The Director of Emergency Services is empowered to:
(a) Request the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a disaster or an emergency and the termination thereof, if the City Council is in session, or to issue such proclamation if the City Council is not in session, subject to confirmation by the City Council at the earliest practicable time;
(b) Request the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when, in the opinion of the Director, the resources of the area or region are inadequate to cope with the emergency or disaster;
(c) Require the emergency services of any City officer or employee and, in the event of the proclamation of a state of disaster or state of emergency by the Governor in the County in which this City is located, to command the aid of as many citizens of this community as he/she deems necessary in the execution of his/her duties; such persons shall be entitled to all the privileges, benefits, and immunities as are provided by State law for registered disaster emergency service workers;
(d) Requisition necessary personnel or materials of any City department or agency; and
(e) Execute all ordinary powers as City Manager, all of the special powers conferred upon him/her by the provisions of this chapter or by resolution adopted pursuant thereto, and all powers conferred upon him/her by any statute, agreement approved by the City Council, or by any other lawful authority.
(§ 1, Ord. 191-NS, eff. February 11, 1971, as amended by § 3, Ord. 197-NS, eff. April 8, 1971, and § 1, Ord. 1360-NS, eff. August 10, 2000)