(A) The powers and duties of the Director shall include an on-going survey of actual or potential major hazards which threaten life and property within the city; and an on-going program of identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of measures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of the hazards if a disaster did occur.
(B) As part of his or her responsibility in hazard mitigation, the Director shall supervise the development of an emergency management plan for the city, and shall recommend that plan for adoption by the City Council along with any and all mutual aid plans and agreements which are deemed essential for the implementation of the emergency management plan.
(C) The powers of the Director shall include the authority to declare a state of disaster, but that action may be subject to confirmation by the City Council at its next meeting. The duties of the Director shall also include the causing of a survey of the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplies and services which could be used during a disaster, as provided for herein, as well as a continuing study of the need for amendments and improvements in the emergency management plan.
(1985 Code, § 7-102)