[Adopted 5-17-1993 as
Ch. 2.88 of the 1993 Code]
There is established a Department of Emergency Management. 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 emergency management functions as authorized or directed
by such chapter or by any and all executive orders or general regulations
promulgated thereunder, and to exercise any authority delegated to
it by the Governor under such Chapter 639.
A.
COUNCIL
DEPARTMENT
MANAGER
The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
The Emergency Management Advisory Council.
The Department of Emergency Management.
The Emergency Program Manager.
B.
References to Chapter 639. 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 such Chapter 639.
A.
The Department of Emergency Management shall be under the direction
of an Emergency Program Manager, who shall be appointed as prescribed
by law. The Emergency Program Manager shall have direct responsibility
for the organization, administration and operation of the Department,
subject to the direction and control of the appointing authority,
and shall receive such salary as may be fixed from time to time by
the appointing authority and approved by the City Council. The Manager,
with the approval of the Mayor, 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.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
B.
The Manager shall also have authority to appoint district coordinators
and may accept and receive, on behalf of the City, services, equipment,
supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, grant or loan for the
purposes of emergency management offered by the federal government
or any agency or officer thereof or any person, subject to the terms
of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency
making the offer. The Manager shall cause appropriate records to be
kept of all matters relating to such gifts, grants or loans, copies
of which shall be filed with the City Clerk.
There is established an Emergency Management Advisory Council.
Such Council shall serve without pay and shall consist of the Emergency
Program Manager, such other department heads and such other persons
as the authority appointing the Manager may deem necessary. Such member
of the Council as the appointing authority shall designate shall serve
as Chairperson of the Council. The Council shall serve subject to
the direction and control of the appointing authority and shall advise
the appointing authority and the Manager on matters pertaining to
emergency management.
The Police Department of the City is authorized to go to aid
another city or town at the request of such city or town in the suppression
of riots or other forms of violence therein.
This article shall remain in force during the effective period
of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, and any act in amendment or continuation
thereof or substitution therefor.
