<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-20. - Organization and appointments.</div>
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               (a)
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               The organization shall consist of the following:
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               (1)
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               An agency of emergency management within the executive department of the county government
               under the direction of the county board of commissioners. The agency head of the county
               emergency management agency shall be know as the director, interchangeable as coordinator,
               and such assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning
               of the agency will be appointed.
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               (2)
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               The employees and resources of all municipalities and county departments, boards,
               institutions, and councils will participate in the emergency management activities.
               Duties assigned to municipal or county departments shall be the same as or similar
               to the normal duties of the department, where possible.
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               (3)
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               Volunteer personnel and agencies offering service to, and accepted by, the city and
               county.
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               (b)
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               The county board of commissioners shall appoint a director/coordinator of the county
               emergency management agency who shall be a person well versed and trained in planning
               operations involving the activities of many different agencies which will operate
               to protect the public health, safety and welfare in the event of danger from enemy
               action or disaster as defined in this article.
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               (c)
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               The director/coordinator shall designate and appoint deputy coordinators to assume
               the emergency duties of the coordinator in the event of his absence or inability to
               act.
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               (Ord. of 5-17-1982, art. I, Â§ 4)
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