(a) There exists the position of emergency management director of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, which shall be held by the mayor in accordance with state law, and who shall have all the powers and responsibilities specified in said law and in this chapter.
(b) The line of succession to the mayor, as presiding officer, for the purpose of declaring a local state of emergency or a local state of disaster shall be as follows.
(1) In the absence of the mayor, the mayor pro tem will act as the presiding officer.
(2) In the absence of the mayor pro tem, a city council member will act as the presiding officer if elected by the other members of the city council in accordance with the City Charter.
(3) In the absence of a city council member elected to act as presiding officer, any city council member plus the city manager will act jointly as the presiding officer.
(4) In the absence of any city council member, the city manager will act as the presiding officer.
(5) In the absence of the city manager, his or her designee will act as the presiding officer.
(c) The director bears the ultimate responsibility for the emergency management program for the city; however, authority for carrying out the responsibilities specified in this chapter, with the exception of those actions which are the sole responsibility of the director and/or the city council, may be delegated to an emergency management coordinator.
(Ord. 11592, § 2(9-1), passed 6-6-1994)