§ 9-4 — Organization; appointment

Sec. 9-4. - Organization; appointment.

(a) The mayor and board of aldermen are hereby authorized to create an organization for emergency management, using to the fullest extent the existing agencies within the city. (b) The mayor as chief administrative officer of the city government shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operations of the emergency management and operational forces of the city. (c) The mayor will designate a line of succession for those bodies to ensure that the necessary responsibility for direction and control can be exercised in the event of absence or inability of the chief administrative officer to act. (d) The organization shall consist of the following: (1) An office of emergency management under the direction of the mayor and board of aldermen. There shall be an executive head of emergency management who shall be known as the director, and such assistants and other employees as deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the organization. (2) The employees, equipment, and facilities of the city departments, will participate in the emergency preparedness activities. Duties assigned to a department shall be the same or similar to the normal duties of the department. (3) Volunteer persons and agencies offering service to, and accepted by, the city. (e) The mayor and board of aldermen, in accordance with agreements with participating political subdivisions, will appoint a director for emergency management who shall be a person well versed and trained in planning and operations involving the many different agencies which will operate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare in the event of danger from enemy attack or local emergency as defined in this chapter. The director will act as an advisor to the chief administrative officers during emergencies. (f) The police chief, who is the chief law enforcement officer of the city will serve as principal advisor to the chief administrative officers on the implementation of emergency power under this chapter during nonwartime emergencies or disasters.

(Ord. of 1-22-80, § 4)