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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1976-040-O-767 4/26/76 {I 40-0-76 • I� AN ORDINANCE 1 ! Relating to Emergency Services and Disaster Agencies (ESDA) �! BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY,. ILLINOIS: s SECTION 1: That Article XII of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of u ; Evanston, 1957 as amended be and the same is hereby further I1amended to read as follows: !' "Article XII. Emergency Services and Disaster Agencies. Section 2-169. Establishment. There is hereby created the Evanston Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (hereafter, ESDA) to prevent, minimize, repair, and alleviate injury or damage resulting from disaster caused by enemy attack, ;i sabotage, or other hostile action, or from natural or man-made disaster, in accordance with "The Illinois 1` , Emergency Services and Disaster Act of 1975"' This ESDA shall consist of the coordinator and such • additional members as may be selected by the coordinator. j li Section 2--169.1 Coordinator. The coordinator of the city ESDA shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall serve until removed by same. EI The coordinator shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration, training, and �. operation of the ESDA, subject to the direction and control o'f the City Manager as provided by statute. i i In the event of the absence, resignation, death or inability to serve as the coordinator, the City Manager' 1 or any person designated by him, shall be and act as i as coordinator until a new appointment is made as pro- vided in this ordinance. ! Section 2-169.2 Functions. The city ESDA shall perform such ESDA func- tions within the city as shall be prescribed in and by the state ESDA plan and program prepared by the i; Governor, and such orders, rules and regulations as may j be promulgated by the Governor,,and in addition shall - perform such duties outside the corporate limits as may ;f be required pursuant to any Mutual Aid agreement frith ij any other political subdivision, municipality, or quasi-; municipality enteredinto as provided by the "The • l i State ESDA Act of 1975". i I . .. Section 2-169.3 Service as Mobile Support Team. All or any members of the city ESDA organization may be designated as members of a Mobile Support Team created by the director of the ! ; State ESDA as provided by law. • • • 40-0-76 -2- The leader of such Mobile Support Team shall be desig-., nated by the coordinator of the city ESDA organization.: Any member of a Mobile Support Team who is a city employee -or officer while serving on call to duty by the Governor, or the State Director, shall receive the compensation and have the powers, duties, rights, and immunities incident to such employment or office. Any such member who is not a paid officer or employee of the city, while so serving, shall receive from the state reasonable compensation as provided by law. Section 2-169.4 Agreements with other political subdivisions. The Coordinator of ESDA may negotiate Mutual Aid Agreements with other cities or political subdivisions of the state, but no such agreement shall be effective until it has been approved by the Mayor and by the state director of ESDA. Section 2-169.5 Emergency Action. If the Governor proclaims that a disaster emergency exists in the event of actual enemy attack upon the United States or the occurrence within the State of Illinois of a major disaster resulting from enemy sabotage or other hostile action, or from man-made or natural disaster, it shall be the duty of the city ESDA to cooperate fully with the State ESDA and with the Governor in the exercise of emergency powers as provided -by law. Section 2-169.6 Compensation. Members of the ESDA who are paid em- ployees or officers of the city, if called for training by the state director of ESDA, shall receive for the time spent in such training the same rate of pay as is attached to the position held; members who are not such city employees or officers shall receive for such training time such compensation as may be established by the City Manager. Section.2-169.7 Reimbursement by State. The State Treasurer may re- ceive and allocate to the appropriate fund, any reim- bursement by the state to tree city for expenses incident to training members of the ESDA as prescribed by the State Director of, ESDA, compensation for services and expenses of members of a 11obile Support Team while serving outside the city in response to a call by the Governor or State Director of ESDA, as provided by law, and any other reimbursement made by the state incident ; to ESDA activities as provided by law. Section 2-169.8 Purchases and Expenditures. The Mayor may, on recom- mendation of the city coordinator of ESDA, authorize any purchase or execution on behalf of the City of Evanston of contracts necessary to place the city in a position to combat effectively any disaster resulting from the explosion of any nuclear or other bomb or inissile, and to protect the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency assistance to victims in the case of such disaster, or from man-made or natural disaster. • • [ Lei 1 Wr. -3- In the event of*enemy caused or other disaster, the city coordinator of ESDA is authorized, on behalf of i the city, to procure such services, supplies, equipment or material as may be necessary for such purposes, in view of the exigency without regard to the statutory procedures or formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to city contracts or obligations, as author- ized by the "The State ESDA Act of 1975", provided that if the City Council meets at such time he shall act subject to the directions and restrictions imposed by that body. i Section 2-170. Office. 'The City Manager is authorized to designate space in a city building, or elsewhere, as may be provided for by the City Manager for the city ESDA as its office. SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are I hereby repealed. SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after i its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided, Introduced: April 26 1976 Adopted: May 3 1976 ATTEST: 1 Approved May 3 /s/ Edgar Vanneman, Jr. Mayor i t• �� /s/ Maurice F. Brown l} City Clerk l Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel i , 1976