§ 2-66. Duties of organization; appointments.

The organization established by this article shall consist of the following:

(1)

The Office of Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety shall jointly administer the civil defense and emergency preparedness program of the city and the parish. Such office shall be the coordinating office for all civil defense and emergency preparedness programs and activities, including planning, essential emergency disaster operations, operational staffing of the emergency operations center and its communications center, training, exercises and drills and essential coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Louisiana Office of Emergency Management.

(2)

The Office of Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety shall have a coordinator or emergency manager who shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana civil defense law, R.S. 29:601 et seq., who shall have the direct responsibility, under the general direction and control of the chief executives and the governing authorities of the city and the parish police jury under the general direction and control of the governor of the state and the assistant secretary, Department of Public Safety, Office of Emergency Preparedness.

(3)

The coordinator or emergency manager shall execute and enforce such rules, regulations or orders as may be made by the chief executives of the city and the parish police jury or by the governor of Louisiana through and under the Office of Emergency Preparedness.

(4)

The office shall have such assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the organization.

(5)

The employees, equipment and facilities of all city and parish agencies, departments, boards, commissions or institutions shall be a part of and participate in civil defense and emergency preparedness programs and activities, including planning, staffing as required, disaster operations, training, exercises, drills and other activities as required. Duties assigned to the aforementioned shall be the same as or similar to the duties of the agency, department or organization.

(6)

Volunteer persons, organizations both public and private industry and persons with specific operations or technical knowledge or expertise not normally found within local government operations, and offering services, may be accepted by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety.

(Ord. No. 84-05A, § 5A-4, 5-15-84)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 29:709; officer's commission, R.S. 40:1379.2; powers and duties of Louisiana Civil Defense Agency transferred, R.S. 36:409(F).