(A) The Director, subject to the direction and control of the Advisory Council and/or County Commissioners, shall be executive head of the Department of Emergency Management and pursuant to I.C. 10-14-3-17(d)(2)(A) has direct responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of the emergency management organization, including the following specific powers and duties:
(1) The Director shall be responsible for public relations, information, and education regarding all phases of emergency management.
(2) The Director shall be responsible for the development of a county emergency operating plan, and upon adoption, shall be responsible for such implementation, and revision of the plan as to maintain it on a current state of readiness at all times. This plan shall include all cities within the county.
(3) The Director shall coordinate, within Perry County, all activities for emergency management and shall maintain liaison and coordinate with all other affected agencies, public and private.
(4) The Director shall coordinate the recruitment and training for volunteer personnel and agencies to augment the personnel and facilities of the county for emergency management purposes.
(5) The Director may seek, negotiate, and enter into (with the approval or ratification of the Commissioners and to the extent consistent with the State Department of Homeland Security Plan and program) mutual-aid arrangements with other public and private agencies for emergency management purposes, and take all steps in accordance with such arrangements to comply with or take advantage thereof in the event of an actual emergency affecting the parties.
(6) The Director may, when such offer has been approved by the Governor, accept any offer of the federal government to provide for the use of the county any services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds for emergency management purposes by way of gift, grant or loan.
(7) The Director may seek and accept from any person, firm or corporation, any gratuitous offers to provide services, equipment, supplies, materials, funds, or licenses, or privileges to use real estate or other premises, to the county for emergency management purposes.
(8) The Director may issue proper insignia and papers to emergency management workers and other people directly concerned with emergency management.
(9) The Director shall participate in the NIMS, thereby enhancing the joint efforts of the national and state governments to improve the ways by which emergency response personnel respond to threats against our homeland.
(B) The Director, in addition to the powers and duties expressly provided above, shall be construed to have all powers and duties of a local emergency management director as provided under I.C. 10-14-3. In particular, but not by limitation, the Director, through the Department of Emergency Management, may perform or cause to be performed with respect to the county, any function parallel or analogous to those performed on a statewide basis by Indiana Department of Homeland Security under I.C. 10-14-3.
(Ord. C-88-4, passed 2-4-2013)