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DISTRICT COORDINATOR The Michigan Department of State Police District Emergency Services Coordinator or his/her authorized representative who serves as the liaison between local emergency management programs and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management Division and Homeland Security Division in all matters pertaining to the mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery of emergency and disaster situations.

EMERGENCY Any occasion or instance in which the Mayor determines that assistance is needed to supplement local efforts and capabilities to save lives, protect property and the public health and safety, to lessen or avert the threat of, or respond to, a disaster in the City.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR The person appointed pursuant to this chapter to coordinate all matters pertaining to the coordination of all emergency services, disaster or emergency planning, response, and recovery activities within the City of Kalamazoo.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FORCE All agencies of the state, county and municipal government, private and volunteer personnel, public officers and employees, and all other persons or groups of persons having duties or responsibilities as identified in the Emergency Operations Plan or those called into duty or working at the direction of a party identified in the Plan to perform a specific disaster- or emergency-related task during a local state of emergency or disaster under the Emergency Management Act pursuant to this chapter.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM A program established to coordinate mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities for all emergency or disaster situations, and including civil defense, within the City. Such a program has an appointed Emergency Management Coordinator and meets the program standards and requirements established by the Department of State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division.

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN (or "PLAN") Any plan developed and maintained by the City for the purpose of providing necessary support personnel and materials for guiding the local response to an emergency or disaster situation and coordinating disaster response and recovery within the City through the Emergency Management Force.

GOVERNOR'S STATE OF DISASTER An executive order or proclamation by the Governor that implements the disaster response and recovery aspects of the Michigan Emergency Management Plan and applicable local plans of the county or municipal programs affected.

GOVERNOR'S STATE OF EMERGENCY An executive order or proclamation by the Governor that implements the emergency response and recovery aspects of the Michigan Emergency Management Plan and applicable local plans of the county or municipal programs affected.

LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY OR DISASTER A declaration by the Mayor pursuant to the Act and this chapter, which implements the appropriate emergency or disaster response and recovery measures of the City and authorizes certain actions as described in this chapter and applicable Emergency Operations Plan.

VITAL RECORDS Those records that contain information needed to continue the effective functioning of the City and for the protection of the rights and interests of persons under emergency conditions in the event of an emergency or disaster situation.

VOLUNTEER Any person duly appointed or assigned by the City to participate in emergency-management-related activities and registered with the Emergency Management Coordinator as a member of the Emergency Management Force. The individual or entity agrees to contribute services, equipment, or facilities for disaster purposes without enumeration or without a formal agreement or contract for hire.

The City of Kalamazoo adopts the National Incident Management Standard (NIMS) for disaster and emergency incident management.

A. The City Manager is fully authorized and directed to create an organization to prepare for community disasters utilizing existing agencies within the City. The City Manager, as the Chief Administrative Officer of the City, shall be responsible for the direction of the Emergency Management Forces of the City working with the Emergency Management Coordinator. In the absence of an appointed Emergency Management Coordinator, the City Manager is recognized as the Coordinator. B. The City Manager, working with the Emergency Management Coordinator, shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operation of disaster and emergency services and Emergency Management Forces. The powers and duties of the City Manager shall include the following: (1)...

A. The City Manager may appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator, who shall be an individual with the experience and training necessary to plan and coordinate the emergency activities required to respond to a disaster and who serves at the pleasure of the City Manager. In addition to acting for, and at the direction of, the City Manager, the Emergency Management Coordinator will also act for, and at the direction of, the Mayor as permitted by the Act. B. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible, at the direction of the City Manager, for the administration, planning, coordination, and operation of all emergency preparedness activities in the City. He or she shall maintain liaison with the county, state, and federal authorities, the auth...

A. When circumstances within the City indicate that the occurrence or threat of occurrence of widespread or severe damage injury or loss of life or property from a natural or human-made cause is imminent or exists in the City, the Mayor may declare a local state of emergency as permitted by the Act. Such a declaration shall be promptly communicated to the Department of State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division by the Emergency Management Coordinator unless circumstances attendant upon the disaster prevent or impede its prompt filing. Under a declaration of a local state of emergency, the Mayor may issue directives as to travel restrictions on roads within the City jurisdiction. This power shall not be continued or renewed for a per...

During a period of declared disaster or local emergency, the City Manager, acting through the Emergency Management Coordinator, and with the advice and consent of the City Commission, shall have the authority: A. To assemble and utilize the Emergency Management Forces in accordance with the City of Kalamazoo Emergency Operations Plan and prescribe the manner and conditions of the use of such Emergency Management Forces. B. To appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, obtain and distribute equipment, materials and supplies for disaster purposes. C. To provide for the health and safety of persons and property, including emergency assistance to the victims of a disaster. D. To direct and coordinate the development of disaster plans and programs in accord...

A. In the event of a disaster or emergency, quorum requirements for the City Commission shall be suspended, and where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members, for approval of an ordinance, resolution or other action, would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient. B. In the event of foreign attack upon the State of Michigan, the City Commission shall have the authority to waive the procedures and formalities otherwise required by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of permanent and temporary workers, the utilization of volunteer workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase and distribution with or without co...