[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 1]
A Public Safety Commission is hereby created.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 2; as
amended by Ord. 2008-09, 8/21/2008, § 1]
1.
The jurisdiction of the Public Safety Commission shall
be limited to making recommendations to the Board of Commissioners
regarding matters of public safety.
2.
In its advisory capacity, the Public Safety Commission
shall consult with the various boards and commissions of the Township
in order to provide the Board of Commissioners with recommendations
for the development of a Township safety program, if so requested
by the Commissioners; shall study and report to the Commissioners
on the possibility of protective programs, such as fire codes, traffic
safety, fire protection and other programs which will be beneficial
to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the residents
of the Township, shall make recommendations as to safety measures
which should be addressed by the Commissioners in their review of
subdivision and land development plans if so requested by the Commissioners
or the Township Planning Commission; shall make recommendations regarding
firefighting needs; and shall advise the Commissioners as to any other
safety issues described by them.
3.
In addition, the Public Safety Commission shall file
an annual written report or monthly minutes making specific recommendations
to the Commissioners regarding the establishment of safety programs
and the facilities and materials needed to equip, operate and maintain
present and proposed safety programs. A separate annual report shall
be filed with the Township Commissioners, setting forth an analysis
of the existing community safety programs with particular reference
to the extent and adequacy of the programs and their effectiveness
in view of the public expenditure involved and the public needs to
be met.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 3; as
amended by Ord. 2008-09, 8/21/2008, § 2]
The Public Safety Commission shall consist of
an uneven number of members, not fewer than five nor more than seven.
Members of the Public Safety Commission shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners for terms of two years; provided, however,
members of the Public Safety Commission shall be subject to removal
at any time in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners. The terms
of such members shall be staggered so that the terms of approximately
one-half of such members expire each year. The Board of Commissioners
may appoint certain members to one-year terms in order to implement
this requirement. If a position appointed by the Board of Commissioners
shall become vacant prior to the end of its term, the Board of Commissioners
shall fill the position only for the remainder of the unexpired term.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986; as added by Ord.
1988-12, 11/3/1988, § 2]
There is hereby established a local emergency
management organization for the Township of Lower Macungie, under
the provisions of 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7501, to be known as the
"Lower Macungie Township Emergency Management Organization."
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986; as added by Ord.
1988-12, 11/3/1988, § 3; and amended by Ord. 2008-09, 8/21/2008,
§ 4]
The Lower Macungie Township Emergency Management
Organization shall consist of not fewer than three members, who shall
be appointed by the Township's Emergency Management Coordinator from
among residents of the Township and who shall serve at the pleasure
of the Emergency Management Coordinator. No person shall continue
as a member of the Lower Macungie Emergency Management Organization
after he or she has ceased to be a resident of the Township.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986; as added by Ord.
1988-12, 11/3/1988, § 4; and amended by Ord. 2011-12, 10/6/2011]
The Lower Macungie Township Emergency Management
Organization shall be responsible for all the duties of a local emergency
management organization under the Emergency Management Services Code,
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7101 et seq., as it may be amended from time
to time ("code"), and shall advise the Board of Commissioners regarding
mandatory and discretionary matters within the jurisdiction of the
Board of Commissioners under the code, including, without limitation,
providing the Board of Commissioners with proposals for a Township
disaster emergency management plan, a Township emergency operations
center, Township emergency training programs, and municipal mutual
aid agreements.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 4; as
amended by Ord. 1988-12, 11/3/1988, § 5]
The Lower Macungie Township Emergency Management
Organization shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the
conduct of all business brought before the organization and of all
its activities.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 5]
Whenever possible, the Commission shall encourage
the County and other similar municipal organizations to develop cooperative
safety programs which would care for all needs related to the safety
and security of all persons and property within the greater Lehigh
Valley.
[Ord. 1986-7, 7/17/1986, § 6; as
amended by Ord. 1988-12, 11/3/1988, § 6; and by Ord. 2008-09,
8/21/2008, § 3]
Any studies or other work requiring expenditures
of public funds shall require prior approval by the Township Board
of Commissioners.
