[Amended 8-20-2024 by Ord. No. 540-2024]
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator who shall serve for a term of three years. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be qualified as required by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.1. Any qualified individual appointed as a municipal emergency management coordinator who is not a resident of the municipality shall reside within a reasonable proximity of the municipality to ensure a prompt response or coordination of municipal resources for any local incident.
[Ord. No. 369-2019; amended 8-20-2024 by Ord. No. 540-2024]
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint no fewer than three and no more than four Deputy Emergency Management Coordinators, each of whom must be approved by the Mayor with the recommendation of the City Manager. These deputies shall be supervisory employees of the City and must include at least one from each of the following departments: one from the Police Department (Lt. or higher), one from the Fire Department (Lt. or higher), and one from Public Works. If the Emergency Management Coordinator is an employee of one of these departments, then the requirement for a deputy from that department is fulfilled. After meeting these minimum requirements, additional deputy appointments may be made from among the City's supervisory employees. In the absence of the Emergency Management Coordinator, the Police Department Deputy Coordinator shall assume the role. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall establish the chain of command for all other appointed deputies.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency management operations within the City, and shall have such further powers and duties as are set forth in N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.5.
There shall be an Emergency Management City Council composed of not more than 15 members who shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as Chairman. The Emergency Management City Council shall assist the City in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local emergency management activities in accordance with rules and regulations established by the Governor. The local Emergency Management City Council is authorized, within the limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization to assist in supervising and coordinating the emergency management activities of the City.