HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-20 - Emergency PreparednessBILL NO. 7S"=~
ORDINANCE N0. ~-~ ` ~'O
CITY ORDINANCE RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby created the City of Riverside
Emergency Preparedness Organization, which is responsible for
the preparation and implementation of emergency functions required
to prevent and minimize injury and damage due to disasters, to
include emergency management of resources and administration of
such economic controls as may be needed to provide for the
welfare of the people, and emergency activities (excluding
functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible)
in accordance with "The Missouri Civil Defense Act, Chapter 44,
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1967".
Section 2. The City of Riverside Emergency Preparedness
Organization shall consist of a Coordinator and other additional
`" members to be selected by the Coordinator in order to conform
to the State organization and procedures for the conduct of
emergency operations as outlined in the Missouri Disaster
Operations Plan.
Section 3. The City organization shall perform emergency
preparedness functions in cooperation with the County of_ Platte
and shall conduct these functions in accordance with the provisions
of the Missouri Civil Defense Act. Financial assistance for the
City organization shall only be as agreed to in advance by the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri.
Section 4. (1) The Coordinator of the City of Riverside
Emergency Preparedness Organization will be appointed by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen and shall serve at the pleasure of
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
(2) The Coordinator shall have direct respon-
sibility for the organization, administration and operations
of local emergency planning, subject to the direction and
control of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, as provided by statute.
(3) The Coordinator is authorized to select
and obtain Federal Government Surplus Property through the State
Disaster Planning and Operations Office, and State Purchasing
Department. The Coordinator shall obtain the necessary approval
of the Board of Aldermen to obligate the City for the handling
charge imposed by the State Agency for Surplus Property. The
Coordinator may delegate authority to obtain Surplus Property
at the State Agency for Surplus Property Warehouse with the
,approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of
,'Riverside, Missouri.
(4) The Coordinator shall be responsible for
maintaining records on use and disposal of all items of. equipment
placed under the jurisdiction of the Emergency Preparedness Office.
(5) The Coordinator is authorized to submit
all materials and sign all documents requested by the State
Disaster Planning and Operations Office, to qualify the City
for participation in Federal Contributions for Personnel and
Administrative Expense Program under P. L. 85-606.
Section 5. The Executive Officer shall be defined for
purposes of this order to mean the Mayor.
Section 6. In the event of enemy attack, the Board of
Aldermen of the City of Riverside may waive the provisions
of statutes requiring advertisement for bids for the performance
o.f. public work or entering into contracts.
Section 7. No person shall be employed or associated in
any capacity in any organization established under this act who
advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the
constitutional form of the government of the United States or
in this State or the overthrow of any government in the United
States by force or violence, or has been convicted of. or is under
indictment of information charging any subversive act against
the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in an
organization for Emergency Preparedness shall, before entering
upon his duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person
authorized to administer oaths in this State, which oath shall
be substantially as follows:
"I ................... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of the State of_ Missouri, against'
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation
freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
upon which i am about to enter. And I do further swear (or
affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any
political party or organization that advocates the over-
throw of the government of the United States or of this
State by force or violence; and that during such a time as
I am a member of the City of Riverside Emergency Preparedness
Organization, I will not advocate nor become a member
of any political party or organization that advocates the
overthrow of the government of the United States or of-this
State by force or violence."
Section 8. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside
is authorized to designate space in any City owned or leased
building for the Emergency Preparedness Organization as its
office.
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Section 9. This order shall be in force from and after
its passage and approval, as provided by law.
PASSED THIS ~_ DAY OF , 1975.
Mayor
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City Clerk
APPROVED THIS /~ DAY OF 1975.
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Mayor