[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Franklin 12-11-2007 by Ord. No. O-24-2007.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
There is hereby created the position of Emergency Management Coordinator
for the Township of Franklin. The Chief of Police of the Township
of Franklin shall initially serve in this role, but upon his or her
termination, the Mayor shall appoint a Municipal Emergency Management
Coordinator from among the residents of the municipality.
B.
As a condition of his or her serving in the position of Emergency
Management Coordinator, the Coordinator shall have successfully completed
at the time of his or her appointment or within one year immediately
following his or her appointment the current, approved, Home Study
Course and the basic emergency management workshop. The failure of
any Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator to fulfill such requirement
within the period prescribed shall disqualify the Coordinator from
continuing in that office and thereupon a vacancy in said office shall
be deemed to have been created.
The Governor of the State of New Jersey may remove any Municipal
Emergency Management Coordinator at any time for cause. In such event, the Mayor of the municipality shall appoint a new Municipal
Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Governor.
If the Mayor shall not appoint a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator
within 10 days after such office shall become vacant, the Governor
may appoint a temporary Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator,
who shall serve and perform all of the duties of that office until
such time as a new Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall
be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Governor.
A.
The
Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for
the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency
management operations within the municipality.
B.
Whenever,
in his or her opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent in the
municipality, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall
proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the municipality.
The Municipal 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
municipality.
A.
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy
Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the
Mayor.
B.
At the discretion of the Township Committee and the Municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator, more than one Deputy Coordinator may be appointed
if needed.
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
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.
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 municipality.
A.
There is hereby created the position of Emergency Management Operations
Officer for the Township of Franklin. A Franklin Township police officer
shall be assigned by the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator
to serve as the Emergency Management Operations Officer. The Emergency
Management Operations Officer shall serve, subject to fulfilling the
requirements of this section, for a term of three 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 Operations Officer shall successfully complete, within
one year of his or her assignment, training as an environmental crimes
investigator at an approved federal training facility. The Emergency
Management Operations Officer shall also be required to complete various
emergency management training programs offered by the New Jersey State
Police as they are offered and/or required by the Municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator. The failure of the Emergency Management Operations
Officer to fulfill such requirements timely, when directed by the
Chief, shall disqualify the officer from continuing in the office
of Emergency Management Operations Officer, and thereupon a vacancy
in said office shall be deemed to have been created and a replacement
shall be appointed from eligible police officer candidates by the
Chief of Police.
C.
The Emergency Management Operations Officer shall be authorized to
and be responsible for the investigation of all environmental crimes
and possible contaminated sites. The Emergency Management Operations
Officer shall also serve as the liaison to state and federal agencies,
and perform tasks as may be required by these agencies and the Franklin
Township Environmental Commission, and shall be responsible for maintaining
the emergency action place for the Township of Franklin. In addition,
the Emergency Management Operations Officer shall retain all the duties
of a patrolman in the Franklin Township Police Department.
D.
The Emergency Management Operations Officer shall receive his or
her standard patrolman salary and shall receive no additional compensation
for his or her duties as Emergency Management Operations Officer.
