(a) The Chief Emergency Operations Officer shall be responsible for the performance and supervision of performance of all duties in connection with coordinating and carrying out the City’s role in furnishing services in the event of major natural or manmade disasters, including, but not limited to, floods, fire, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, tidal waves, epidemics, hazardous substance or nuclear powerplant 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 City.
(b) The Chief Emergency Operations Officer shall assist the City Manager or his or her designee in the exercise of emergency powers under § 205.02.
(c) The Chief Emergency Operations Officer 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 Chief Emergency Operations Officer shall consult with the City Law Director in the planning and exercise of emergency powers.
(e) The Chief Emergency Operations Officer shall marshal, after the declaration of a state of emergency, all necessary personnel, equipment and supplies from any department of the City to aid in carrying out the emergency operations plan.
(f) Prepare, under the direction of the City Manager and in consultation with the City Law Director, all necessary emergency orders, rules, and directives, pursuant to § 205.02, and implement the emergency operations plan.
(Ord. O99-142, passed 12-21-1999)