Subd. 1. The Director shall represent the city on any regional or state conference 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 the agreements to the city for its action. The arrangements shall be consistent with the Emergency Plan. The Director shall also be the city’s representative on the Lake Minnetonka Regional Emergency Management, Preparedness Planning and Review Committees.
Subd. 2. The Director shall make assessments of personnel, businesses 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, major incident or disaster.
Subd. 3. The Director shall work with the City Administrator/Clerk and department heads in preparing an comprehensive emergency plan for the emergency preparedness of the city and shall present the plan to the city for its approval. When the Council has approved the plan by resolution, it shall be the duty of all city agencies and all emergency preparedness forces of the city to perform the duties and functions assigned by the plan as approved. The plan may be modified in like manner from time to time. The Director shall coordinate the basic emergency management activities of the city to the end that they shall be consistent and fully integrated with the basic emergency plan of the Lake Minnetonka Regional Emergency Management, Preparedness Planning and Review Committee and federal and state governments. The Director shall coordinate efforts with the City Administrator/Clerk and train and work with city staff to maximize efficiency of emergency operations.
Subd. 4. In accordance with the Emergency Plan, the Director shall institute the 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, major incident or mutual aid occurs.
Subd. 5. The Director, during an emergency, major incident or mutual aid, shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments and agencies of the city to the maximum extent practicable. The officers and personnel of all the departments and agencies shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, cooperative with and extend the services and facilities to the Emergency Management organization. The head of each department or agency 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 or agency.
Subd. 6. The Director shall, in cooperation with the existing departments and agencies affected, assist in the organizing, recruiting and training of the emergency management personnel that may be required on a volunteer basis to carry out the emergency plans. To the extent that the emergency personnel are recruited to augment a regular department or agency for emergencies, they shall be assigned to the departments or agencies and shall be under the administration and control of the department or agency.
Subd. 7. The Director shall carry out all orders, rules and regulations issued by the governing authority with reference to emergency management.
Subd. 8. The Director shall prepare and submit the reports on emergency preparedness activities as may be requested by the governing authority.
(1987 Code, § 602.04)