<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-31. - Emergency management plans.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Adopted and maintained.</span> Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution
               of the county board of commissioners. In the preparations of these plans as it pertains
               to county organizations, 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 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. These plans shall have the effect of
               law whenever a disaster has been proclaimed.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Succession of authority.</span> The coordinator shall prescribe in the emergency plans those positions within the
               disaster organizations, in addition to his own, for which lines of succession are
               necessary. In each instance the responsible person will designate and keep filed 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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               <span class="ital">Granting authority to nongovernmental persons.</span> When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within
               the government, the coordinator is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside
               of the government. This assignment of duties, when of a supervisory nature, shall
               also include the granting of 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 the government may be accepted by local persons on a volunteer
               basis. Such citizens shall be enrolled as emergency management volunteers.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Duties of service chiefs and department heads.</span> Each service chief and department head assigned responsibility in the plans shall
               be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned therein. Duties
               will include the organization and training of assigned employees and volunteers where
               needed. Each chief shall formulate the standing operating procedure to implement the
               plans for this service.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Amendments.</span> Amendments to these plans shall be submitted to the coordinator. If approved, the
               coordinator will then submit the amendments to the county 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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               (Ord. of 10-4-88, Â§ 6)
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