(A) A comprehensive civil defense and disaster basic plan shall be adopted and maintained by resolution of the Board of Trustees upon the recommendations of the Village President. In the preparation of this plan as it pertains to village organization, it is the intent that the services, equipment, facilities and personnel of all existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest extent. When approved, it shall be the duty of all municipal departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned by the plan and to maintain their portion of the plan in a current state of readiness at all times. The basic plan shall be considered supplementary to this section and have the effect of law whenever a disaster has been proclaimed.
(B) The Village President shall prescribe in the basic plan those positions within the disaster organization, in addition to his or her own, for which lines of succession are necessary. In each instance, the responsible person will designate and keep on file with the village a current list of three persons as successors to his or her position. The list will be in order of succession and will as near as possible designate persons best capable of carrying out all assigned duties and functions.
(C) Each department head assigned responsibility in the basic plan shall be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned. Duties will include the organization and training of assigned village employees and volunteers. Each department head shall formulate the operational plan for his or her department which, when approved, shall be an annex to and a part of the basic plan.
(D) Amendments to the basic plan shall be submitted to the Village President. If approved, the Village President will submit the amendments to the Board of Trustees with his or her recommendations for their approval. The amendments shall take effect ten days from the date of approval unless action is taken by the Board of Trustees disapproving the Village President’s submission. In the event an amendment is pending at the time that a disaster is proclaimed under provisions of this section, the amendment will be considered approved immediately and will remain effective unless specifically revoked by the Board of Trustees.
(E) When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within the village government, the Village President is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside of government. The assignment of duties, when of a supervisory nature, shall also grant authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such duties prior to, during and after the occurrence of a disaster. The services from persons outside of government may be accepted by the village on a volunteer basis. The persons shall be enrolled as civil defense volunteers in cooperation with the heads of departments affected.
(F) Some of the duties ascribed to the Village President in this section will ordinarily be handled as a matter of routine by the Civil Defense Director, but the responsibility and authority stem from and remain with the Village President.
(2000 Code, § 32.162) (Ord. 1385, passed 3-20-1989)