(a) The director is empowered to:
(1) Request the city council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency, if the city council is in session, or to request chairman to issue such proclamation if the city council is not in session, subject to confirmation by the city council at the earliest practicable time;
(2) Request the chairman to contact the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when in the opinion of the director the locally available resources are inadequate to cope with the emergency;
(3) Control and direct the effort of the emergency organization of this city for the accomplishment of the purposes of this title;
(4) Direct cooperation and coordination between the services and staff of the emergency organization of this city, and to resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them;
(5) Represent this city in all dealings with public or private agencies pertaining to emergencies as defined herein;
(6) In the event of the proclamation of a local emergency as herein provided, the proclamation of a state of emergency by the Governor or the Director of the State Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a state of war emergency, the director is hereby empowered:
(A) To make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency; provided, however, such rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the city council,
(B) To obtain vital supplies, equipment and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of the life and property of the people, and bind the city for the fair value thereof, and if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use,
(C) To require emergency service of any city officer or employee and, in the event of the proclamation of a state of emergency in the county in which the city is located, or the existence of a state of war emergency, to command the aid of as many citizens of this community as he thinks necessary in the execution of his or her duties; such persons shall be entitled to all privileges, benefits and immunities as are provided by state law for registered disaster service workers,
(D) To requisition necessary personnel or material of any city department or agency, and
(E) To execute all of his or her ordinary powers as city administrator, all of the special powers conferred upon him by this title or by resolution or by emergency plan, pursuant hereto adopted by the city council, all powers conferred upon him by any statute, by any agreement, approved by the city council, or by any other lawful authority, and in conformity with Section
38791 of the Government Code, to exercise complete authority over the city and to exercise all police power vested in the city by the constitution and general laws.
(b) The director of emergency services shall designate the order of succession to that office, to take effect in the event the director is unavailable to attend meetings and otherwise perform his or her duties during an emergency. Such order of succession shall be approved by the city council.
(c) The assistant director shall, under the supervision of the director and with the assistance of emergency service chiefs, develop emergency plans and manage the emergency programs of this city; and shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the director.
(Ord. 73-O-129 § 6, 1973)