[Ord. 2378, §1]
There is hereby created within and for the territory of the
City of Rolla, Missouri, an emergency management organization to be
known as the Rolla Emergency Management Agency, which is responsible
for the preparation and implementation of emergency functions required
to prevent injury and minimize and repair damage due to disasters,
to include emergency management of resources and administration of
such economic controls as may be needed to provide for the welfare
of the people, and emergency activities (excluding functions for which
military forces are primarily responsible) in accordance with Chapter
44, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1978, and supplements thereto, and
the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan adopted thereunder.
[Ord. 1135, §1]
The municipal civil defense organization shall consist of a
director and other additional members to be selected by the director
in order to conform to the state organization and procedures for the
conduct of emergency operations as outlined in the state survival
plan.
[Ord. 2378, §2]
The organization shall perform emergency management functions
within the territorial limits of City of Rolla, Missouri, and may
conduct these functions outside the territorial limits as directed
by the Governor during the time of emergency pursuant to the provisions
of chapter 44, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1978, and supplements
thereto.
[Ord. 1135, §2]
(a)
A director
of the municipal civil defense organization, for the conduct of emergency
operations, may be appointed by the mayor, and shall serve until removed
by the same.
(b)
The director
shall have such responsibilities for the organization, administration
and operation of this organization as is delegated by the mayor subject
to the direction and control of the mayor as provided by statute.
[Ord. 1135, §4]
The director of civil defense may appoint, without compensation,
or remove any personnel needed by the civil defense organization for
the proper function of its duties.
[Ord. 1135, §10]
Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the municipal
civil defense organization shall, before entering upon his duties,
subscribe to the following oath, which shall be filed with the director:
"I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support
and defend and bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution
of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Missouri,
and the territory, institutions and facilities thereof, both public
and private, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I take
this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose
of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
upon which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm)
that I do not advocate, nor am I, nor have I been, a member of any
political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the
government of the United States or this state by force or violence;
and that during such time as I am affiliated with the municipal civil
defense organization, I will not advocate nor become a member of any
political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the
government of the United States or of this state by force or violence."
[Ord. 1135, §11]
The mayor or city council may designate space in any city owned
or leased building for the municipal civil defense organization as
its office.
[Ord. 1135, §4]
(a)
The director
of civil defense shall form mobile support units, as provided for
in Section 44.010 et seq. of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and
the state survival plan, and shall designate the leaders thereof.
(b)
Any member
of a mobile support team who is a municipal employee or officer while
serving on call to duty by the governor or the state director of civil
defense shall receive the compensation and have the powers, duties,
rights and immunities incident to such employment or office.
[Ord. 1135, §5]
(a)
The mayor
of the city, with the approval of the governor, may enter into mutual
aid arrangements or agreements with other public and private agencies,
within or without the state, for reciprocal civil defense aid. Such
arrangements or agreements shall be consistent with the state survival
plan, and in time of emergency it shall be the duty of the municipal
civil defense organization to render assistance in accordance with
the provisions of such mutual aid arrangements or agreements.
(b)
The director
of the municipal civil defense organization may assist in negotiation
or reciprocal mutual aid agreements between his organization and other
public and private agencies and between the governor and the adjoining
states or political subdivisions thereof and shall carry out arrangements
or agreements relating to such organization.
[Ord. 1135, §6]
In carrying out the emergency powers under the provisions of
this chapter, the mayor or the city council shall use the services,
equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices
and agencies of the state and of the political subdivisions, and the
officers and personnel of all such departments, offices and agencies
shall cooperate with and extend such services and facilities to the
governor and the state civil defense agency upon request.
[Ord. 1135, §7]
Whenever the federal government or state government or officer
or agency thereof shall offer to the city services, equipment, supplies,
material or funds by way of gift, grant or loan, for the purpose of
civil defense, the city, acting with the consent of the governor and
through the mayor, may accept such offer, and upon acceptance, the
executive officer may authorize any officer of the city to receive
such services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds on behalf of
the city, subject to the terms of the offer.
[Ord. 1135, §8]
In the event of an emergency, as defined in Section 44.010(2)
of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the director of civil defense
is authorized, on behalf of the city, to procure such services, supplies,
equipment or material as may be necessary for such purposes, in view
of the exigency, without regard to the statutory procedures or formalities
normally prescribed by law pertaining to municipal contracts or obligations,
as authorized by Section 44.010 et seq. of the Revised Statutes of
Missouri; provided, that if the city council meets at such time, he
shall act subject to the directions and restrictions imposed by that
body.
[Ord. 1135, §9]
In the event of enemy attack, the mayor or city council may
waive any time consuming procedures and formalities otherwise required
by statute pertaining to the advertisement for bids for the performance
of public work or entering into contracts.
