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File #: 2022-372    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/13/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/23/2022 Final action: 5/23/2022
Title: Ordinance 22-40, Public Hearing, Approve an Amendment of Chapter 98 State of Emergency Management Plan of the Code of Ordinances
Attachments: 1. 20220412Ordinance_22-372_Chapter_98_of_Municode_FINAL, 2. Final CEMP with Annexes
Placement: Second Reading of Ordinances / Public Hearing
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Ordinance 22-40, Public Hearing, Approve an Amendment of Chapter 98 State of Emergency Management Plan of the Code of Ordinances
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Submitted By: Billy Weinshank, Division Director of Emergency Management

Strategic Plan Link: The City's Mission to provide exceptional municipal services.

Executive Summary (General Business): This ordinance amends Chapter 98 of the City's code of ordinances as it relates to the Emergency Management Plan requesting amending the following sections of the Ordinance 98.01 Definitions, 98.02 Declaration Time Limits, 98.03 Order of Succession, 98.04 Powers During Emergency, 98.09 Removal of Debris, and 98.14 the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

Presentation Information: 15 minutes

Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council completes the motion in the affirmative

Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and complete motion in the affirmative
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff direction

Background: On May 22, 2000, the City Council passed and approved Ordinance 98 which amended Chapter 98 serving to repeal Ordinance 95-56 which was the City's Emergency Management Plan, and substitute the CEOP titled "Emergency Operations Plan, 2000." On September 11, 2006, the City Council passed and approved an amendment to Chapter 98 State of Emergency Plan of the Code of Ordinances amending the Emergency Operations Plan and Sections 98.01 Definitions, 98.04 Powers during an emergency and, Section 98.11 Emergency Response Plan. Amendments to Chapter 98 of the State of Emergency Plan under the Code of Ordinances filed under Ordinance 22-372 will alter sections of the code of ordinances described under the executive summary and promote the City's Emergency Management Plan from a Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan (CEOP) to a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). A ...

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