.010 The Director of Emergency Services is hereby empowered to:
.0101 Request the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency, or termination thereof, if the City Council is in session, or to issue such proclamation if the City Council is not in session. Whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the Director, the City Council must ratify said proclamation within seven days thereafter or said proclamation shall have no further force or effect;
.0102 Request 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;
.0103 Control and direct the effort of the emergency organization of the City for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter;
.0104 Direct cooperation between, and coordination of, services and staff of the emergency organization of the City, and to resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between or among them;
.0105 Represent the City in all dealings with public or private agencies on matters pertaining to any emergency.
.020 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:
.0201 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;
.0202 To obtain vital supplies, equipment, and such other properties found lacking and needed for protection of life and property and to bind the City for the fair value thereof and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use;
.0203 To require emergency services of any City officer or employee and, in the event of the proclamation of a local emergency or state of emergency in the county in which this 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 deems necessary in the execution of his duties;
.0204 To requisition necessary personnel or material of any City department or agency; and
.0205 To execute all of his ordinary powers and duties as City Manager, all of the special powers and duties conferred upon him by this chapter and by the emergency plan adopted pursuant hereto, and all powers and duties conferred upon him by any statute, agreement, or other lawful authority.
.030 The Director of Emergency Services shall designate the order of succession to that office, to take effect in the event the Director is unavailable or unable to perform his duties during an emergency.
.040 The Assistant Director of Emergency Services shall, under the supervision of the Director and with the assistance of emergency service personnel, 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. 3771 § 2 (part); September 27, 1977.)