(A) Funds to prepare for and meet disasters may be made available as from time to time designated by the City Council within budgetary limits.
(B) It is the City Council’s intent that the first recourse shall be to funds regularly allocated to the Agency. If the Mayor finds that demands placed upon budgeted funds in coping with a particular disaster are unreasonably great, he or she may make application for funds from the state or federal government levels. If monies available from the state or federal government levels are insufficient, and if the Mayor finds that other sources of money to cope with the disaster are not available or are insufficient, he or she shall issue a call for an immediate session of the City Council for the purpose of enacting ordinances as the Council may deem necessary to transfer and expend monies appropriated for other purposes, or borrow monies from the United States government or other public or private sources. If less than a quorum of the members of the Council is capable of convening in session to enact ordinances for the transfer, expenditure or loan of monies, the Mayor is authorized to carry out these decisions until a time as a quorum of the Council can convene.
(C) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the Mayor’s authority to apply for, administer and expend grants, gifts or payments in aid of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
(D) The City Council may enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to place it in a position to effectively combat disaster emergencies, to protect the health and safety of persons, to protect property, and to provide emergency assistance to victims of those disasters. If a disaster occurs, the Agency may exercise the powers vested under this chapter in light of the exigencies of the disaster and, excepting mandatory constitutional requirements, without regard to the procedures and formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase of supplies and materials, and the appropriation, expenditure and disposition of public funds and property.
(E) The City Council may make appropriations for emergency management operations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the city.
(Ord. 08-67, passed 10-14-2008; Ord. 10-59, passed 9-28-2010)