[Adopted 8-13-1991 by Ch. No. 983 as § 2-121 of the 1991 Code; amended in its entirety 10-15-2007 by Ch. No. 1618]
There shall be an Emergency Management Director, who shall be the Town Manager or his designee. In addition, the Town Manager shall appoint an Emergency Management Team, consisting of the Westerly Emergency Management Director, his/her deputies, representatives from police, public works, school, planning, finance department, other staff as the Emergency Management Director deems necessary, fire, EMS and medical community. There shall be on file in the office of the Town Manager an emergency operations plan for the Town of Westerly. The Town Manager is authorized to conduct an annual review of this plan to identify where improvements can be made and administratively incorporate these revisions into the emergency operations plan. Any state statutes or local ordinances relating to emergency management which refer to a chief executive officer and/or principal executive officer shall be deemed to mean the Town Manager.