ARTICLE VI. - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Part of the Code of Ordinances of West Warwick, RI.
The text
Sec. 2-190. - Established; director.#
The town has established an emergency management agency (EMA) to be headed by a director (EMA director), who shall be the fire chief, unless otherwise provided by the town council.
Sec. 2-191. - Director and agency authority; advisory council.#
(a)
The director and the agency shall have the following authority:
(1)
The director may employ, with the approval of the town manager if the director is a designee, such volunteer technical, clerical, stenographic and other personnel services and may make such expenditures within the appropriation thereof, or from other funds available, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of emergency management, consistent with other applicable provisions of law.
(2)
The agency may, with the approval of the town manager, provide itself with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery and printing as afforded through the appropriations of the annual budget or funded by other sources.
(3)
The director, subject to the direction and control of the town manager if the director is a designee, shall be the executive head of the agency, and shall be responsible to the town manager, if the director is a designee, for carrying out the program of emergency management for the town. The director shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for emergency management within the town, and shall maintain liaison with and cooperate with other disaster agencies and organizations of the town, other towns, the state and federal government. The director shall have the additional authority, duties and responsibilities authorized by law as may be prescribed by the town manager if the director is a designee.
(b)
There shall also be an emergency management advisory council, hereafter referred to as the EMA council, comprised of, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
Director of emergency management;
(2)
Chief of the fire department;
(3)
President of the town council;
(4)
Town solicitor;
(5)
Director of public works;
(6)
Town planner;
(7)
Director of human services;
(8)
Building official or his designee; and
(9)
Other department heads as directed by the town manager.
It shall be the duty of the EMA council director to advise the town manager on all matters pertaining to emergency management. The director shall serve as chairperson of the council.
(Code 1970, § 2-102; Ord. of 7-6-1993, § 2; Ord. No. 2016-13, 10-4-2016)