(A) Agency and Director. There is hereby created within the city government a civil defense and disaster agency which shall be under the supervision and control of a Director of Civil Defense, hereinafter called the “Director”. The Director shall be appointed by the Mayor for an indefinite term and may be removed by him or her at any time. He or she shall serve without salary, but shall be paid his or her necessary expenses. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of the Civil Defense Agency, subject to the direction and control of the Mayor.
(B) Organization and function. The Civil Defense Agency shall be organized into such divisions and bureaus, consistent with state and local defense plans, as the Director deems necessary to provide for the efficient performance of local civil defense functions within the city and, in addition, shall conduct such functions outside the city as may be required pursuant to M.S. Ch. 12, as it may be amended from time to time, or this part.