 §21.455, 12-4-1989]
The Mayor of Ozark and the Director of the City may, with the
consent of the Governor, accept services, materials, equipment, supplies
or funds gifted, granted or loaned by the Federal Government or an
officer or agency thereof for emergency management purposes, subject
to the terms of the offer.
No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in
the Ozark Emergency Management Organization who advocates or has advocated
a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government
of the United States or in this State or the overthrow of any Government
in the United States by force or violence, or has been convicted of
or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act
against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in
the Ozark Emergency Management Organization shall, before entering
upon his/her duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person authorized
to administer oaths in this State, which oath shall be substantially
as follows:
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"I, _______________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution
of the State of Missouri against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take
this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose
of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
upon which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm)
that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or
organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the
United States or of this State by force or violence; and that during
such a time as I am a member of the Ozark Emergency Management Organization,
I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or
organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the
United States or of this State by force or violence."
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[R.O. 2006 §255.070; CC 1992 §225.090; Ord. No. 89-41 §21.457, 12-4-1989]
The City Administrator is authorized to designate space in any
City-owned or leased building for the Ozark Emergency Management Organization.