[Added 12-16-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-44]
There is hereby created the position of Emergency Management Coordinator of the Township of Cranford.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall receive such compensation as the Township Committee may fix from time to time by ordinance.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall, pursuant to App. A:9-40.1 of the New Jersey statutes, be appointed by the Mayor. Subject to fulfilling the requirements of this article, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years.
As a condition of appointment and continued service for the full term of appointment, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of appointment, or within one year immediately following appointment, the current approved home study course and the basic emergency management workshop. The failure of the Emergency Management Coordinator to fulfill such requirement within the period prescribed shall disqualify the Coordinator from continuing in office and thereupon a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
The Governor may remove the Emergency Management Coordinator at any time for cause. In such event, the Mayor shall appoint a new Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Governor. If the Mayor shall not appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator within 10 days after such office shall become vacant, the Governor may appoint a temporary Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator who shall serve and perform all of the duties of that office until such time as a new Emergency Management Coordinator shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of the Governor.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating and conduct of emergency management operations within the municipality. Whenever, in the Emergency Management Coordinator's opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent in the Township of Cranford, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the municipality. In accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety and resources of the residents of the municipality.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor. Such deputy shall, whenever possible, be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.