(A) There is constituted a Civil Emergency Management Agency which shall perform such civil preparedness functions in the town as the State Director of Emergency Management prescribed, and shall perform such functions outside the town as are prescribed by the State Emergency Management Plan and Program and by the terms of any mutual aid agreements to which the town is a party.
(B) Each Selectman shall be a member of the Agency. The Board of Selectmen may appoint additional members in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Charter.
(C) The Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Town Director of Emergency Management for a term to expire on the first Monday of January, 1980. Said term shall be filled upon expiration for four years.
(D) The Director shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operation of the Agency, subject to the direction and control of the State Director, and subject to the provisions of division (E) below. He or she may, with the approval of the State Director, collaborate with other public and private agencies within the state and develop or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements for civil preparedness aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. He or she may, with the approval of the State Director, enter into such mutual aid agreements with civil preparedness agencies or organizations in other states. Such agreements shall be consistent with the State Emergency Preparedness Plan and Program and, in time of emergency, the Agency shall render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such agreements to which it is a party unless otherwise ordered by the State Director.
(E) In the event of a serious disaster or a sudden emergency, the Agency shall be under the direction and supervision of the First Selectman, and the Director shall act as his or her advisor and Chief of Staff. In that event, the First Selectman may declare a state of emergency for the town if, in his or her opinion, such a declaration is necessary, whereupon he or she shall immediately call an emergency meeting of the Board of Selectmen which shall confirm or revoke the declaration. In such an event, the First Selectman is empowered to apply to the state and the federal government for disaster assistance.
(Ord. passed 8-15-1979; Ord. passed 12-19-1988)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 13, page 249; TM Volume 16, page 298, Amended