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RESOLUTION N0. 147
FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENEWING
THE ADA CITY/COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Chapter 10, Title 46, Idaho Code, authorizes each
county in the State of Idaho to maintain or participate in an
intergovernment disaster agency which, except as' otherwise
provided under this resolution, had jurisdiction over and serves
the entire country; and
WHEREAS, the last formal effort to address the scope,
mission and structure of this organization within Ada County,
Idaho, is now nearly fifteen years old and in need of revision;
and
WHEREAS, the Federal Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA), Title III, also known as the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986,
Section 301, requires the establishment of a State Emergency
Response Commission, Emergency Planning District, and a Local
Emergency Planning Committee; and
WHEREAS, Idaho Code Title 39, Chapter 71, and Idaho
Emergency Response Committee Resolution 91-1 designate Ada County
as an Emergency Planning District, and authorized the formation
of a Local Emergency Planning Committee pursuant to the
regulations of SARA Title III.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Meridian,
in official session assembled this date, does hereby re-establish
an intergovernmental disaster agency, known as the Ada
City/County Emergency Management, hereinafter called ACCEM.
ACCEM shall be directed by the Ada City/County Emergency
Management Executive Council, hereinafter referred to as the
Council. The Council shall set policy, employ ACCEM staff as
needed, establish direction for staff, adopt bylaws and provide
funding apportioned in a manner agreed to by the Council. A
disaster emergency within the City of Meridian, however, may be
declared only by the Mayor of the City of Meridian. Bylaws,
adopted by a two-thirds vote of Council members, shall establish
Council membership, organizational structure and staff roles; and
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BE IT FURT..MER.R~3~.VED,,,,_tti~at t,F-e -m.ission~ of ACCEM shall, at
the discretion of the Council, be to coordinate, mitigate,
prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and
emergencies resulting from any natural or technological causes.
ACCEM. shall --idQ.,ntify potential,:. hazards. of„fect~ing local
gove,rnment;s ~and,~ ot~~r jurisdictignFs within .Ada Count~+; prepare,
current
k,e.~~. .and .,..distribute an ,intergovern,m,ental 'emergency
o erations ~~~`~~'"'
p plan;. ,coor.dina.te resour..P,~s ,before, during and, after an
emergency; coordinate emergency management among Ada'~C'oun°t`y, its
incorporated cities and other affected jurisdictions specifically
including warning, communication, planning, training, public
education and exercising. In addition, ACCEM shall be
responsible for providing coordination and control of emergency
operations as may be deemed necessary by the Executive Council
from time to time; and
HE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ACCEM shall be headed by a
coordinator who shall prepare and administer a program of
activities that is endorsed by the Council and shall provide
support to the Council during emergency operations; and
HE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a Local Emergency Planning
Committee, hereinafter referred to as LEPC, shall be formed in
accordance with SARA Title II1, Section 301. The LEPC's mission
shall be to support and implement SARA Title III as well as to
advise the Council on matters related to emergency management; to
increase local awareness, education and preparedness of all
natural and technological hazards; and to provide a continuing
forum through which all levels of government, business .and
industry, and the general public can address issues relating to
emergency management. The LEPC shall establish bylaws by which
it shall function and present them to the Council for adoption.
The foregoing supersedes all previous ordinances and resolutions
pertaining to civil defence/emergency management which conflict
with the language and intent of this resolution.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 1992.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: -
ANT P. KIN F R AYOR
JACK NIEMANN, CITY CLERK