§ 20-13. City Manager.

The City Manager is executive head of the City government and is the overall administrative authority during all events within the City. The City Manager will appoint a minimum of two administrative persons to act as successors when the City Manager is not available. After an alert status is authorized with escalation to a declaration of disaster or emergency by the Governor and/or the President of the United States, the City Manager will provide direction for media releases coordinating the Director of Public Safety's emergency functions and may take emergency actions to ensure the City returns to pre-event conditions. The City Manager may do one or more of the following:

(1) 

Appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, and obtain and distribute equipment, materials, and supplies for pre-event and event purposes;

(2) 

Provide for the health, safety, and welfare of persons and property, including emergency assistance to the victims during an event;

(3) 

Plan and initiate local multiple departmental response to an event within the City through the municipal security team;

(4) 

Appoint, employ, remove, or provide, with or without compensation, rescue teams, auxiliary fire and police personnel, engineering, emergency management, a hazardous materials team, and other disaster workers;

(5) 

Send emergency personnel to an event outside of the City as directed by the Governor or Director of the Michigan Department of State Police under a state or federally declared event, or when deemed appropriate by the City Manager;

(6) 

Convene the municipal security team and chair the process during declared events at a location conducive to strategic planning capabilities;

(7) 

Inform Council on the assessment information provided by the Emergency Management Coordinator or liaison regarding the nature and scope of the emergency or disaster;

(8) 

After authorizing an alert status, the City Manager may order a safe evacuation process of the public under the direction of the incident commander at the scene of the event in the City;

(9) 

Request investigation into the cause of any declared emergency or disaster occurring within the City through the Emergency Management Liaison;

(10) 

Relieve City employees of normal duties and temporarily reassign them to other duties during an event or state of emergency or disaster;

(11) 

Direct the overall disaster or emergency relief effort, including the disaster relief force, in accordance with the support emergency operations plan.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348