(A) Emergency shelter will be located at the corner of Cross and Clark Street within the Town Hall, Town Hall basement and the water company outbuildings.
(B) The shelter will be open for an emergency where electrical power service is interrupted for more than 48 hours or in weather conditions where the temperature is less than 40°F the shelter will be open within 24 hours.
(C) Emergency situation is a situation where a state of emergency has been declared for the town area by the Town Marshal’s Department, or the Town Council President.
(D) The emergency shelter is being provided for electrical and heating services only. Any bedding material, water or food supplies are to be brought to the shelter by those requiring use of the facilities. No alcoholic beverages, pornographic type materials or smoking will be allowed within buildings or on outside parking areas.
(E) Citizens using the facility shall be required to conduct themselves in a proper, moral, courteous manner. No improper (vulgar) language, improper physical gestures, arguments or fighting, inciting arguments or fighting will be permitted. Anyone participating in these activities will be asked to leave.
(F) Citizens using the facility which bring dependent children under the age of 18 are required to supervise their children that they are not disruptive to others using the shelter. If children are disruptive the parents and children will be asked to leave.
(G) Citizens using the facility are required to register with the authority in charge giving name, phone number, address, number of persons in party and their names. Citizens refusing to provide this information will not be allowed the use of the shelter.
(H) The authorized authority in charge of the shelter in the case of an emergency situation will include any of the following: Town Marshal; Deputy Marshal; Reserve Officer; Town Council President; Town Council member; Town Clerk-Treasurer; and the Town Water Superintendent.
(I) There shall be an authority in charge at all times during the shelter being open to the Town Public Emergency Services Committee Chair to open the shelter and provide a list of personnel to staff facility and hours to be present.
(J) The Town Clerk-Treasurer is to purchase two emergency shelter signs after passing of this section. One to be posted on the outside wall of the Town Hall, one to be posted on the outside wall of the water company outbuilding. These signs are to be posted in a manner to be viewable from the intersection of Cross and Clark streets located in the town.
(Ord. 2009-R-018, passed 5-4-2009)