[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Adams County
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-20-1999 by Ord. No. 10-1999]
A sophisticated emergency telephone system (enhanced 911) is
hereby established for Adams County pursuant to § 256.35(2)(a),
Wis. Stats. The Adams County Enhanced 911 Emergency Telephone Number
System Plan/Operation attached is incorporated herein by reference.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The plan is on file at the office of the County
Clerk.
Pursuant to § 256.35(3)(b), Wis. Stats., there is
imposed on all service users in Adams County the following charge:
$0.30 per month, subject to change per provider rates.
[Adopted 3-15-2005 by Ord. No. 12-2005; amended in its entirety 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 28-2009]
The State of Wisconsin "Emergency Response Framework" is adopted
by the Adams County Board of Supervisors as the official program of
the County Emergency Management Office.
To ensure that the County and participating municipalities thereof
will be prepared to cope with emergencies resulting from enemy action
and natural disasters or threat of imminent disaster, the County-Municipal
Emergency Management Office is created to carry out the purposes as
set out in Ch. 323, Wis. Stats.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A severe or prolonged, natural or human-caused, occurrence
that threatens or negatively impacts life, health, property, infrastructure,
the environment, the security of this state or a portion of this state,
or critical systems, including computer, telecommunications, or agricultural
systems.
All measures undertaken by or on behalf of the state and
its subdivisions to do any of the following:
Hostile action by a foreign power which threatens the security
of this state or a portion thereof.
A functional management system established to control, direct
and manage the roles, responsibilities and operations of all the agencies
involved in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response.
An organized effort to mitigate against, prepare for, respond
to and recover from an emergency.
A system that provides a consistent nationwide approach for
federal, state, local and tribal governments to work together more
effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to and
recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size or complexity.
A.
How constituted. The Committee on Public Safety and Judiciary shall
function as the Emergency Management Committee.
B.
Duties of Emergency Management Committee. The Emergency Management
Committee shall be an advisory and planning group and shall advise
the County Emergency Management Director and the County Board of Supervisors
on all matters pertaining to emergency management.
A.
Director. There is hereby created the office of Emergency Management
Director. The Emergency Management Director shall have the duties
and responsibilities for each participating municipality set forth
in Ch. 323, Wis. Stats.
B.
Appointment. The County Emergency Management Director shall serve
as Emergency Management Director.
C.
Joint director. There is hereby created the office of County-Municipal
Emergency Management Director. The County Emergency Management Director
shall also hold the office of Emergency Management Director of such
municipalities of Adams County as may hereafter enact an ordinance
parallel to this article. In addition to his/her duties as Emergency
Management Director, he/she shall have the additional duties and responsibilities
of a municipal emergency management director as provided for in § 66.0301,
Wis. Stats.
A.
Office and staff. The County Board shall provide the funding necessary
to carry out the function of the Emergency Management Department.
B.
Major equipment and services. Costs of equipment and services shall
be born 100% by the municipal government requiring such procurement
with federal matching funds procured by the Emergency Management Director
when applicable. Federal matching fund reimbursement shall be returned
to the treasurer of the municipality procuring the equipment or services.
A.
The Director, subject to Ch. 323, Wis. Stats., and the direction
of the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee, shall:
(1)
Develop and promulgate emergency management plans for Adams County
consistent with state plans.
(2)
Coordinate and assist in the development of city, village and town
emergency operation plans within the County and integrate such plans
with County plans.
(3)
Direct and coordinate the County emergency management program.
(4)
Coordinate County-wide emergency training programs and exercises.
(5)
Advise Wisconsin Emergency Management/Department of Military Affairs
of all emergency management planning for the County and render such
reports to the adjutant general as may be required.
(6)
In case of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, direct
and coordinate all County and municipal emergency management activities
within the County, subject to the coordinating authority of the state
administrator.
(7)
Identify and implement precautionary measures to mitigate against
potential hazards.
(8)
Prepare, maintain and annually review local emergency preparedness
plans.
(9)
Develop and maintain effective relationships with government, private
and voluntary agencies with interests within the County.
(10)
Establish, implement, maintain, test and evaluate the actual operational
systems for responding to known threats to the County.
(11)
See that all emergency tasks are carried out within the legal authority
as guided by the state statutes and the County Code and participate
in and contribute to the legislative and regulatory process as it
relates to emergency management.
(12)
Develop and implement public information and public relations activities.
(13)
Perform such other duties relating to emergency management as may
be required by Ch. 323, Wis. Stats., Wisconsin Emergency Management/Department
of Military Affairs, the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee or
the County Board.
B.
The Deputy Director, in assuming the functions of Emergency Management
Director under § 323.15, Wis. Stats., shall:
(1)
Direct the Office of Emergency Management;
(2)
Develop, promulgate and integrate into the county plan emergency
management plans for the operating services of the offices;
(3)
Direct participation of the county in such emergency management training
programs and exercises as may be required on the county level or by
Wisconsin Emergency Management; and
(4)
In the absence of the Emergency Management Director, fill in in his/her
stead, performing all of his/her duties.
C.
The Director, in assuming the functions of the emergency management
coordination for the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and
designated as coordinator of information and community emergency coordinator,
shall:
(1)
If not already complete, develop a County-wide hazardous materials
response plan and submit with completed review guide to Wisconsin
Emergency Management (WEM).
(2)
Develop off-site facility plans for each facility having the threshold
planning quantity (TPQ) of an extremely hazardous substance (EHS)
and submit with review guides to Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM).
Update plans annually.
(3)
Annually publish Section 324 of Public Law (P.L.) 99-499, official
notice to the public concerning information available from the LEPC.
(4)
Provide information as requested by the public concerning facility
and LEPC activities.
(5)
Receive and maintain notifications and reports from facilities.
(6)
Determine the schedule of exercises of Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA) plans.
(7)
Provide WEM with an official mailing address for the LEPC and annually
submit an updated list of LEPC members which includes their names,
group represented, addresses and phone numbers and indicates who is
chair, vice chair, coordinator of information and community emergency
coordinator.
(8)
Develop an outreach and public information program.
(9)
Annually exercise EPCRA/SARA plans.
(10)
Complete emergency planning grant applications. When requesting a
second advance for emergency planning grant, provide WEM with information
on actual expenditures to date.
(11)
Provide WEM with information concerning hazardous materials response
teams and equipment available from the facilities and from government.
Adams County will comply with the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) requirement in all phases (i.e., mitigation, preparedness,
response, and recovery) of its emergency management program, as detailed
by the federal and state government, in order to facilitate an effective
and coordinated emergency management system and in order to remain
eligible for funding. As part of becoming compliant with the NIMS,
Adams County hereby adopts the approved Incident Command System (ICS)
for use in all emergency operations. The Adams County Emergency Management
Director will provide County and municipal agencies with the information
necessary to aid each entity with complying with the NIMS requirement(s).
A.
In order to meet the needs of the community in a County-declared
disaster in a timely manner while still meeting the federal guidelines
for competitive purchasing, request for contractors may be released
in the most expeditious form of legal notice and the open period may
close no less than three days after the request is publicly released.
The County will review the submissions for both price and quality
to select a bidder. In order to achieve economies of scale or to simplify
the bidding process, municipalities may, at the time of disaster,
submit a written letter requesting that the County hire contractors
on the municipality's behalf. The municipality will remain responsible
for the costs of its portion of the contract unless other arrangements
are detailed in writing beforehand. The County may also implement,
with the concurrence of the County Board Chair or designee, an expedited
hiring process. The intent of this process is to bring into County
service temporary employees that may be needed on a limited-term basis
specifically to aid in the recovery from a County-declared disaster.
B.
In a formally declared County disaster, this provision of this article
would supersede existing County policy, resolution or ordinance in
order to expedite the hiring and/or bidding process(es) only during
this specifically declared event. If the County Board Chair is not
available for approval, the First Vice Chair of the Board, the Second
Vice Chair of the Board or the Sheriff (respectively) may approve
the implementation of this process.
In the event that a natural, technological or man-made disaster
occurs within Adams County that exceeds the ability of the combined
local municipal and County resources to manage, a disaster declaration
for Adams County shall be declared. Those authorized to make such
a declaration include the Chair of the County Board, the First Vice
Chair of the Board, the Second Vice Chair of the Board and the Sheriff.
Any expenditures for services rendered in participating municipalities
shall be paid by such municipalities.
The County Emergency Management Director shall have the authority
to execute, for and on behalf of the County, applications, assurances
and agreements as and for emergency federal financial assistance available
through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, the President's Disaster Relief Fund
and other resources. The Director shall be referred to in this capacity
as the "applicant's agent." The authority granted to said Director
in this section shall be subject to the Director's securing prior
approval for her/his actions from the Public Safety and Judiciary
Committee, except where the nature of the natural disaster or enemy
action is such as to create an exigency which requires the immediate
execution of the aforesaid duties in light of applicable federal standards.
It is unlawful for any person willfully to obstruct, hinder
or delay any member of the Emergency Management Office in the enforcement
of any order, rule, regulation or plan issued pursuant to this article
or to commit any act forbidden by any order, rule, regulation or plan
issued pursuant to the authority contained in this article. A violation
of this section shall be subject to a forfeiture of not more than
$200.
Municipalities in Adams County may execute an intergovernmental
cooperative agreement with the County under § 66.0301, Wis.
Stats. Execution of such agreement shall bind a municipality to participate
in emergency management as set forth in this article.
