<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-2. - Intent and purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an office that will ensure
               the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county's resources to combat
               disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein.
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               (b)
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               County office of emergency management will be the coordinating agency for all activity
               in connection with emergency management, and will be the instrument through which
               the board of commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities
               vested in them during disaster emergencies.
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               (c)
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               This chapter will not relieve the county department of the moral responsibilities
               or authority given to it in the county Charter or by local ordinances, nor will it
               adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster
               emergencies.
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               (Ord. of 10-2-1984, Â§ 2)
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