Missouri
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City of Clarkson Valley Missouri |
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Cross Reference─Police
department, ch. 200.
There is hereby created within and
for the City of Clarkson Valley an emergency management organization to be known
as the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management Organization, which is responsible
for the preparation and implementation of emergency functions required to
prevent injury and minimize and repair 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 military forces are primarily
responsible) in accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., and supplements thereto, and
the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan adopted thereunder.
This agency shall consist of a
Director and other members appointed by the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management
Organization to conform to the State organization and procedures for the conduct
of emergency operations as outlined in the Missouri Emergency Operations Plan.
The organization shall perform
emergency management functions within the City of Clarkson Valley, and may
conduct these functions outside the territorial limits as directed by the
Governor during the time of emergency pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 44,
RSMo., and supplements thereto.
A.
The Director will be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve at the
pleasure of the Mayor.
B.
The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization,
administration and operations of local emergency management operations, subject
to the direction and control of the Mayor or Board of Aldermen.
C.
The Director shall be responsible for maintaining records and accounting
for the use and disposal of all items of equipment placed under the jurisdiction
of the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management Organization.
The City of Clarkson Valley in
accordance with Chapter 44, RSMo., may:
1.
Appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, obtain and distribute
equipment, materials and supplies for emergency management purposes; provide for
the health and safety of persons, the safety of property; and direct and
coordinate the development of disaster plans and programs in accordance with the
policies and plans of the Federal and State governments.
2.
Appoint, provide or remove rescue teams, auxiliary fire and Police
personnel and other emergency operation teams, units or personnel who may serve
without compensation.
The Mayor of the City, with the
approval of the Governor and consistent with the Missouri Emergency Operations
Plan and the provisions of Section 70.837, RSMo., and Section 320.090, RSMo.,
may enter into mutual-aid agreements with other public and private agencies
within and without the State for reciprocal emergency aid.
The Director may assist in the negotiation of such reciprocal mutual-aid
agreements.
The Mayor of the City may, with the
consent of the Governor, accept services, materials, equipment, supplies or
funds gifted, granted or loaned by the Federal Government or an officer or
agency thereof for emergency management purposes, subject to the terms of the
offer.
No person shall be employed or
associated in any capacity in the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management
Organization 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 or information charging any
subversive act against the United States. Each
person who is appointed to serve in the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management
Organization shall, before entering upon his/her 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 overthrow 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 Clarkson Valley Emergency
Management 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."
The Mayor or Board of Aldermen is authorized to designate space in any City-owned or leased building for the Clarkson Valley Emergency Management Organization.
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