There is hereby created within and for the City
of Salisbury an emergency management organization to be known as the
"Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Public Safety Agency 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury Emergency Management
Organization.
[Ord. No. 03-12-01 § 1, 12-11-2003]
If an emergency occurs due to a natural or manmade
disaster outside the corporate limits of the City of Salisbury but
within Chariton County, upon request to a supervisor of City employees
under his or her control who have training or expertise needed to
respond to the disaster, the supervisor may authorize some employees
to leave the corporate limits of the City to assist in handling the
effects of that disaster with both manpower and machinery and equipment
so long as that department can continue to perform its essential functions
in protecting the interest and welfare of the residents and property
within the City of Salisbury. The supervisor may designate another
person to supervise the employees working outside the City. The supervisor
shall keep records of man-hours and money spent and supplies and materials
used for purposes of repayment, if possible, through another entity
or agency, City, State or Federal.