§ 20-8. State police administrative rules; purpose, implemented, City responsibility.

State police administrative rules provide the means through which the City may apply and receive disaster aid. To be eligible for disaster aid:

(1) 

The Emergency Management Liaison shall implement the support emergency operations plan in a timely manner for an alert status and request the Mayor to declare a local state of emergency when information indicates this action is necessary;

(2) 

The Mayor shall declare a local state of emergency in a timely manner and forward an authorization request through the Emergency Management Liaison to the Emergency Management Coordinator when information received on the nature and scope of the event is beyond the City's ability to cope;

(3) 

When resources from the public and private sector in the City are exhausted, the Mayor shall request that the County Executive declare a county state of emergency and if necessary seek assistance from the Governor for the City;

(4) 

The Emergency Management Coordinator or Emergency Management Liaison will direct the damage assessment team to conduct a damage assessment immediately after the emergency and provide this information to the county who will in turn provide this information to the State of Michigan for consideration of reimbursements for expenditures during the emergency. The Emergency Management Coordinator or Emergency Management Liaison may direct the Director of Finance to assist the damage assessment team leader and Assessor in the preparation of information to be provided to the county.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348