[Ord. 3-1989, 12/11/1989, § 1]
This resolution shall be known as the Wolf Township/Hughesville
Borough Zone Emergency Management Agency Ordinance.
[Ord. 3-1989, 12/11/1989, § 2]
The Borough of Hughesville hereby resolves to enter into an
Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Township of Wolf,
and such other municipalities as would desire to enter into an Intergovernmental
Agreement in the future, whereby a Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough
Zone Emergency Management Agency will be created.
[Ord. 3-1989, 12/11/1989, § 3]
The purpose of the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency
Management Agency would be to function as the emergency management
agency for each of the respective municipalities, in accordance with
the Emergency Management Services Code, as amended.
[Ord. 3-1989, 12/11/1989, § 4]
The conditions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement
to be entered into between the participating municipalities are generally
as follows:
A. The
municipalities agree that they shall take steps to assure the formation
of the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management
Agency, said organization to be responsible for functioning as the
Emergency Management Agency in each of the municipalities, and they
shall prepare and maintain a joint Emergency Operations Plan that
can and will be implemented for response to emergencies affecting
their municipalities.
B. Each
municipality shall appoint two individuals to serve as members of
the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management Council,
which will have planning and resource development responsibilities
for emergency operations within the territorial limits of the Wolf
Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management Agency. Action
taken by the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management
Council must be ratified by the individual municipal governing bodies,
as provided within the E.M.S. Code.
C. The
Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management Council
will recommend one of the individuals named to Council to serve as
the Zone Emergency Management Coordinator and another to serve as
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator of the Wolf Township/Hughesville
Borough Zone Emergency Management Agency, with responsibility for
operational control of emergency response operations within the territorial
limits of the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough Zone Emergency Management
Agency. The Zone Emergency Management Coordinator will be subject
to the direction and control of the elected officials of the municipality
affected by the emergency situation. In no case, however, shall the
Zone Emergency Management Coordinator and his/her Deputy be from the
same municipality. If two or more municipalities are affected by the
same emergency situation, the Area Emergency Management Coordinator
shall be subject to the direction and control of the elected officials
of the county as required by the E.M.S. Code.
D. Each
municipality shall provide financial support for said services based
upon a per capita basis or such other basis as participating municipalities
may agree from time to time.
E. Each
municipality shall be a member of the Wolf Township/Hughesville Borough
Zone Emergency Management Agency for a term of at least two years.
F. The
manner in which property, real and personal, shall be acquired, managed
or disposed of, shall be as provided for in the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Agreement, as amended from time to time by the participating
municipalities.
[Ord. 3-1989, 12/11/1989, § 7]
A copy of this Part shall be filed with the County Emergency
Management Agency and shall remain in effect unless amended. Any amendments
shall also be filed with the County Emergency Management Coordinator.