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G16-76 Ordinance No. G16-76 r AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE ELGIN EMERGENCY SERVICE AND DISASTER AGENCY BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 8.5 of the Municipal Code of Elgin, Illinois, as amended, entitled "The Elgin Civil Defense Organization" be and is hereby re- pealed. Section 2. That there is hereby added to the Municipal Code of Elgin, Illinois, as amended, the following: "Chapter 8.5. The Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency. 8.5-101. Establishment. There is hereby created the Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency to prevent, minimize, repair, and alleviate injury to damage resulting from disaster caused by enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or from natural or ,man-made disaster, in accordance with "The Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Act of 1975", Public Act 79-1084. The Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency shall consist of the coordinator and such additional personnel as may be selected by the coordinator. 8. 5-102. Coordinator. The coordinator of the Elgin Emergency Service and' Disaster Agency shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall serve until removed by same. The coordinator shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration, training, and operation of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency, subject to the direction and control of the City Manager as provided by statute. In the event of the absence, resignation, death or inability to Serve as the coordinator, the City Manager or any person designated by him, shall be and act as coordinator until a new appointment is made as provided in this ordinance. , 8.5-103. Functions. The Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster AgenC,y shall perform such Emergency Service and Disaster Agency func- tions,within the city as shall be prescribed in and by the state Emergency Service and Disaster Agency plan and program prepared by the Governor, and such orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Governor, and in addition shall perform such duties outside the corporate limits as may be required pursuant to any Mutual Aid agreement with any other political subdivision, municipality or quasi-municipality entered into as provided in "The State Emergency Service and Disaster Agency Act of 1975", Public Act 79-1084. r ir 8.5-104. Service as Mobile Support Team. All or any members of the Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency organization may be designated as members of a Mobile Support Team created by the director of the State Emergency Service and Disaster Agency as provided by law. The leader of such Mobile Support Team shall be designated by the coordinator of the Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency 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. 8.5-105. Agreement with Other Political Subdivisions. The Coordinator of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency 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 City Council.and by the state director of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency. 8.5-106. 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 Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency to cooperate fully with the State Emergency Service and Disaster Agency and with the Governor in the exercise of emergency powers as provided by law. 8.5-107. Compensation. Members of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency who are paid employees or officers of the city, if called for training by the state director of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency, 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 Council. 8.5-108. Purchases and Expenditures. The City Council may, on recommendation of the city coordinator of the Emergency Service and Disaster Agency, enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to place the'city in a position to combat effectively any disaster resulting from the explosion of any nuclear or other bomb or missile, 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. In the event of enemy caused or other disaster, the city may (ew 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 the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the purpose of supplies and materials, and the appropriation, expenditure and disposition of public funds and property. 8.5-109. Oath. Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency organi- zation shall, before entering upon his duties, subscribe to the following oath, which shall be filed with the coordinator: , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend and bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and the territory, institutions, and facilities thereof, both public and private, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; 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 nor have I been a member of any political party or organization that advo- cates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this State by force or violence; and that during such time as I am affiliated with the Elgin Emergency Service and Disaster Agency organization, I will not advo- cate nor become a member of any political party or organiza- tion that advocates the overthrow of the goveiinuent of the United States or of this State by force or violence. ' 8.5-110. Appropriation. The City Council may make an appropriation for Emergency Service and Disaster Agency purposes in the manner provided by law." Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage in the manner provided by law. s/ Richard L. Verbic Richard L. Verbic, Mayor Presented: March 24, 1976 Passed: March 24, 1976 Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0 Recorded: March 24, 1976 Published: March 24, 1976 Attest: s/ Marie Yearman Marie Yearman, City Clerk