(A) The Director, subject to the direction and control of the Advisory Council and/or the Board of County Commissioners, shall be executive head of the County Emergency Management Agency and shall have responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of the emergency management organization, including the following specific 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 Operating Plan, and, upon adoption, shall be responsible for such implementation and revision of the plan as to maintain it on a current state of readiness at all times. This plan shall include all major cities within the county.
(3) The Director shall coordinate, within the 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 for 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 the approval or ratification of the Board of County Commissioners and to the extent consistent with the state’s 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 such, arrangements to comply with, or take advantage thereof, in the event of an actual emergency affecting the parties.
(6) The Director may, when such offer has been approved by the Governor, accept any 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) (a) 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 privileges to use real estate or other premises, to the county for emergency management purposes.
(b) Any such gratuitous donations shall be immediately reported and accounted to the Advisory Council.
(c) Any monies received by the Director, Deputy Director, and/or Emergency Management Volunteers shall, within 60 hours of its receipt, be deposited with the County Auditor in an appropriate account.
(8) The Director may issue proper insignia and papers to emergency management workers and other people directly concerned with emergency management.
(B) (1) The Director, in addition to the powers and duties expressly provided above, shall be construed to have all powers and duties of a local emergency management director as provided under I.C. 10-14-3-17
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(2) In particular, but not by limitation, the Director, through the County 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 state’s Emergency Management Agency (“Agency”) under I.C. 10-14.
(Prior Code, § 36.037) (Ord. 92-03, passed 4-20-1992)