(1) Only the Mayor of a municipality or their legal successors may declare a local emergency. It shall not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the governing board of the political subdivision. Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing or terminating a local emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly by the Chief of the locals records-keeping agency of the subdivision.
(2) A declaration of a local emergency shall invoke necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or inter-jurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and assistance there under.
(3) No jurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an inter-jurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions.
(Ord. 11-07, passed 9-24-2007)