There is hereby created within and for the City
of Bourbon an emergency management organization to be known as the
"Bourbon 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 to the Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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.
The Mayor or Police Department 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.
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.
No person shall be employed or associated in
any capacity in the Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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."
The Mayor is authorized to designate space in
any City-owned or leased building for the Bourbon Emergency Management
Organization.
[R.O. 2004 § 225.100; Ord. No. 448 § 8(10-36), 12-21-1999]
The Bourbon Emergency Preparedness Office shall
not participate in any form of political activity nor shall the office
be used directly or indirectly for political purposes.
[Ord. No. 684 §§ 1–2, 11-4-2014]
A. In case of an emergency within a City Department,
all employees working forty (40) hours per week shall be subject to
transfer immediately to the City Department requesting the emergency
work.
B. The Mayor of the City of Bourbon has the authority
to direct manpower as he/she deems necessary.