(a) 
There exists the office of the emergency management director of the city, which shall be held by the mayor.
(b) 
An emergency management coordinator may be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director.
(c) 
The director shall be responsible for a program of comprehensive emergency management within the city, and for carrying out the duties and responsibilities set forth in this article. He or she may delegate authority for execution; however, the final authority shall remain with the director.
(d) 
The operational emergency management organization of the city shall consist of the officers and employees of the city so designated by the director in the emergency management plan, as well as organized volunteer groups. The functions and duties of this organization shall be distributed among such officers and employees in accordance with the terms of the emergency management plan.
(2002 Code, sec. 33.15; Ordinance adopting Code)
The duties and responsibilities of the emergency management director shall include the following:
(1) 
Surveying actual or potential hazards which threaten life and property within the city, and identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of measures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of such hazards if a disaster should occur.
(2) 
Supervision of the development and approval of an emergency management plan for the city, and recommendation for adoption by the city council of all mutual aid agreements deemed necessary for the implementation of such plan.
(3) 
Authority to declare a local state of disaster. The declaration may not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven days, except by or with the consent of the city council. Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly with the city secretary.
(4) 
Issuance of necessary proclamations, regulations or directives which are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this article. Such proclamations, regulations or directives shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring their contents to the attention of the general public, and, unless circumstances attendant on the disaster prevent or impede, promptly filed with the city secretary.
(5) 
Direction and control of the operations of the emergency management organization of the city, as well as the training of emergency management personnel.
(6) 
Determinations of all questions of authority and responsibility that may arise within the emergency management organization.
(7) 
Maintenance of the liaison with other municipal, county, district, state, regional or federal emergency management organizations.
(8) 
Marshaling of all necessary personnel, equipment, or supplies from any department of the city to aid in carrying out the provisions of the emergency management plan.
(9) 
Supervision of the drafting and execution of mutual aid agreements, in cooperation with the representatives of the state and of other political subdivisions of the state, and the drafting and execution, if deemed desirable, of an agreement with the county in which the city is located for the county-wide coordination of the emergency management effort.
(10) 
Supervision of and final authorization for the procurement of all necessary supplies and equipment, including the acceptance of private contributions which may be offered for the purpose of improving emergency management within the city.
(11) 
Authorizing of agreements, after the approval of the city attorney, for the use of private property for public shelter and other purposes.
(12) 
Surveying the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplies and services which could be used during a disaster as provided herein.
(13) 
Other requirements as specified in the Texas Disaster Act, Tex. Government Code, chapter 418.
(2002 Code, sec. 33.16)
A comprehensive emergency management plan shall be developed and maintained in a current state. The plan shall set forth the form of the organization, establish and designate divisions and functions, assign responsibilities, tasks, duties, and powers, and designate officers and employees to carry out the provisions of this article. As provided by state law, the plan shall follow the standards and criteria established by the state division of emergency management. Insofar as possible, the form of the organization, titles and terminology shall conform to the recommendations of the state division of emergency management. When approved, it shall be the duty of all departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned by the plan, and to maintain their portion of the plan in a current state of readiness at all times. The emergency management plan shall be considered supplementary to this article and have the effect of law during the time of a disaster.
(2002 Code, sec. 33.17)
The mayor is hereby authorized to join in the formation of a regional interjurisdictional emergency management program for the county and the South Plains region, and shall have the authority to cooperate in the preparation of an interjurisdictional emergency management plan, and in the appointment of a joint emergency management coordinator, as well as all powers necessary to participate in a county-wide program of emergency management insofar as said program may affect the city.
(2002 Code, sec. 33.18)