2-2-5: FUNCTIONS:
   A.   The Village of Orland Park shall be within the jurisdiction of and served by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and by an Emergency Services and Disaster Agency responsible for emergency management programs.
   B.   The Village Manager, or his/her interim emergency successor, shall notify the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Region 4 Coordinator and the Cook County Emergency Management Agency of the manner in which the Village is providing or securing emergency management, identify the executive head of the ESDA and furnish additional information relating thereto as the Illinois Emergency Management Agency requires.
   C.   The ESDA Coordinator shall prepare and keep current an Emergency Operations Plan for the ESDA geographic boundaries. It shall be submitted to the IEMA and the Cook County Emergency Management Agency for review and approval, in accordance with paragraph of Section 10 of the Act and the Administrative Code 301.
   D.   The ESDA Coordinator shall prepare and distribute to all appropriate officials in written form a clear and complete statement of the emergency management responsibilities of all Village departments and officials and of the disaster chain of command.
   E.   The ESDA Coordinator shall coordinate emergency management functions within the Village limits as are prescribed in and by the Orland Park Emergency Operations Plan under the National Incident Management System, and programs, orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and in addition, shall conduct such functions outside of those territorial limits as may be required pursuant to such mutual aid agreements and compacts as are entered into under subparagraph 5 of paragraph c of Section 6 of the Act.
   F.   The Village of Orland Park upon advice from the ESDA Coordinator and/or the Police Chief may enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to place it in a position effectively to combat such disasters in order to protect the health and safety of persons and to protect property, and to provide emergency assistance to victims of those disasters. If such a disaster occurs, the Village may exercise the powers vested under this Section in the light of the exigencies of the disaster and, excepting mandatory constitutional requirements, without regard to the procedures and formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contacts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase of supplies and materials, and the appropriation, expenditure and disposition of public funds and property.
(Ord. 5365, 12-17-18)