§ 8-14. Same—Specific powers and duties enumerated.

The director of civil defense shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)

Direct, coordinate operations if local forces. He shall direct and coordinate the general operations of all local civil defense forces during a civil defense emergency in conformity with controlling regulations and instructions of state civil defense authorities.

(2)

Utilize resources. He shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments and agencies of the city to the maximum extent practicable.

(3)

Coordinate activities. He shall coordinate the civil defense activities of the city to the end that they shall be consistent and fully integrated with the civil defense plan of the federal government and the state and correlated with the civil defense plans of other political subdivisions within the state.

(4)

Make studies, surveys; prepare plan for use of resources. He shall make such studies and surveys of the manpower, industries, resources and facilities of the city as he deems necessary to determine their adequacy for civil defense and to plan for their most efficient use in time of a civil defense emergency.

(5)

Prepare, submit comprehensive plan. He shall prepare a comprehensive general plan for the civil defense of the city and shall present such plan to the council for its approval.

(6)

Establish, equip, etc., control center and auxiliary control center. He shall, consistent with the civil defense plan, provide and equip at some suitable place in the city a control center and, if required by the state civil defense plan, an auxiliary control center to be used during a civil defense emergency as headquarters for direction and coordination of civil defense forces. He shall arrange for representation at the control center by municipal departments and agencies, public utilities and other agencies authorized by federal or state authority to carry on civil defense activities during a civil defense emergency. He shall arrange for the installation at the control center of necessary facilities for communication with and between heads of civil defense divisions, the stations and operating units of municipal services and other agencies concerned with civil defense and for communication with other communities and control centers within the surrounding area and with the federal and state agencies concerned.

(7)

Require services, use of property. He may, when necessary to save life or property during the first thirty (30) days of a civil defense emergency, if the legislature is in session or the governor has coupled his declaration of the emergency with a call for a special session of the legislature, require any person, except members of the federal or state military forces and officers of the state or any other political subdivision, to perform services for civil defense purposes as he directs, and he may commandeer, for the time being, any motor vehicle, tools, appliances or any property, subject to the owner's right to just compensation as provided by law.

(8)

Institute training, information programs; conduct practice exercises. He shall, in accordance with the state and city civil defense plan, institute such training programs and public information programs and shall take all other preparatory steps, including the partial or full mobilization of civil defense forces in advance of actual disaster, as may be necessary to the prompt and effective operation of the city civil defense plan in time of a civil defense emergency. He may, from time to time, conduct such civil defense exercises as he may deem necessary.

(9)

Recruit, train, dismiss volunteers. He shall, in cooperation with existing city departments and agencies affected, organize, recruit and train such personnel that may be required on a volunteer basis to carry out the civil defense plans of the city and the state. The director may dismiss any civil defense volunteer at any time and require him to surrender any equipment and identification furnished by the city.

(10)

Provide, equip emergency facilities and conveyances. He shall, consistent with the civil defense plan, provide and equip emergency hospitals, casualty stations, ambulances, canteens, evacuation centers, and other facilities or conveyances for the care of injured or homeless persons.

(11)

Carry out governor's orders, rules, regulations. He shall carry out all orders, rules and regulations issued by the governor with reference to civil defense.

(12)

Represent city. He shall, with the consent of the mayor, represent the city on any regional or state organization for civil defense.

(13)

Develop mutual aid agreements. He shall develop proposed mutual aid agreements with other political subdivisions within or outside the state for reciprocal civil defense aid and assistance in a civil defense emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted, and he shall present such agreements to the council for its action.

(14)

Submit annual report. He shall, as soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and present to the council for the information of the council and the public, a comprehensive report of the activities of the civil defense agency during the year.

(Code 1971, § 9-14; Ord. No. 82-23, §§ 3, 4, 9-13-82)