[Adopted as Ch. 2.62 of the 1997 Code; amended in its entirety 11-7-2016 by Ord. No. 3292]
A.
There is created the City Emergency Management Agency (EMA) to prevent,
minimize, repair and alleviate injury or damage resulting from disaster
caused by enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from
natural or man-made disaster, in accordance with the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency Act of 1988, hereafter referred to as the "State
EMA Act of 1988."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 20 ILCS 3305/1 et seq.
B.
This EMA shall consist of the Director and such additional members
as may be selected by the Director.
A.
The Director of the City EMA shall be appointed by the Mayor with
the consent of the City Council and shall serve until removed by same.
B.
The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization,
administration, training and operation of the EMA, subject to the
direction and control of the Mayor as provided by statute.
C.
In the event of the absence, resignation, death or inability to serve
as the Director, the Mayor, or any person designated by him/her, shall
be and act as Director until a new appointment is made as provided
in this article.
The City Director shall perform such EMA functions within the
City as shall be prescribed in and by the State EMA plan and program
prepared by the Governor, and such orders, rules and regulations as
may be promulgated by the Governor, and in addition shall perform
such duties outside the corporate limits as may be required pursuant
to any mutual aid agreement with any other political subdivision,
municipality, or quasi-municipality entered into as provided by the
State EMA Act of 1988.
A.
All or any members of the City EMA organization may be designated
as members of a Mobile Support Team created by the Director of the
State EMA as provided by law.
B.
The leader of such Mobile Support Team shall be designated by the
Director of the City EMA organization.
C.
while serving on call to duty by the Governor, or the State Director,
any member of a Mobile Support Team who is a City employee or officer
shall receive the compensation and have the powers, duties and immunities
incident to such employment or office. Any such member who is not
a paid officer or employee of the City, while so serving, shall receive
from the state reasonable compensation as provided by law.
The Director of the EMA may negotiate mutual aid agreements
with other cities or political subdivisions of the state, but no such
agreement shall be effective until it has been approved by the City
Council and the State Director of EMA.
If the Governor proclaims that a disaster emergency exists in
the event of actual enemy attack upon the United States, or the occurrence
within the State of Illinois of a major disaster resulting from enemy
sabotage or other hostile action, or from man-made or natural disaster,
it shall be the duty of the City EMA to cooperate fully with the State
EMA and with the Governor in the exercise of emergency powers as provided
by law.
Members of the EMA who are paid employees or officers of the
City, if called for training by the State Director of EMA, shall receive
for the time spent in such training the same rate of pay as is attached
to the position held; members who are not such City employees or officers
shall receive for such training time such compensation as may be established
by the City Council.
The State Treasurer may receive and allocate to the appropriate
fund any reimbursement by the state to the City for expenses incident
to training members of the EMA as prescribed by the State Director
of EMA, compensation for services and expenses of members of a Mobile
Support Team while serving outside the City in response to a call
by the Governor or State Director of EMA, as provided by law, and
any other reimbursement made by the state incident to EMA activities
as provided by law.
A.
The City Council may, on recommendation of the City Director of EMA,
authorize any purchase of contracts necessary to place the City in
a position to combat effectively a disaster resulting from the explosion
of any nuclear or other bomb or missile, and to protect the public
health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency assistance
to victims in the case of such disaster, or from man-made or natural
disaster.
B.
In the event of enemy-caused or other disaster, the City Director
of EMA is authorized on behalf of the City to procure such services,
supplies, equipment or material as may be necessary for such purposes,
in view of the exigency without regard to the statutory procedures
or formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to City contracts
or obligations, as authorized by the State EMA Act of 1988; provided
that if the City Council meets at such time, the City Director of
EMA shall act subject to the directions and restrictions imposed by
that body.
Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the City
EMA organization shall, before entering upon his duties, subscribe
to the following oath, which shall be filed with the Director:
"I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support
and defend and bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution
of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois,
and the territory, institutions, and facilities thereof, both public
and private, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; 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, nor have I been 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 time as I am affiliated with the City of Columbia,
Illinois EMA 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 a City building
or elsewhere as may be provided for by the City Council for the City
EMA as its office.
