<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-23. - Emergency management plans.</div>
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               (a)
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               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 municipal and county organization, it is intended that the services, equipment
               and 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 municipal 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
               emergency management 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 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 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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               (e)
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               When a required competency or skill for an emergency management 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 include the granting of authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such
               duties prior, 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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               (Ord. of 5-17-1982, art. I, Â§ 7)
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