(A) It is the intent and purpose of this subchapter to establish an office that will ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county’s and the incorporated municipalities’ resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein.
(B) The County Office of Civil Preparedness will be the coordinating agency for all activities in connection with civil preparedness. It will be the instrument through which the Board of Commissioners and town councils may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies.
(C) This subchapter will not relieve any town or county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the town or county charter or by local ordinances, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies.
(Ord. passed 11-3-1975; Res. passed 11-3-1975)