A. 
When circumstances within the City indicate that the occurrence or threat of occurrence of widespread or severe damage injury or loss of life or property from a natural or human-made cause is imminent or exists in the City, the Mayor may declare a local state of emergency as permitted by the Act. Such a declaration shall be promptly communicated to the Department of State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division by the Emergency Management Coordinator unless circumstances attendant upon the disaster prevent or impede its prompt filing. Under a declaration of a local state of emergency, the Mayor may issue directives as to travel restrictions on roads within the City jurisdiction. This power shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven days except with the consent of the City Commission.
B. 
If a disaster or emergency occurs that has not yet been declared to be a state of disaster or a state of emergency by the Governor, the City Commission delegates to the Mayor the authority to determine if the situation is beyond the control of the City after consultation with the City Manager. If the disaster or emergency is considered to be beyond the City's control, the Mayor may request the Governor to declare that a state of disaster or state of emergency exists in the municipality in accordance with the Act and request state assistance. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall immediately contact the District Coordinator. The District Coordinator, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator, shall assess the nature and scope of the disaster or emergency, and they shall recommend the state personnel, services, and equipment that will be required for its prevention, mitigation, or relief. This provision shall not be construed to restrain the Governor from exercising on his/her own initiative any of the powers set forth in the Act.
C. 
If the Mayor invokes the authority and emergency powers as specified by this chapter, as soon as reasonably expedient, he/she shall convene the City Commission for one or more emergency meeting(s) in accordance with the Open Meetings Act to perform its normal legislative and administrative duties as the situation demands. The City Commission shall have the power to terminate the local state of emergency. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as abridging or curtailing the powers of the City Commission unless specifically provided in this section.
D. 
The City Commission may:
(1) 
Make, amend, and/or rescind ordinances or rules necessary for emergency management purposes and supplementary to a rule, or order, or directive issued by the Governor or a state agency. Any ordinance or rule change under authority of this subsection shall be temporary and upon the Governor's declaration that a state of disaster or state of emergency is terminated, shall no longer be in effect. Emergency ordinances may be passed with a single reading, without notice, and shall take immediate effect. Any enactment, amendment or recission of an ordinance or rule under authority of this subsection can only be done during a state of disaster or state of emergency, and shall be done only with the approval of the City Commission, unless it is not possible to convene the City Commission within the time necessary to undertake action to mitigate the disaster.
(2) 
Establish procedures for the succession of government during emergencies or disasters when officials are unavailable for exercising the powers and discharging the duties of their respective offices.
(3) 
Establish a contingency fund pursuant to the Emergency Management Act, Public Act 390, as amended, for the purpose of paying the Emergency Management Force, purchase of supplies and services, repair costs, or other needs required specifically for the mitigation of the effects of, or in response to, the emergency or disaster.
During a period of declared disaster or local emergency, the City Manager, acting through the Emergency Management Coordinator, and with the advice and consent of the City Commission, shall have the authority:
A. 
To assemble and utilize the Emergency Management Forces in accordance with the City of Kalamazoo Emergency Operations Plan and prescribe the manner and conditions of the use of such Emergency Management Forces.
B. 
To appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, obtain and distribute equipment, materials and supplies for disaster purposes.
C. 
To provide for the health and safety of persons and property, including emergency assistance to the victims of a disaster.
D. 
To direct and coordinate the development of disaster plans and programs in accordance with the policies and plans established by the appropriate federal and state agencies and this chapter.
E. 
To appoint, employ, remove or provide, with or without compensation, rescue teams, auxiliary fire and police personnel, and other disaster workers.
F. 
To assign and make available for duty the employees, property or equipment of the City relating to firefighting; engineering; rescue; health, medical and related services; law enforcement; transportation; construction; and similar items or service for emergency management purposes within or without the physical limits of the City, as ordered by the Governor or the Director of the State Police.
A. 
In the event of a disaster or emergency, quorum requirements for the City Commission shall be suspended, and where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members, for approval of an ordinance, resolution or other action, would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.
B. 
In the event of foreign attack upon the State of Michigan, the City Commission shall have the authority to waive the procedures and formalities otherwise required by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of permanent and temporary workers, the utilization of volunteer workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase and distribution with or without compensation of supplies, materials and facilities, and the appropriation and expenditure of public funds.
The City Commission, pursuant to the authority granted by the Open Meetings Act, establish the following procedures to accommodate the absence of any member of the public body due to a statewide or local state of emergency or state of disaster declared pursuant to law by the Governor or this chapter that would risk the personal health or safety of members of the public or the public body if the meeting were held in person:
A. 
Procedures by which the absent member may participate in, and vote on, business before the public body, including, but not limited to, procedures that provide for both of the following:
(1) 
Two-way communication.
(2) 
For each member of the public body attending the meeting remotely, a public announcement at the outset of the meeting by that member, to be included in the meeting minutes, that the member is in fact attending the meeting remotely. If the member is attending the meeting remotely for a purpose other than for military duty, the member's announcement must further identify specifically the member's physical location by stating the county, city, township, or village and state from which he or she is attending the meeting remotely.
B. 
Procedures by which the public is provided notice of the absence of the member and information about how to contact that member sufficiently in advance of a meeting of the public body to provide input on any business that will come before the public body.