(A) The City Manager is authorized and directed to create an organization for emergency management, utilizing to the fullest extent the existing agencies within this city. The City Manager, as executive head of the municipal government, shall be the Director of the emergency management forces of this city, and shall be responsible for their organization, administration and operation.
(A) The organization shall consist of the following:
(1) There shall be an executive head of emergency management, who shall be known as the Director of Emergency Management. The Director may appoint one or more coordinators of emergency management and assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the organization.
(2) The employees, equipment and facilities of all city departments, boards, commissions, and contract agencies will participate in the emergency management activity. Duties assigned to a city department shall be the same or similar to the normal duties of the department, if at all possible. However, in times of actual emergency, § 5.02(K) of the Tipp City Charter shall apply.
(3) Volunteer persons and agencies offering service to, and accepted by the city.
(C) The Emergency Management Director is required to be well-versed and trained in planning operations involving the activities of many different agencies which will operate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare in the event of a danger from enemy action or disaster as defined in §§ 91.10 through 91.17.
(D) The Emergency Management Director shall designate and appoint deputy directors to assume the emergency duties of the Director in the event of his or her absence or inability to act. This designation shall be compatible with the provisions of § 5.05 of the Tipp City Charter, the intent being that there will always be a City Manager/Emergency Management Director in charge in the city.
(Ord. 11-06, passed 3-20-2006)