(a) A comprehensive civil preparedness and disaster Basic Plan shall be adopted and maintained by ordinance of the City Council upon the recommendations of the City Manager. In the preparation of this Plan as it pertains to City 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 chapter and have the effect of law whenever a disaster, as defined in this chapter, has been proclaimed.
(b) Each department or division head assigned responsibility in the Basic Plan shall be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned therein. Duties will include the organization and training of assigned City employees and volunteers. Each such supervisor shall formulate the operational plan for this department/division which, when approved, shall be an annex to, and a part of the Basic Plan.
(c) Amendments to the Basic Plan shall be submitted to the City Manager. If approved, the Director (City Manager) will submit the amendments to the City Council with his recommendation for their approval. Such amendments shall take effect thirty days from the date of approval unless action is taken by the Council disapproving the Director's submission.
(d) When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within the City government, the Director 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 as assigned to carry out such duties prior to, during, and after the occurrence of a disaster. Such services from persons outside of government may be accepted by the City on a volunteer basis. Such citizens shall be enrolled as civil preparedness volunteers in cooperation with the heads of City departments affected.
(e) Some of the duties described to the Director in this section may ordinarily be handled as a matter of routine by a Coordinator, but the responsibility and authority stem from and remain with the Director.
(Ord. 1140. Passed 11-3-87.)