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§ 41.05   GENERAL DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DISASTER SERVICES.
   (A)   The Director of Disaster Services shall be responsible for the performance and supervision of performance of all duties in connection with coordinating and carrying out the village's role in furnishing services in the event of major natural or manmade disaster, including but not limited to floods, fire, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, tidal waves, epidemics, hazardous substance or nuclear power plant accidents or incidents, insurrections, riots, looting, and persistent violent civil disobedience, which threaten the public peace, health, and safety or which damage and destroy public or private property of the village.
   (B)   The Director of Disaster Services shall assist the Mayor or the Mayor's designee in the exercise of emergency powers under § 41.02.
   (C)   The Director of Disaster Services shall act in coordination with the state and other governmental agencies as may be necessary to plan and implement a joint jurisdiction emergency planning and disaster services plan and mutual aid arrangements.
   (D)   The Director of Disaster Services shall consult with the Village Attorney in the planning and exercise of emergency powers.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.06   EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
   The Director of Disaster Services shall recommend for adoption by the Village Council, upon approval by the State Office of Disaster Services, an emergency operations plan for the village and recommend for adoption by the Village Council mutual aid plans and agreements which are deemed essential for the plan. Such mutual aid plans may authorize the employment by the county and other cities within the county of the Village Director of Disaster Services as area coordinator for mutual aid. The Director of Disaster Services shall make continuing studies of the need for amendments and improvements in such plans.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.07   OTHER SPECIFIC POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
   The Director of Disaster Services shall:
   (A)   Request the Mayor when appropriate to declare a state of emergency as provided in § 41.02;
   (B)   Control and direct emergency training activities;
   (C)   Maintain a liaison with other municipal, state, regional and federal disaster services agencies;
   (D)   Marshal, after the declaration of a state of emergency, all necessary personnel, equipment and supplies from any department of the village to aid in carrying out the emergency operations plan;
   (E)   Prepare under the direction of the Mayor and in consultation with the Village Attorney, all necessary emergency proclamations, rules, and orders, pursuant to § 41.02 and implementing the emergency operations plan;
   (F)   Coordinate the drafting of proposed mutual aid agreements;
   (G)   Serve as an operations officer for any joint or mutual emergency operation administration; and
   (H)   Assume other emergency responsibilities as assigned by the Mayor of Village Council.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.08   OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
   (A)   The operational disaster services organization of the village shall consist of municipal officers and employees who may be designated by the Village Manager and all volunteer workers.
   (B)   Plans of organization shall substantially conform to recommendations of the federal government and the State Office of Disaster Services.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.09   EMERGENCY PROCUREMENTS.
   (A)   Notwithstanding any provision of the code to the contrary, the Mayor, upon declaration of a state of emergency by proclamation as provided in § 41.02, may authorize the Village Manager or the Village Manager's designees to procure by purchase or lease, such goods and services as are deemed necessary for the village emergency response effort.
   (B)   This emergency procurement of goods or services may be made in the open market without filing a requisition or estimate and without advertisement for immediate delivery or furnishing.
   (C)   A full written account of all emergency procurement made during this emergency, together with a requisition for the required materials, supplies, equipment, or services, shall be submitted to or provided by the Village Manager within 30 days after their procurement, and shall be open to public inspection for a period of at least one year subsequent to the date of the emergency purchases.
   (D)   The Village Manager shall, within three months of the conclusion of the emergency, formally communicate these emergency expenditures in a full written account to the Village Council.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.10   SEVERABILITY.
   The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable, and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of the chapter shall for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional or if the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this chapter.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)
§ 41.99   PENALTY.
   The violation of a proclamation of an emergency, a subsequent proclamation exercising emergency powers, a rule, or order, which proclamation, rule or order is issued pursuant to § 41.02, or the violation of any order or directive given by a peace officer or designated emergency services personnel pursuant to authority resulting from § 41.02 is a first degree misdemeanor and punishable accordingly.
(Ord. 2001-O-50, passed 11-13-2001)