(A) The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to create an organization for emergency management utilizing to the fullest extent the resources of this city. The City Manager, as executive head of the municipal government and as the Emergency Management Director shall be responsible for directing emergency response activities and the provision of needed resources before, during, and after a disaster.
(B) The organization shall consist of the following:
(1) The City Manager shall serve as executive head of Emergency Management who shall be known as the Emergency Management Director. The Director may appoint one or more Emergency Management Coordinators and such assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning and goal attainment of the organization.
(2) City, county, state, federal and private volunteer resources may be utilized in the mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery phases of emergency management under the personal direction of the Emergency Management Director. During response and recovery operations, duties assigned to city departments/divisions may differ from normal duties, but they will be utilized according to their technical proficiency and general knowledge with full consideration for their safety.
(C) The Emergency Management Director and his/her alternate is required to be well versed and trained in the mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery operations involving many different public and private agencies which will provide assistance to the city before, during, and after a disaster.
(D) The Emergency Management Director shall designate and appoint Deputy Directors to assume the emergency duties of the Director in the event of his/her absence or inability to act. (This designation to be compatible with the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Revised City Charter. The intent being that there will always and at all times be a City Manager/Emergency Management Director in charge in the city.)
(Ord. 16-98, passed 3-16-98)