[R.O. 2011 § 235.010]
There is hereby created within and
for the City of St. Charles an emergency management organization to
be known as the City of St. Charles Emergency Management Organization,
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.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.020]
This agency shall consist of a Director
and other members appointed by the City of St. Charles Emergency Management
Organization to conform to the State organization and procedures for
the conduct of emergency operations as outlined in the Missouri Emergency
Operations Plan.
The organization shall perform emergency
management functions within the City of St. Charles 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.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.020]
A.
The Director will be appointed by the Mayor
and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
B.
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.
C.
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 City of St. Charles Emergency
Management Organization.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.050]
A.
The City of St. Charles 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.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.060]
The Mayor or Public Safety Agency
may enter into mutual-aid arrangements or agreements with other public
and private agencies within and without the State for reciprocal emergency
aid as authorized in Section 44.090, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.070]
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.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.080]
No person shall be employed or associated
in any capacity in the City of St. Charles Emergency Management Organization
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 City of St. Charles Emergency Management
Organization 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:
"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 City of St. Charles Emergency Management Organization, 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."
[R.O. 2011 § 235.090]
The Mayor is authorized to designate
space in any City-owned or leased building for the City of St. Charles
Emergency Management Organization.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.100; R.O. 2009
§ 41.12; CC 1981 § 7-12; Ord.
No. 93-157, 7-9-1993; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]
A.
Whenever it is the judgment of the Mayor,
or in the Mayor's absence or inability to act, the Mayor Pro Tem,
that there reasonably appears to exist a state of civil emergency
within the City or the clear threat of such a civil emergency exists,
the Mayor shall be empowered, in order to preserve the peace and order
of the City and protect its citizens and their property, in addition
to any other power granted to the Mayor by law, to issue a proclamation
declaring a state of civil emergency to exist.
B.
The Mayor may in the proclamation exercise
such of the following powers as to the Mayor may appear reasonably
necessary for the purposes aforesaid:
1.
Impose a curfew upon all or any portion
of the City as the Mayor may deem advisable during such hours of the
day or night as the Mayor deems necessary. In such times and in such
places, all persons shall remove themselves to their places of residence,
shall remain off and away from the public streets, sidewalks, parkways,
parks and all other open or public places and shall not assemble,
gather, loiter or congregate in any manner in groups, assemblies or
meetings; provided however, persons performing medical services, essential
utility services, public officials, Police Officers, Firefighters
and all other persons explicitly enumerated as exempted in such proclamation
may be exempted from the curfew;
2.
Order the closing of any and all
business establishments throughout the City or any portion thereof
during the period for which the state of emergency exists or during
the curfew hours;
3.
Order discontinuance of selling,
distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or other weapons
of any character whatsoever;
4.
Order the closing of any or all establishments
or portions thereof, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution,
dispensing or giving away of firearms or ammunition or other weapons
of any character whatsoever;
5.
Order the closing of all retail and
wholesale liquor stores, taverns and other places dispensing, serving
or permitting the consumption of intoxicating liquor;
6.
Order the discontinuance of the sale,
distribution or giving away of intoxicating liquors;
7.
Order the closing of all private
clubs or portions thereof wherein the consumption of intoxicating
liquor is permitted;
8.
Order the closing of gasoline stations
and other establishments, the chief activity of which is the sale,
distribution or dispensing of gasoline or other liquid, flammable
or combustible products;
9.
Designate any public place, public
street, thoroughfare, boulevard, parking area and any other place
closed to motor vehicles, persons and pedestrian traffic; and
10.
Order all regular, special and reserve
Police Officers, firefighters and other conservators of the peace
to report for duty assignment, such reporting to be in accordance
with prearranged plans or under the direction of lawful authority.
[R.O. 2011 § 235.110; R.O. 2009
§ 41.13; CC 1981 § 7-14; Ord.
No. 93-181, 8-17-1993; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]
The Mayor may waive fees for inspections
of buildings and facilities, including building fees, electrical fees,
plumbing fees and other similar fees, when the inspections are necessary
because of flooding or other natural disasters occurring within the
City.
