(A) (1) There exists the Office of Emergency Management Director of the city, which shall be held by the Mayor in accordance with state law.
(2) An Emergency Management Coordinator may be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Director.
(3) The Director shall be responsible for conducting a program of comprehensive emergency management within the city and for carrying out the duties and responsibilities set forth in division (C) below. He or she may delegate authority for execution of these duties to the Coordinator, but ultimate responsibility for the execution shall remain with the Director.
(B) (1) The powers and duties of the Director shall include an on-going survey of actual or potential major hazards which threaten life and property within the city; and an on-going program of identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of measures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of the hazards if a disaster did occur. As part of his or her responsibility in hazard mitigation, the Director shall supervise the development of an emergency management plan for the city and shall recommend that plan for adoption by the City Council along with any and all mutual aid plans and agreements which are deemed essential for the implementation of the emergency management plan.
(2) The powers of the Director shall include the authority to declare a “state of disaster,” but the action may be subject to confirmation by the City Council at its next meeting. The duties of the Director shall also include the causing of a survey of the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplied and services which could be used during a disaster, as provided for herein, as well as a continuing study of the need for amendments and improvements in the emergency management plan.
(C) The duties and responsibilities of the Emergency Management Director shall include the following:
(1) The direction and control of the actual disaster operations of the emergency management organization as well as the training of emergency management personnel;
(2) The determination of all questions of authority and responsibility that may arise within the emergency management organization of the city;
(3) The maintenance of necessary liaison with other municipal, county, district, state, regional, federal or other emergency management organization;
(4) The marshaling, after declaration of a disaster as provided for above, of all necessary personnel, equipment or supplied from any department of the city to aid in the carrying out of the provisions of the emergency management plan;
(5) The issuance of all necessary proclamations as to the existence of a disaster and the immediate operational effectiveness of the city emergency management plan;
(6) The issuance of reasonable rules, regulations or directives which are necessary for the protection of life and property in the city; (The rules and regulations shall be filed in the office of the City Secretary and shall receive widespread publicity unless publicity would be of aid and comfort to the enemy.)
(7) The supervision of the drafting and execution of mutual aid agreements, in cooperation with the representatives of the state and of other local political subdivisions of the state, and the drafting and execution, if deemed desirable, of an agreement with the county in which the city is located and with other municipalities within the county, for the county-wide coordination of emergency management efforts;
(8) The supervision of, and final authorization for the procurement of all necessary supplies and equipment, including acceptance of private contribution which may be offered for the purpose of improving emergency management within the city; and
(9) The authorizing of agreements, after approval by the City Attorney, for use of private property for public shelter and other purposes.
(Ord. 317, passed 3-1-83)