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The city council shall within 30 days after taking office, in addition to any duly authorized deputy, designate for appointive officers including the police chief, fire chief, city finance director, city attorney, public works director and public health director a number of emergency interim successors to these officers and specify their rank in order of succession after any duly authorized deputy so that there will be not less than three nor more than seven duly authorized deputies or emergency interim successors or combination thereof for each officer.
(1992 Code, § 12-18) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he or she may, under the constitution and statutes of this state and the provisions of this Code and the ordinances of this city, hold the office of the person to whose powers and duties he or she is designated to succeed, but no provision of this Code or any ordinance prohibiting an officer or employee of this city from holding another office shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor.
(1992 Code, § 12-19) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
The incumbent in the case of the elective officers and the city council in the case of those appointive officers specified in this subchapter shall review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to ensure that at all times there are at least three qualified emergency interim successors or duly authorized deputies or any combination thereof for each officer specified.
(1992 Code, § 12-20) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
A person designated as an emergency interim successor holds that designation at the pleasure of the designator, provided that he or she must be replaced if removed. He or she retains this designation as emergency interim successor until replaced by another appointed by the authorized designator.
(1992 Code, § 12-21) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
If in the event of an attack any elective or appointive officer of the city and any duly authorized deputy is unavailable, his or her emergency interim successor highest in rank in order of succession who is not unavailable shall, except for the power and duty to appoint emergency interim successors, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of that officer. Any emergency interim successor shall exercise these powers and discharge these duties only until a time as the lawful incumbent officer or any duly authorized deputy or an emergency interim successor higher in rank in order of succession exercises, or resumes the exercise of, the powers and discharge of the duties of the office, or until, where an actual vacancy exists, a successor is appointed to fill the vacancy or is elected and qualified as provided by law.
(1992 Code, § 12-22) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
The name, address and rank in order of succession of each newly authorized deputy shall be filed with the city finance director and each designation, replacement or change in order of succession of an emergency interim successor shall become effective when the designator files with the city finance director the successor’s name, address and rank in order of succession. The city finance director shall keep on file all data regarding newly authorized deputies and emergency interim successors and it shall be open to public inspection.
(1992 Code, § 12-23) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors shall take an oath and do those other things, if any, as may be required to qualify them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed.
(1992 Code, § 12-24) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
In the event of an attack, if emergency interim successors are not present:
(a) Quorum requirements for the city council shall be suspended; and
(b) Where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of an ordinance, resolution or other action would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.
(1992 Code, § 12-25) (Ord. 2131, passed 3-5-1962)
EMERGENCIES
The mayor shall declare an emergency by executive order upon the occurrence of any disaster or emergency involving any natural, nuclear, human- made, war-related or other catastrophe producing phenomena in the city which in the opinion of the mayor, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant extraordinary lawmaking authority. Notice shall be provided to the press by e-mail or facsimile, or any other means.
(1992 Code, § 2-80) (Ord. 75-99, passed 7-6-1999)
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