[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Green Lake County 3-17-1981
by Ord. No. 243-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]
To ensure that the County of Green Lake will be prepared to cope with
emergencies resulting from enemy action and with emergencies resulting from
natural or man-made disasters, an Emergency Management Organization [1] is created to carry out the purposes set out in Ch. 166, Wis.
Stats.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 628-96, adopted 12-17-1996, amended this
chapter to change all references to "emergency government" to "emergency management."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes civil defense and means all those activities and measures
designed or undertaken to:
Minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or which would
be caused by enemy action.
Deal with the immediate emergency conditions which could be created
by such enemy action.
Effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital
public utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such enemy action.
Any hostile action taken by a foreign power which threatens the security
of the State of Wisconsin.
Includes all other extraordinary misfortunes affecting the County,
natural or man-made, not included in the term "enemy action."
[Amended 4-19-1994 by Ord. No. 535-94[1]]
A.
Office created. 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 Green Lake County as may hereafter enact an ordinance parallel
to this chapter. In addition to his duties as County Emergency Management
Director, he shall have the additional duties and responsibilities of a municipal
emergency management director as provided for in Ch. 166, Wis. Stats.
B.
Term, appointment and statutory provision.
(2)
Appointment. The Emergency Management Director shall
be appointed by the Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee
and shall receive such salary as may be authorized by the County Board of
Supervisors. He shall take and file an official oath.
(3)
Statutory provision. The provisions of the Wisconsin
Statutes relating to personnel shall apply to the selection of the Director
and his staff.
C.
Status. The County Emergency Management Director shall
be considered to be an employee of the County not under civil service and
shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges and benefits that the County
employees have. He shall report to the County Judicial/Law Enforcement and
Emergency Management Committee.
D.
Municipal Deputy Emergency Management Director.
(1)
Each municipality passing a joint-action ordinance with
the County may appoint a Deputy Emergency Management Director.
(2)
The Municipal Deputy Emergency Management Director will
operate under the administrative direction of the County Emergency Management
Director.
(3)
Remuneration, if any, for the Municipal Deputy Emergency
Management Director will be determined and paid for by the governing body
of that municipality.
Costs of equipment and services shall be borne 100% by the municipal
government requiring such procurement with federal matching funds procured
by the County/Municipal Director when applicable. Federal matching fund reimbursements
shall be returned to the treasurer of the municipality procuring the equipment
or services.
Whenever it is deemed necessary by either the County Judicial/Law Enforcement
and Emergency Management Committee or the emergency management committee of
a municipality participating in joint action, there shall be a joint meeting
of the committees to decide such matters as may arise.
A.
County-wide duties. The Director, in his capacity as
County Director, subject to the control and direction of the County Judicial/Law
Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee and under the general supervision
of the County Board, shall:
(1)
Develop and promulgate emergency management plans for
the County, including planning for joint-action municipalities, consistent
with the state plan of emergency management;[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The State of Wisconsin Emergency Operations Plan was
adopted by resolution of the County Board on March 17, 1981, as the official
program of Green Lake County for emergency management. Copies of the state
plan are on file at the office of the Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency
Management Committee.
(2)
Coordinate and assist in the development of non-joint-action
municipal emergency management plans within the County and integrate such
plans with the County plan;
(3)
Coordinate the County and joint-action municipality emergency
management programs;
(4)
Coordinate County-wide civil defense training programs
and exercises;
(5)
Advise the state administrator of all emergency management
planning for the County and render such reports as may be required by the
state administrator;
(6)
In case of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor,
coordinate the County and joint-action municipality emergency management activities
and coordinate the non-joint-action municipal emergency management activities
within the County, subject to the coordinating authority of the state administrator;
and
(7)
Perform such other duties relating to emergency management
as may be required by the County Board.
B.
Municipal duties. The Director, in his capacity as Director
for municipalities participating in joint action, shall:
(1)
Coordinate the municipal emergency management organization;
(2)
Develop, promulgate, and integrate into the County plan
emergency management plans for the operating services of the municipality;
(3)
Direct participation of the municipality in such emergency
management training programs and exercises as may be required on the County
level or by the state administrator;
(4)
Coordinate the municipal emergency management training
programs and exercises;
(5)
Perform all administrative duties necessary for the rendering
of reports and procurement of matching federal funds for each municipality
requesting federal matching funds;
(6)
In case of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor,
coordinate the activities of the municipal emergency management organization;
and
(7)
Perform such other duties, relating to emergency management,
as may be required by the municipal governing body.
A.
Policy. In preparing and executing the emergency management
program, the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of the existing
departments and agencies of the County shall be utilized to the maximum extent
practicable, and the officers and personnel of all such departments and agencies
are directed to cooperate with and extend such services and facilities as
are required of them.
B.
Responsibility. In order to assure that in the event
of an emergency all the facilities of the existing County government are expanded
to the fullest to meet such emergency, all department heads will fulfill emergency
and nonemergency duties as assigned under the County Emergency Operations
Plan. The Emergency Management Director will assist them in organizing and
planning for the expansion of their departments prior to and during an emergency
and for recruiting necessary emergency management volunteers to supplement
regular department employees. Nothing in this section shall be construed so
as to limit the Emergency Management Director from immediately commencing
organizational and planning programs as required by the Emergency Operations
Plan adopted by the Green Lake County Board of Supervisors.
C.
Joint action. Municipalities entering into joint action
with Green Lake County will provide for utilization of existing services of
municipal government by enactment of an ordinance parallel to this section.
A.
Joint-action municipalities. In the event of the Governor
determining that an emergency exists growing out of natural or man-made disasters,
the County Emergency Management Director will activate and coordinate the
emergency management services at the appropriate level of government affected
by the emergency.
B.
Non-joint-action municipalities. In the event of a natural
or man-made disaster, the County Director will coordinate the municipalities
affected and render such assistance as is required and available from County
resources.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to obstruct, hinder, or
delay any member of the emergency management organization in the enforcement
of this chapter or to perform any act forbidden by any order, rule, regulation
or plan issued pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter. For a
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter he shall forfeit not less
than $100 nor more than $500 and, in default of payment thereof, shall be
imprisoned in the County jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
[Added 12-21-1993 by Ord. No. 530-93]
A.
Pursuant to § 166.03(8), Wis. Stats., Green
Lake County hereby elects to sponsor a Hazardous Material Level B Response
Team, which shall consist of fire fighters and other emergency response personnel
from or designated by the various municipalities in Green Lake County. The
County shall sponsor all the team members whose names have been approved by
the Hazardous Material Team Leader and filed in writing with the Emergency
Management Director. The Team Leader may designate persons to be members for
specific types of incidents. The City of Berlin Fire Department will be the
lead team and will assist the County in response capabilities.
B.
The response cost of the Hazardous Material Level B Team
shall be the responsibility of the party, agency, entity or person who or
which created the condition requiring the hazardous material response. The
cost of the response shall be charged to the party, agency, entity or person
according to the following schedule:
(1)
Level 1 response. A Level 1 response is action by the
Green Lake County Emergency Management Department and/or the Hazmat Team which
involves advice, counseling and consulting on an incident. The fee for Level
1 response will be established annually by the Judicial/Law Enforcement and
Emergency Management Committee, not less than $25.
(2)
Level 2 response. A Level 2 response is a response in
which the full Hazardous Material Level B Team is called to a scene to mitigate
an incident involving a hazardous materials release. The cost of a Level 2
response shall be:
(a)
The actual cost of staff time, including the hourly rate
for fringe benefits, of the staff involved in the response.
(b)
A charge for response by the hazmat vehicle(s) and/or
the Berlin Emergency Management Command Post or other related emergency vehicles
in an amount to be determined annually by the Judicial/Law Enforcement and
Emergency Management Committee based on the cost to operate the vehicle, depreciation
and other factors bearing on the cost of activating the equipment.
(c)
The replacement cost of all consumable supplies used
necessarily in the response and the actual cost of any charges incurred by
the team.
(d)
A use charge for reusable equipment, in an amount determined
annually by the Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Committee
based on the operating cost of the equipment, its depreciation and other factors
bearing on its cost.
(3)
Household response. The Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency
Management Committee may adopt a maximum charge for responses to hazardous
materials incidents which occur in a residential household. "Residential household"
shall be defined as an owner-occupied building of one or two dwelling units.
C.
The Green Lake County Judicial/Law Enforcement and Emergency
Management Committee, together with the Chair of the local emergency planning
committee and the Hazardous Material Team Leader, shall constitute the "reviewing
entity" as provided in § 166.22(5)(a), Wis. Stats.
