The city council hereby adopts the National Incident Management
System dated March 1, 2004.
(Ordinance 050906-1 adopted 9/6/05)
The duties and responsibilities of the emergency management
director shall include the following:
(1) Surveying
actual or potential hazards that threaten life and property within
the city, and identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation
of measures that would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the
impact of such hazards if a disaster did occur.
(2) Supervision
of the development and approval of an emergency management plan for
the city, and recommending that the city council adopt all mutual
aid arrangements deemed necessary for the implementation of such plan.
(3) Authority
to declare a local state of disaster.
(A) 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.
(B) 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)
(A) Issuance of proclamations, regulations or directives necessary for
carrying out the purposes of this division.
(B) 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, shall be promptly filed with the city secretary.
(5) Direction
and control of the operations of the city emergency management organization
as well as the training of emergency management personnel.
(6) Determination
of all questions of authority and responsibility that may arise within
the city 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 city department
to aid in the carrying out of 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 local 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,
and with other municipalities within the county, for the county-wide
coordination of emergency management efforts.
(10) Supervision of and final authorization for the procurement of all
necessary supplies and equipment, including acceptance of private
contributions that may be offered for the purpose of improving emergency
management within the city.
(11) Authorizing of agreements, after approval by the city attorney, for
use of private property for public shelter and other purposes.
(12) Surveying the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplies
and services that could be used during a disaster, as provided for
herein.
(13) Other requirements as specified in the Texas Disaster Act (Tex. Gov’t
Code, ch. 418).
(1997 Code, sec. 33.02)
At all times when the orders, rules and regulations made and
promulgated pursuant to this division shall be in effect, they shall
supersede and override all existing ordinances, orders, rules and
regulations insofar as the latter may be inconsistent therewith.
(1997 Code, sec. 33.05)
This division shall not be construed so as to conflict with
any state or federal statute, or with any military or naval order,
rule or regulation.
(1997 Code, sec. 33.09)
Convictions for violations of the provisions of this division
shall be punishable by fine to be set by the municipal court of the
city.
(1997 Code, sec. 33.99)