There is hereby established the position of County Homeland Security Director, whose duties shall include:
(A) Developing and managing state and federal grant funding for emergency management, homeland security and bio-terrorism programs.
(B) Building coalitions with local law enforcement, fire departments, government entities and appropriate public or private organizations necessary to develop, implement and respond to security and emergency concerns.
(C) Directing and coordinating responses for disasters, emergencies, and threat assessment of terrorism including bio-terrorism.
(D) Monitoring the consistency of training provided to emergency service providers.
(E) Organizing a Citizens Corps volunteer effort and Citizens Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to train volunteers in emergency skills to serve as auxiliary responders helping to meet emergency needs, thereby enabling emergency personnel to focus on immediate emergency response needs.
(F) Such other and further duties as may from time to time to be prescribed by the Commissioners.
(G) The Director of Emergency Management appointed under § 32.17 shall serve as County Homeland Security Director unless the Board of Commissioners specify otherwise.
(Res. 2003-13-CM, passed 4-7-03; Am. Ord. 2021-02-CM, passed 3-1-21)