A. City Administrator Serve As: The City Administrator, in his/her role as supervisor of the emergency management organization, shall serve as Emergency Management Director.
B. Powers And Duties:
1. The Director shall represent the City at regional or State conferences for emergency management. The Director may develop additional mutual aid agreements with other political subdivisions of the State for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in an emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted and shall present an agreement to the City Council for its action. The arrangements shall be consistent with the emergency operations plan. The Director shall also be the City's representative to emergency management committees in which the City has a current contract for services.
2. The Director shall make assessments of personnel, business and industries, resources and facilities of the City as deemed necessary to determine their adequacy for emergency management and to plan for their most efficient use in time of an emergency or disaster.
3. The Director shall work with the City Clerk and department heads in preparing a comprehensive emergency plan for the emergency management of the City Hall and shall present the plan to the City Council for its approval. When the Council has approved the plan by resolution, it shall be the duty of all City departments and emergency management forces of the City to perform the duties and functions assigned by the plan as approved. The plan may be modified in like manner when necessary. The Director shall coordinate the basic emergency management activities of the City to the end that they shall be consistent and complimentary with the emergency operations plans of participating political subdivisions and State and Federal governments.
4. In accordance with State and City emergency plans, the Director shall institute training programs, public information programs, and conduct practice warning alerts and emergency exercises as may be necessary to assure prompt and effective operation of the emergency plan when a disaster or mutual aid occurs, Minnesota Statutes section 12.25.
5. During an emergency, disaster, or mutual aid, the Director shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments of the City to the maximum extent practicable. The officers and personnel of every department shall be cooperative with and extend services and facilities to the emergency management organization. The head of every department in cooperation with the Director shall be responsible for the planning and programming of the emergency activities as will involve the utilization of the facilities of the department.
6. The Director shall, in cooperation with existing City departments affected, assist in the organizing, recruiting, and training of such emergency management personnel that may be required on a volunteer basis to carry out the emergency plans of the City and State. To the extent that such emergency personnel are recruited to augment a regular City department for emergencies, they shall be assigned to such departments and shall be under the administration and control of said department.
7. The Director shall carry out all orders, rules, and regulations issued by the City Council pertaining to emergency management.
8. The Mayor shall authorize, and the Director shall carry out, all orders, rules and regulations issued by the Governor with reference to emergency management.
9. The Director shall direct and control general operations of all local emergency management forces during an emergency in conformity with controlling regulations and instructions of State emergency management authorities. The heads of departments shall be governed by the Director's orders in respect thereto.
10. The Director shall prepare and submit such reports on emergency management activities as may be requested by the City Council. (Prior Code § 5-9-4)
11. If, during time of a declared emergency, the Director shall find that civil courts within the police jurisdiction of the City are unable to perform their lawful duties, he shall inform the Mayor, and the Mayor shall inform the Governor of his findings and may recommend to him that a state of emergency be declared in accordance with Minnesota Statutes section 12.31, subdivision 2. (Prior Code § 5-9-4; amd. 2018 Code)