2606 ORD ESTABLISHING PROGRAM OF COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MGMT WHICH INCLUDES PREVENTION, MITIGATION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PHASES OF EMERGENCY MGMT

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Section 2. The powers and duties of the Director shall include an on-going survey of actual or potential major hazards which threaten life and property within the city; and an on-going program of identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of ineasures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of such hazards if a disaster did occur. As part of this responsibility in hazard mitigation, the Director shall supervise the develop- ment of an Emergency Management Plan of the City of Paris, and shall recorimend that plan for adoption by the City Council along with any and all mutual aid plans and agreements which are deemed essential for the implementation of such emergency management plan. The powers of the Director shall include the authority to declare a state of emergency, but such action may be subject to confirmation by the City Council at its next meeting. The duties of the Director shall also include the causing of a survey of the availability of existin- personnel, equipment, supplies and services which could be used during an emergency,pforlamendmentsrand,improvenentsainothenuing study of the need Emergency Management Plan. Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized to act in cooperation with the County Judge of Lamar County and the Mayor of other cities in Lamar County in time of emergency in order to protect the health, safety and property of the citizens of Paris. Section 4. The duties and responsibilities of the Eme-rgency Managernent Director shall be included in the Plan as adopted. Section 5. The operational Emergency Management organi- zation of the City of Paris shall consist of the officers and employees of the City so designated by the Director in the Emergency Z'Ianagement Plan, as well as all organized volunteer emergency management associations or groups. The functions and duties of this organization shall be distributed among such officers and employees in accordance with the terms of the Emergency Management Plan. Such plan shall set forth the form of the organization, establish and designate divisions and functions, assign tasks, duties and powers, and designate officers and employees to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. Insofar as possible, the form of organization, titles, andtion shall of the State Divis Texas and of the Federal Government. Section 6. At all times when the orders, rules, and regulations made and promulgated pursuant to this ordinance shall be in effect, they shall supersede and override all existing ordinances, orders, rules, and regulations insofar as the latter may be inconsistent therewith as empowered by the laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Paris.