§ 16-26. Duties and responsibilities of director.

The director shall be responsible for conducting a program of comprehensive emergency management within the city and for carrying out the duties and responsibilities set forth in this section. The duties and responsibilities of the director shall include, but not be limited to:

(1)

Surveying actual or potential hazards which threaten life and property within the city and identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of measures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of such hazards if a disaster did occur.

(2)

Supervision of the development and approval of an emergency management plan for the city and formulation and submission of recommendations for adoption by the city council of all mutual aid arrangements deemed necessary for the implementation of such plan.

(3)

Authority for declaration of local states of disaster; provided, however, that the declaration may not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven days except by or with the consent of the city council, and provided further that any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly with the city secretary.

(4)

Issuance of necessary proclamations, regulations, or directives which are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this article; provided, however, that such proclamations, regulations, or directives shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring their contents to the attention of the general public and, unless circumstances attendant on the disaster prevent or impede such, promptly filed with the city secretary.

(5)

Direction and control of the operations of the emergency management organization as well as the training of emergency management personnel.

(6)

Determination of all questions of authority and responsibility that may arise within the emergency management organization of the city.

(7)

Maintenance of liaison with other municipal,, county, district, state, regional or federal emergency management organizations.

(8)

Marshaling of all necessary personnel, equipment, or supplies from any department of the city to aid in the carrying out of the provisions of the emergency management plan.

(9)

Supervision of the drafting and execution of mutual aid agreements, in cooperation with the representatives of the state and of other local political subdivisions of the state, and the drafting and execution, if deemed desirable, of an agreement with the county in which said city is located and with other municipalities within the county, for the countywide coordination of emergency management efforts.

(10)

Supervision of and final authorization for the procurement of all necessary supplies and equipment, including acceptance of private contributions which may be offered for the purpose of improving emergency management within the city.

(11)

Authorizing of agreements, after approval by the city attorney, for use of private property for public shelter and other purposes.

(12)

Surveying the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplies, and services which could be used during a disaster, as provided for herein.

(13)

Other requirements as specified in the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 418.001 et seq.

(Ord. No. 641, § 2, 4-21-2003)

State law reference

Emergency management directors, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 418.101.