(A) Responsibility. The Director of Emergency Management shall be the executive head of the Department of Emergency Management and shall be responsible for carrying out the emergency management program of the town.
(B) Compensation. The Director shall serve without compensation, but he or she may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
(C) Duties.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Director of Emergency Management, as soon as practicable after his or her appointment, to perfect an organization to carry out the purposes set forth in this subchapter, and he or she shall have all necessary power and authority to form committees or other bodies and to appoint and designate the chairpersons or chief officers of such bodies as may be necessary to perfect such an organization.
(2) He or she shall have the further duty and responsibility to cooperate with all emergency management agencies of other governmental units, including of the state and the federal governments.
(3) The Director of Emergency Management is further authorized to formulate written plans and to gather information and keep written records thereof to govern the functions of the emergency management organization.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-3)