[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
A.
The mayor shall appoint an emergency management coordinator from
among the residents of the municipality. The emergency management
coordinator shall serve, subject to fulfilling the requirements of
this section, for a term of three years.
B.
As a condition of his appointment and his right to continue for the
full term of his appointment, the emergency management coordinator
shall have successfully completed, at the time of his appointment
or within one year immediately following his appointment, the current
approved home study course and basic emergency management workshop.
The failure of any emergency management coordinator to fulfill such
requirements within the period prescribed shall disqualify the coordinator
from continuing in the office of coordinator, and, thereupon, a vacancy
in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
The emergency management coordinator shall appoint an emergency
management deputy coordinator with the approval of the mayor. Wherever
possible, such deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers
or employees of the municipality.
[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
A.
The emergency management coordinator shall be responsible for the
planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster control
operations within the Borough.
B.
Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent
in any municipality, the emergency management coordinator of that
municipality shall proclaim a state or local disaster emergency within
the Borough. The emergency management coordinator, in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the state of emergency management director,
shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary
to implement and carry out disaster control operations and to protect
the health, safety and resources of the residents of the Borough.
[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
There is hereby created an emergency management service council,
to be composed of not more than 15 members, who shall be appointed
by the mayor and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the
mayor. The emergency management coordinator shall be a member and
shall serve as chairman of the emergency management service council.
[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
A.
The emergency management service council shall assist the municipality
in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet
the requirements of all local emergency management activities in accordance
with the rules and regulations established by the Governor of the
State of New Jersey.
B.
The emergency management service council is authorized, within the
limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization to
assist in supervising and coordinating the civil defense and emergency
management activities of the local municipality.
[Ord. No. 2010-15, § 1, 9-28-2010]
The emergency management coordinator shall appoint an operations
officer with the approval of the mayor. The operations officer shall
be under the authority of the emergency management coordinator and
the emergency management deputy coordinator. The operations officer
shall be responsible for implementing the directions of the emergency
management coordinator and deputy coordinator during any emergency
or test drill.
