[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Sudbury
1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Department of Civil Defense (hereinafter
called the "Department"). It shall be the function of the Department
to have charge of civil defense as defined in Section 1, Chapter 639,
Acts of 1950, and to perform civil defense functions as authorized
or directed by said chapter or by any and all executive orders or
general regulations promulgated thereunder, and to exercise any authority
delegated to it by the Governor under said Chapter 639.
A.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of Civil
Defense (hereinafter called the "Director"), who shall be appointed
by the Select Board. The Director shall have direct responsibility
for the organization and for the administration of the Department,
subject to the direction and control of the Select Board. The Director
may, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor, and subject
to the approval of the Select Board, appoint such experts, clerks
and other assistants as the work of the Department may require and
may remove them, and may make such expenditures as may be necessary
to execute effectively the purposes of Chapter 639 of the Acts of
1950.
B.
The Director shall also have authority, subject to the approval of
the Select Board, to appoint district coordinators and may accept
and may receive, on behalf of the Town, services, equipment, supplies,
materials or funds by way of gifts, grant or loan, for the purposes
of civil defense, offered by the federal government or any agency
or officer thereof or any person, firm or corporation subject to the
terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency
making the offer. The Director shall cause appropriate records to
be kept of all matters relating to such gifts, grants or loans.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to go to aid another
city or town at the request of said city or town in suppression of
riots and other forms of violence therein.
This bylaw shall remain in force during the effective period
of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, and any act in amendment or continuation
thereof or substitution therefor.
All references to Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as now in force
shall be applicable to any act or acts in amendment or continuation
of or substitution for said Chapter 639.
