Town of Manchester, CT Article I Civil Preparedness Agency

[Adopted as Secs. 2-91 to 2-94 of the 1996 Code]

§ 6-1 Created; Director of Civil Preparedness.

There shall be created an agency of Town government to be known as the "Civil Preparedness Agency." Said Agency shall be under the supervision of the Director of Civil Preparedness who shall be appointed by the General Manager and may serve the Town in another capacity as well. The Director of Civil Preparedness will serve at the will of the General Manager and may be removed by the General Manager at any time. The Director may also be removed as provided in § 28-7(b), General Statutes.

§ 6-2 Duties of Director.

A. The Director of the Civil Preparedness Agency is a staff person reporting directly to the General Manager.

B. As a staff person, the Director will advise the General Manager on matters pertaining to civil preparedness and disaster emergency operations. He will coordinate the activities of all Town agencies in disaster emergency situations, but in no case will he or she assume command of any agency or department other than the Civil Preparedness Agency unless directly ordered to do so by the General Manager. In no case shall the authority of the Director supersede that of the Police or Fire Departments of the Town in their normal operations.

C. The Director will coordinate the activities of all civil preparedness forces, both full-time and volunteer, and will be responsible for the recruitment and training of needed civil preparedness personnel. As a staff person, he or she will assist the General Manager in the preparation and updating of Town emergency operations plans and standard operating procedures.

D. He will maintain contact with the State Civil Preparedness area office designated for the Town and will cooperate with the State Civil Preparedness Agency in preparation of required reports, procedures and other necessary paperwork to ensure the Town's receiving all possible funding, equipment and other benefits available to the Town through state and national civil preparedness.

E. The Director will perform such other civil preparedness-related functions as may, from time to time, be assigned by the General Manager.

§ 6-3 Compensation of Director.

The Director of Civil Preparedness shall receive such compensation for performance of his or her duties as may be approved by the Board of Directors.

§ 6-4 Civil Preparedness Advisory Committee.

There shall be appointed by the General Manager a Civil Preparedness Advisory Committee, composed of the Chief of Police, Fire Chiefs, Director of Public Works, Water and Sewer Administrator, Superintendent of Highways, Park Superintendent, Director of Health, Director of Social Services and representatives of other interests, including but not limited to Red Cross, Boy Scouts, business, labor, agriculture, veterans' and women's groups and any other interests which are important to the civil preparedness program of the Town. The Director shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operation of said Committee, subject to the statutory requirements of the State Director of Civil Preparedness.