<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-6. - Adoption and maintenance of plans.</div>
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               (a)
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               Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution
               of the board of commissioners. In the preparations of these plans as it pertains to
               county organization, it is intended that the services, equipment, facilities and personnel
               of all existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest extent.
               When approved, it shall be the duty of all county departments and agencies to perform
               the functions assigned by these plans and to maintain their portions of the plans
               in a current state of readiness at all times. The basic emergency operations plan
               and disaster operations plan shall have the effect of law whenever a disaster, as
               defined in this article, has been proclaimed.
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               (b)
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               The coordinator shall prescribe in the emergency plans those positions within the
               disaster organization, in addition to his own, for which lines of succession are necessary.
               In each instance, the responsible person will designate and keep on file with the
               coordinator a current list of three persons as successors to his position. The list
               will be in order of succession and will as nearly as possible designate persons best
               capable of carrying out all assigned duties and functions.
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               (c)
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               Each service chief and department head assigned responsibility in the basic plan shall
               be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned therein. Duties
               will include the organization and training of assigned employees and, where needed,
               volunteers. Each chief shall formulate the operational plan for his service which,
               when approved, shall be an annex to and a part of the basic plan.
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               (d)
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               Amendments to the basic plan shall be submitted to the coordinator. If approved, the
               coordinator will then submit the amendments to the board of commissioners with his
               recommendation for their approval. Such amendments shall take effect 30 days from
               the date of approval.
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               (e)
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               When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within
               local government, the coordinator is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside
               of government. The assignment of duties, when of a supervisory nature, shall also
               grant authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such duties prior to, during
               and after the occurrence of a disaster. Such services from persons outside of government
               may be accepted by local government on a volunteer basis. Such citizens shall be enrolled
               as emergency management volunteers in cooperation with the heads of local government
               departments affected.
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               (Code 1984, Â§ 6-8; Ord. of 9-8-1981, Â§ VII)
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