(A) The Mayor shall be designated to serve as the Emergency Management Director (EMD). As such, the EMD shall administer this section and the town’s emergency contingency plans. Utilizing the National Incident Management Structure (NIMS), the EMD shall be designated as the initial Incident Commander (IC) upon the implementation of any Emergency Plans who, in direct consultation with the governing board, shall serve as the IC until properly relieved by competent authority.
(B) Mayor's powers.
(1) In the implementation of the Town Emergency Preparedness Plan, the Mayor is authorized to take the following actions:
(a) Order evacuation of barrier beaches and low-lying areas.
(b) Insure the provisions of shelter for evacuees.
(c) Insure the security of the evacuated areas.
(d) Control reentry into evacuated areas.
(e) The Mayor, in consultation with the governing body, is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the proclamation the application of all or any part of such restrictions or actions to any area specifically designated or described within the town and to specific hours of the day or night; and to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions or actions, while acting in the line of, and within the scope of, their respective duties, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees of hospitals and other medical facilities, on-duty military personnel whether state or federal; on-duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies, and newspapers, magazine, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations operated for profit; and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of the people within the town.
('85 Code, § 18-1.3) (Ord. 27, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 07-04, passed 5-22-07; Am. Ord. 08-04, passed 4-22-08)