(A) It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an office that will insure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the town and county resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein.
(B) The County Office of Emergency Management will be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with emergency management. It will be the instrument through which the Town Board of Commissioners and the County Board of Commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies.
(C) This chapter will not relieve any town or county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the town or county Charter or by local ordinances, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies.
(Ord. 14.6, passed 11-7-88; Am. Ord. passed 7-27-04)