§ 32.33 SERVICE AS A MOBILE SUPPORT TEAM.

   (A)   All or any member of the Municipal Civil Defense Organization may be designated as members of a Mobile Support Team created by the State Director of Civil Defense as provided by law.

   (B)   The “leader” of such Mobile Support Team shall be designated by the Director of the Municipal Defense Organization.

   (C)   Any member of a Mobile Support Team who is a municipal employee or officer while serving on call to duty by the Governor, shall receive the compensation and have the powers, duties, rights, and immunities incident to such employment or office. Any such member who is not a paid officer or employee of the municipality, while so serving, shall receive from the state reasonable compensation as provided by law.

(2016 Code, § 7.304)

§ 32.34 AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

   The Director of the Civil Defense Organization may negotiate mutual aid agreements with other municipal corporations or political subdivisions of the state, but no such agreement shall be effective until it has been approved by the corporate authorities, and by the State Director of Civil Defense.

(2016 Code, § 7.305)

§ 32.35 EMERGENCY ACTION.

   If the Governor declares a civil defense emergency exists in the event of actual enemy attack upon the United States or the occurrence within the state or a major disaster resulting from enemy sabotage or other hostile action, or natural causes, it shall be the duty of the Municipal Civil Defense Organization to cooperate fully with the State Civil Defense Agency and with the Governor in the exercise of emergency powers as provided by law.

(2016 Code, § 7.306)

§ 32.36 COMPENSATION.

   Members of the Civil Defense Organization who are paid employees or officers of the municipality, if called for training by the State Director of Civil Defense, shall receive for the time spent in training, the same rate of pay as is attached to the position held; members who are not such municipal employees or officers shall receive for such training time such compensation as may be established by the corporate authorities.

(2016 Code, § 7.307)

§ 32.37 REIMBURSEMENT BY THE STATE.

   The Treasurer may receive and allocate to the appropriate fund, any reimbursement by the state to the municipality for expenses incident to training members of the Civil Defense Organization as prescribed by the State Director, compensation for services and expenses of a Mobile Support Team while serving outside the municipality in response to a call by the State Civil Defense Agency, and any other reimbursement made by the state incident to civil defense activities as provided by law.

(2016 Code, § 7.308)

§ 32.38 PURCHASES AND EXPENDITURES.

   (A)   The corporate authorities may, on recommendation of the Municipal Director of Civil Defense, authorize any purchases or contracts necessary to place the municipality in a position to combat effectively any disaster and to protect the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency assistance to victims in the case of any disaster.

   (B)   In the event of any disaster, the local Director of Civil Defense is authorized, on behalf of the municipality, to procure such services, supplies, equipment or materials as may be necessary for such purposes, in view of the emergency, without regard to the statutory procedures or formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to municipal contracts or obligations, as authorized by the state’s Civil Defense Act; provided that, if the Village Board meets at such time, he or she shall act subject to the directions and restrictions imposed by that body.

(2016 Code, § 7.309)

§ 32.39 OATH.

   Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the Municipal Civil Defense Organization shall, before entering upon his or her 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 State of Illinois, 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 reservation 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 of 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”.

(2016 Code, § 7.310)

§ 32.40 OFFICE.

   The President/Mayor is authorized to designate space in the municipal building, or elsewhere as may be provided for by the corporate authorities for the Municipal Civil Defense Organization as its office.

(2016 Code, § 7.311)