(A) The Director, subject to the direction and control of the County Commissioners, shall be executive head of the Emergency Management Agency and shall have responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of the emergency management organization, including the following powers and duties:
(1) The Director shall be responsible for public relations, information, and education regarding all phases of emergency management.
(2) The Director shall be responsible for the development of a county emergency operations plan, and upon adoption, shall be responsible for the implementation and revision of the plan as to maintain it in a current state of readiness at all times. Ths plan shall include all major cities and towns within the county.
(3) The Director shall coordinate within Boone County all activities for emergency management and shall maintain liaison and coordinate with all other affected agencies, public and private.
(4) The Director shall coordinate the recruitment and training of volunteer personnel and agencies to augment the personnel and facilities of the county for emergency management purposes.
(5) The Director may seek, negotiate, and enter into (with approval or ratification of the Commissioners and to the extent consistent with the State Emergency Operations Plan and program) mutual-aid arrangements with other public and private agencies for emergency management purposes and take all steps in accordance with the arrangement to comply with or take advantage thereof in the event of an actual emergency affecting the parties.
(6) The Director may, when the offer has been approved by the Governor, accept an offer of the Federal Government to provide for the use of the county any services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds for emergency management purposes by way of gift, grant or loan.
(7) The Director may seek and accept from any person, firm, or corporation any gratuitous offers to provide services, equipment, supplies, materials, funds, or licenses, or other privileges to use real estate or other premises to the county for emergency management purposes.
(8) The Director may issue proper insignia and papers to emergency management workers and other people directly concerned with emergency management.
(B) The Director, in addition to the powers and duties expressly provided above, shall be construed to have all powers and duties of a director of a local emergency management agency under I.C. 10-4-1. In particular, by not by limitation, the Director, through the Emergency Management Agency, may perform or cause to be performed with respect to the county, any function parallel or analogous to those performed on a statewide basis by the Indiana State Emergency Management Agency under I.C. 10-4-1-5.
(Ord. 96-7, passed 8-5-1996)