[R.O. 2011 §235.010]
There is hereby created within and for the City of Cabool an
emergency management organization to be known as the Cabool 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.
[R.O. 2011 §235.020]
This agency shall consist of a Coordinator and other members
appointed by the Cabool 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.
[R.O. 2011 §235.030]
The organization shall perform emergency management functions
within the City of Cabool, 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. 2011 §235.060]
The Cabool of the City, with the approval of the Governor and
consistent with the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan, may enter
into mutual aid agreements with other public and private agencies
within and without the State for reciprocal emergency aid. The Coordinator
may assist in the negotiation of such reciprocal mutual-aid agreements.
[R.O. 2011 §235.070]
The Cabool 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 disaster planning and operations purposes, subject to the terms
of the offer.
[R.O. 2011 §235.080]
No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in
the Cabool 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 is the United States by force or violence, or has
been convicted of or in under indictment or information charging any
subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed
to serve in the Cabool 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:
"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 Cabool 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."
[R.O. 2011 §235.090]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen is authorized to designate space
in any City owned or leased building for the Cabool Emergency Management
Organization.