[Ord. No. 98, 12/16/1985]
The Amity Township Emergency Response Plan, a true and correct
copy of which is on file in the Office of the Township at the Township
Municipal Building, 2004 Weavertown Road, Douglassville, PA 19518,
is hereby approved and shall be implemented to prevent and minimize
such injury and damage as may be caused by any disaster or emergency
designated by either the Commonwealth Emergency Management Agency
or the Board of Supervisors of Amity Township by and through the Municipal
Emergency Response Coordinator, and said Plan is hereby adopted, subject
to appropriate amendment as may be necessary from time to time, to
insure prompt and effective response to disaster and emergency circumstances
consonant with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Plan.
[Ord. No. 98, 12/16/1985]
The office, position and title of Emergency Management Coordinator
is hereby created, which individual shall be responsible for planning,
administration and operation of the Amity Township Emergency Response
Plan and Emergency Response Committee, as that office is established,
authorized and defined by the Pennsylvania Emergency Preparedness
Act, 35 Pa.C.S.A. 7502. The Board of Supervisors of Amity Township
shall from time to time, as is appropriate, recommend the name of
a qualified individual to be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to fill the position of Amity Township Emergency Management
Coordinator. The Amity Township Emergency Management Coordinator shall
have such duties, obligations and responsibilities as may be set forth
in the Pennsylvania Emergency Preparedness Act, 35 Pa.C.S.A. 7502,
as the same may be amended from time to time by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and such further duties and responsibilities as may
be specifically set forth in the Amity Township Emergency Response
Plan as may be in effect from time to time. The Board of Supervisors
of Amity Township does hereby specifically confirm and ratify the
nomination and appointment of Harold Riegel as the Amity Township
Emergency Management Coordinator subject to confirmation for said
appointment by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
subject to such successor appointees as may be designated from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. No. 98, 12/16/1985]
An Emergency Response Operations Center is hereby created and
established in the Amity Township Municipal Building, Amity Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. Said Operations Center shall consist of
necessary equipment, machinery and other items as will be necessary
to organize, prepare and implement sufficient warning and communication
activities and direct or supply sufficient man power, materials, facilities
and services as may be necessary for disaster emergency readiness,
response and recovery. The Township Emergency Operations Center shall
be available at all times for use and occupation by the Emergency
Management Coordinator, his staff and appropriate municipal officials
in the event of the declaration of an emergency or disaster by the
Commonwealth Emergency Management Agency or the Municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator.
[Ord. No. 98, 12/16/1985]
The Emergency Management Coordinator, as may be appointed from
time to time, shall identify and create an Emergency Response Committee
to consist of appropriate volunteers, municipal officials and health
and safety officers of the Commonwealth, the County and the Township
as will be necessary to address the consequences and respond to any
emergency or disaster as may arise within the boundaries of the Township
of Amity. The Emergency Management Coordinator is hereby authorized
to nominate and recommend appropriate individuals to staff the Emergency
Operations Center maintained by the Township which individuals shall
be provided with appropriate training and such information and direction
as may be necessary to adequately and properly respond to all emergencies
and/or disasters which may occur within the boundaries of the Township.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall provide the Board of Supervisors
of Amity Township with a list of volunteers, municipal officials and
public health and safety officers who will act as staff for the Emergency
Operations Center and who shall constitute the Emergency Response
Committee on or before the 15th day of January of each year hereafter.
[Ord. No. 98, 12/16/1985]
The Township Emergency Response Coordinator, as may be appointed
from time to time, shall provide the Board of Supervisors of Amity
Township with a list of machinery, equipment, goods and materials
as may be necessary from time to time to equip and furnish the Township
Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Management Coordinator
shall further provide the Board of Supervisors of Amity Township with
a written budget proposal of necessary expenditures to equip and furnish
the Emergency Response Operations Center on or before the 15th day
of October of each and every year hereafter, which budget shall be
received and reviewed by the Board of Supervisors for incorporation
into the municipal budget subject to specific approval of any and
all budget proposals and actual expenditures by the Board of Supervisors
of Amity Township. Any and all expenses incurred to date and expenditures
authorized to date with regard to the acquisition of equipment or
furnishings for the Emergency Response Operations Center are hereby
specifically ratified and approved as if the same were previously
authorized by the Board of Supervisors of Amity Township.
[Ord. No. 124, 7/30/1990]
In December of 1989, the Amity Township Board of Supervisors
retained the services of Motley Engineering Co., Inc., to prepare
a Comprehensive Plan for Amity Township. Motley Engineering would
like to extend its appreciation to the Amity Township Board of Supervisors,
Administrative Staff, Solicitor and especially the Planning Commission
for their time, participation and knowledge, thus making this Plan
possible.
[Ord. No. 124, 7/30/1990]
The Comprehensive Plan of Amity Township was officially adopted
by the Amity Township Board of Supervisors on July 30, 1990. A copy
of the Township's Comprehensive Plan is on file in the office of the
Township at the Township Municipal Building, 2004 Weavertown Road,
Douglassville, PA 19518.
