A. Whenever necessary to meet a declared emergency or to prepare for such an emergency for which adequate regulations have not been adopted by the governor or city council, the council may, by resolution, promulgate regulations, consistent with applicable federal or state law or regulation, respecting:
1. The conduct of persons and the use of property during emergencies.
2. The repair, maintenance, and safeguarding of essential public services, emergency health, fire, and safety regulation, drills, or practice periods required for preliminary training, and all other matters which are required to protect public safety, health, and welfare in declared emergencies.
B. Every resolution of emergency regulations shall be in writing; shall be dated; shall refer to the particular emergency to which it pertains, if so limited; and shall be filed in the office of the city administrator, which copy shall be kept posted and available for public inspection during business hours. Notice of the existence of such regulation and its availability for inspection at the administrator's office shall be conspicuously posted at the front of the city hall or other headquarters of the city or at such other places in the affected area as the council or mayor shall designate in the resolution. By like resolution, the council or mayor may modify or rescind any such regulation.
C. The city council or mayor may rescind any such regulation by resolution at any time. If not sooner rescinded, every such regulation shall expire at the end of thirty (30) days after its effective date or at the end of the emergency to which it relates, whichever comes first. Any resolution, rule, or regulation inconsistent with an emergency regulation promulgated by the council or mayor shall be suspended during the period of time and to the extent such conflict exists.
D. During a declared emergency, the city, notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, is empowered, through its governing body acting within or without the corporate limits of the city, to enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat such disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and property and providing emergency assistance to the victims of such disaster. The city may exercise such powers in light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with normal procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering rental equipment agreements, purchase of supplies and materials, limitations upon tax levies, and the appropriation and expenditure of public funds including, but not limited to, publication of resolutions, publication of call for bids, provisions of personnel laws and rules, provisions relating to low bids, and requirement for budgets. (Ord. 3032, 1-30-2012)