§ 20-15. Information dissemination and coordination of media activities.

The Director of Public Safety is responsible for emergency public information and the coordination of all media activities during events and reports to the City Manager. The Director of Public Safety will appoint two persons to act in his or her absence. The Director of Public Safety has authority for releasing emergency public information regarding the event. The Director of Public Safety may do one or more of the following:

(1) 

Ensure all information released to the media has been approved by the City Manager and released in a timely manner. All information of questionable accuracy will be withheld pending verification, unless to do so would unnecessarily endanger life and property;

(2) 

Develop and maintain appropriate contingency guides for carrying out the emergency public information essential functions;

(3) 

Contact local media and determine who to contact at the media, procedures to be utilized by the media, and the willingness of the media to air/publish news releases;

(4) 

Maintain a list of media to be used during an event making;

(5) 

Ensure that air traffic control authorities are asked to restrict air space over and near the event;

(6) 

Coordinate with departments of government and emergency services to familiarize them with the public information system and their role in it;

(7) 

Establish staff to operate the emergency public information system during an event;

(8) 

Keep Council informed of the most immediate actions and plans of the City in response to an event.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348