[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Lacey
5-1-1980 as Ord. No. 8-80; amended in its entirety 6-3-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82
(Ch. 9 of the 1974 Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
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 (3) years.
B.
As a condition of his or her appointment and his or her
right to continue for the full term of his or her appointment, the Emergency
Management Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of his
or her appointment or within one (1) year immediately following his or her
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.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
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.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
A.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible
for the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of emergency management
operations within the township.
B.
Whenever, in his or her opinion, a disaster has occurred
or is imminent in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator of
that municipality shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within
the township. The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered
to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry
out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety and
resources of the residents of the township.
There is hereby created an Emergency Management Service Council to be
composed of not more than fifteen (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.
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.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-36]
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.
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.
