A. The Director is hereby empowered to:
(1) Request the Mayor and City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a "local emergency," if the City Council is in session, or to issue such proclamation, if the City Council is not in session. Whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the Director, the Mayor and City Council shall take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect;
(2) Request the Governor to proclaim a "state of emergency" when, in the opinion of the Director, the circumstances are beyond the City's capacity to adequately respond to or recover from the emergency;
(3) Control and direct the efforts of the City's emergency organization for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter;
(4) Direct cooperation between and coordination of services and staff of this emergency organization and resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them;
(5) Represent the City in all dealings with public or private agencies on matters pertaining to emergencies as defined herein;
(6) In the event of the proclamation of a "local emergency" as herein provided, the proclamation of a "state of emergency" by the Governor, or the existence of a "state of war emergency," the Director is hereby further empowered:
(a) To make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency, provided, however, that such rules and regulations are confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the City Council;
(b) To obtain vital supplies, equipment, and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of life and property and to bind the jurisdiction for the fair value thereof and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use;
(c) To require emergency services of any officer or employee and, in the event of the proclamation of a "state of emergency" in the County of San Bernardino or the existence of a "state of war emergency," to command the aid of as many residents of the City as may be necessary in the execution of duties, provided that all such persons are given all privileges, benefits, and immunities as are provided by state law for registered disaster services workers;
(d) To requisition necessary personnel or material of the departments or agencies; and
(e) To execute all ordinary power as City Manager, all of the special powers conferred by this ordinance or by resolution or emergency plan adopted pursuant to this chapter, all powers conferred by any statute, by any agreement approved by the Mayor and City Council, and by any other lawful authority.
B. The Director shall designate the order of succession to that office, to take effect in the event the director is unavailable to attend meetings and otherwise perform duties during an emergency. Such order of succession shall be approved by the City Council.
C. The Assistant Director shall, under the supervision of the Director and with the assistance of the Chiefs of Emergency Services, develop emergency plans, manage the emergency programs of the City, and have such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Director.
(Ord. MC-1515, 3-06-19; Ord. MC-1514U, 2-20-19)