[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
There is hereby created within and for the City of Strafford
an emergency management organization to be known as the "Strafford
Office of Emergency Management" 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.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
This agency shall consist of a Director and other members appointed
by the Strafford Office of Emergency Management to conform to the
State organization and procedures for the conduct of emergency operations
as outlined in the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
The organization shall perform emergency management functions
within the City of Strafford 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.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
A.
The Director will be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve at the
pleasure of the Mayor.
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 Strafford Office of Emergency Management.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
A.
The City of Strafford in accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., may:
1.
Appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, obtain and distribute
equipment, materials and supplies for emergency management purposes;
provide for the health and safety of persons, the safety of property;
and direct and coordinate the development of disaster plans and programs
in accordance with the policies and plans of the Federal and State
Governments.
2.
Appoint, provide or remove rescue teams, auxiliary fire and
Police personnel and other emergency operation teams, units or personnel
who may serve without compensation.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
A.
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. Such arrangements or agreements shall be
consistent with the State disaster plan and program and the provisions
of Section 70.837, RSMo., and Section 320.090; RSMo. In time of emergency
it shall be the duty of each local organization for emergency management
to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual-aid
arrangements or agreements.
B.
The coordinator of each local organization for emergency management
may assist in negotiation of reciprocal mutual-aid agreements between
the coordinator's organization and other public and private agencies
and between the Governor and the adjoining states or political subdivisions
thereof, and shall carry out arrangements or agreements relating to
the local unit.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
The Mayor 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.
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in
the Strafford Office of Emergency Management 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 Strafford Office of Emergency Management 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 Strafford Office of Emergency
Management, 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."
[Ord. No. 743 §1, 4-6-2015]
The Mayor is authorized to designate space in any City-owned
or -leased building for the Strafford Office of Emergency Management.
[Ord. No. 383-99 §1, 5-3-1999; Ord. No. 743 § 1, 4-6-2015]
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Strafford hereby adopts
the Emergency Operations Plan prepared by the Springfield - Greene
County Office of Emergency Management in cooperation with the Strafford
Office of Emergency Management dated November 17, 2014.
