[Ord. No. 7353 §1, 11-14-2006]
A.
There
is hereby created within and for the City of Florissant an emergency
management organization to be known as the Citizen Corp Council Emergency
Management Commission, which is responsible for the preparation and
implementation of emergency functions required to prevent injury and
minimize and repair damage due to disasters, to include emergency
management of resources and administration of such economic controls
as may be needed to provide for the welfare of the people, and emergency
activities (excluding functions for which military forces are primarily
responsible) in accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., and supplements
thereto, and the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan adopted thereunder.
1.
Temporary commissioner. A temporary commissioner
may be appointed for a term of one (1) year to fill a vacancy in a
ward with no representation with the following provisions:
[Ord. No. 8181 §1, 11-23-2015]
a.
A temporary commissioner shall be nominated by the commission
and recommended to the Mayor for approval.
b.
The appointment is made by the Mayor with the approval of the
City Council.
c.
No more than two (2) commissioners from one (1) ward can serve
on the commission at the same time.
d.
If an opening becomes available in the home ward of the temporary
commissioner, they may either serve a full term of the one (1) year
temporary appointment or may resign the temporary appointment to become
commissioner of their home ward.
e.
The temporary commissioner shall have full voting rights.
[Code 1980 §8-18; CC 1990 §7-27; Ord. No. 6728, 8-12-2002; Ord. No. 7353 §1, 11-14-2006]
A.
The
Citizen Corp Council Emergency Management Commission shall consist
of:
1.
A Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with
Chapter 44, RSMo., and shall have the responsibility set forth below;
2.
Nine (9) persons, one (1) from each of City's nine (9) wards who
are residents of the City and who are appointed by the Mayor with
the approval of the City Council. The terms of such members shall
be three (3) years and the members shall serve until their successors
have been duly appointed and qualified; and
3.
The Chief of Police and the Fire Chief of the Florissant Valley Fire
Protection District shall also be members of the Citizen Corp Council
Emergency Management Commission.
4.
The Emergency Management Commission shall hold its annual election
in the month of January. The Commission shall elect one (1) of its
members as Chairman and such other officers as it may deem necessary.
The Commission shall make and adopt such rules and regulations for
its own guidance and proceedings as may be expedient, not inconsistent
with the Charter or provisions of this Code.
[Ord. No. 7989 §1, 9-9-2013]
The organization shall perform emergency management functions
within the City of Florissant and may conduct these functions outside
the territorial limits as directed by the Governor during the time
of emergency pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44, RSMo., and
supplements thereto.
[Ord. No. 7353 §1, 11-14-2006]
A.
The
Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration
and operations of local emergency management operations, subject to
the direction and control of the Mayor or City Council.
B.
The
Director shall be responsible for maintaining records and accounting
for the use and disposal of all items of equipment placed under the
jurisdiction of the Citizen Corp Council Emergency Management Commission.
A.
The
City of Florissant in accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., may:
1.
Appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, obtain and distribute
equipment, materials and supplies for emergency management purposes;
provide for the health and safety of persons, the safety of property;
and direct and coordinate the development of disaster plans and programs
in accordance with the policies and plans of the Federal and State
Governments.
2.
Appoint, provide or remove rescue teams, auxiliary fire and Police
personnel and other emergency operation teams, units or personnel
who may serve without compensation.
A.
The
Mayor may enter into mutual-aid arrangements or agreements with other
public and private agencies within and without the State for reciprocal
emergency aid. Such arrangements or agreements shall be consistent
with the State disaster plan and program and the provisions of Section
70.837, RSMo., and Section 320.090, RSMo. In time of emergency it
shall be the duty of each local organization for emergency management
to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual-aid
arrangements or agreements.
B.
The
coordinator of each local organization for emergency management may
assist in negotiation of reciprocal mutual-aid agreements between
the coordinator's organization and other public and private agencies
and between the Governor and the adjoining States or political subdivisions
thereof, and shall carry out arrangements or agreements relating to
the local unit.
The Mayor of the City may, with the consent of the Governor,
accept services, materials, equipment, supplies or funds gifted, granted
or loaned by the Federal Government or an officer or agency thereof
for emergency management purposes, subject to the terms of the offer.
[Ord. No. 7353 §1, 11-14-2006]
No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in
the Citizen Corp Council Emergency Management Commission who advocates
or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional
form of the Government of the United States or in this State or the
overthrow of any Government in the United States by force or violence,
or has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging
any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed
to serve in the Citizen Corp Council Emergency Management Commission
shall, before entering upon his/her duties, take an oath, in writing,
before a person authorized to administer oaths in this State, which
oath shall be substantially as follows:
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"I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support
and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution
of the State of Missouri against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take
this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose
of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
upon which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm)
that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or
organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the
United States or of this State by force or violence; and that during
such a time as I am a member of the Citizen Corp Council Emergency
Management Commission, I will not advocate nor become a member of
any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of
the Government of the United States or of this State by force or violence."
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[Ord. No. 7353 §1, 11-14-2006]
The Mayor is authorized to designate space in any City-owned
or leased building for the Citizen Corp Council Emergency Management
Commission.
