[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Ashland May 1993 Special
Town Meeting. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Appointment — See Charter, Section 9-5(c).
[Amended 5-14-1997 ATM, Art. 36[1]]
There is hereby established a Department of Emergency Management
(hereinafter called the "Department"). It shall be the function of
the Department to have charge of emergency management as defined in
Section 1, Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, and to perform emergency management
functions as authorized or directed by said Chapter or by any and
all executive orders or general regulations promulgated thereunder
and to exercise any authority delegated to it by the Governor under
said Chapter 639.
[1]
Editor's Note: This article also provided for the chapter
title change of "Civil Defense" to "Emergency Management."
[Amended 5-14-1997 ATM, Art. 36]
A.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of Emergency
Management (hereinafter called the "Director"), who shall be appointed
by the Town Manager. The Director shall have direct responsibility
for the organization and for the administration of the Department,
subject to the direction and control of the Town Manager. The Director
may, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor and subject
to the approval of the Town Manager, appoint such experts, clerks
and other assistants as the work of the Department may require and
may remove them and may make such expenditures as may be necessary
to execute effectively the purpose of Chapter 639 of the Acts of 1950.
B.
The Director shall also have authority, subject to the approval of
the Town Manager, to appoint district coordinators and may accept
and may receive on behalf of the town services, equipment, supplies,
materials or funds by way of gifts, grant or loan for purposes of
emergency management offered by the federal government or any agency
or officer thereof or any person, firm or corporation, subject to
the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the
agency making the offer. The Director shall cause appropriate records
to be kept of all matters relating to such gifts, grants or loans.
A.
The Police and Fire Departments, subject to approval of the Town
Manager, are hereby authorized to enter into agreement(s) with other
municipalities for providing and receiving aid in cases of emergency.
All such agreements shall be consistent with applicable state law.
B.
In the absence of any such formal agreement, the Police
Chief and the Fire Chief shall, both individually and collectively,
have the discretion to supply aid to and request aid from other municipal
departments in any special or unusual situation where necessary for
the protection of public safety. Such aid sent from Ashland to any
other municipality shall be done with due regard for the need to adequately
protect the citizens of the Town of Ashland.
