§ 20-6. Emergency Management Liaison.

(a) 

The Emergency Management Liaison shall be appointed by the City Manager to assist the Emergency Management Coordinator in all matters pertaining to disaster prevention, mitigation, response, and relief and recovery operations within the City. The City Manager shall also appoint two successors to the position of Emergency Management Liaison who shall, in the order of succession chosen by the City Manager, assume the role and duties of the Emergency Management Liaison in the event that the position becomes vacant or the individual serving in the position becomes unavailable by reason of incapacitation or inaccessibility.

(b) 

The Emergency Management Liaison shall:

(1) 

Coordinate City emergency management activities with those of the county and adjacent jurisdictions;

(2) 

Assist the Emergency Management Coordinator with the development of the support emergency operations plan and the incorporation of City resources into the plan;

(3) 

Identify City departments and agencies to be included in the support emergency operations plan as part of the disaster relief force;

(4) 

Identify City resources and forward information to the emergency management liaison for inclusion in the City resource manual;

(5) 

Coordinate the recruitment, appointment, and utilization of volunteer resources;

(6) 

Assist the Emergency Management Coordinator with administering training programs;

(7) 

Coordinate City participation in exercises conducted by the county;

(8) 

Assist in the development of mutual aid agreements;

(9) 

Assist in educating the population as to actions necessary for the protection of life and property in an emergency or disaster;

(10) 

Encourage departments/agencies within the City to identify and implement procedures to mitigate the effects of potential disasters;

(11) 

Assist in the assessment of the nature and scope of an emergency or disaster and collect damage assessment information and forward it to the county;

(12) 

Coordinate the vital records protection program;

(13) 

Develop municipal standard operating procedures for disaster response which are consistent with the support emergency operations plan.

(14) 

Coordinate emergency temporary shelter for victims through volunteer agencies for up to 48 hours from the onset of the event;

(15) 

Provide for the orderly hosting of evacuees from other jurisdictions that have been or are threatened because of an event in that jurisdiction;

(16) 

Direct the Department of Public Safety to safeguard the evacuated persons and property which is located within the City limits.

(c) 

Whenever this chapter assigns a duty or responsibility to the Emergency Management Coordinator, the Municipal Emergency Management Liaison shall act in the place of the Emergency Management Coordinator during emergency or disaster events that require immediate action if the Emergency Management Coordinator is unavailable, inaccessible, or delegates responsibility due to the scope of the emergency or disaster event.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348