HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 269-21 - Resolution - 2021 Emergency Operations Plan Update
RESOLUTION
Approving the 2021 Update to the City of Rochester Emergency Operations Plan.
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996 places responsibility
upon each political subdivision to establish a local organization for emergency
management, including appointment of a director to organize, administrate, and operate
the local organization under the direction and control of the Mayor and Common Council;
and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996 states a county
organization for emergency management has jurisdiction throughout the county outside
of a city or town that has a local emergency management organization; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8-1 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances (“R.C.O.”) established an
Office of Emergency Management within the Rochester Fire Department for the purpose
of coordinating all emergency and disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and
recovery activities within the City, and authorized the Mayor to appoint an Emergency
Management Director who shall have responsibility for the organization, administration,
and operation of the office, subject to the direction and control of the City Administrator
and Common Council; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996 states each local and
county organization for emergency management shall perform emergency management
functions within the territorial limits of the political subdivision within which it is organized;
and
WHEREAS, an Emergency Operations Plan describes how emergency management
functions will be performed in the City of Rochester, and the Minnesota Emergency
Operations Plan states a local emergency operations plan enables city government to
continue to operate and carry out emergency functions, and fulfill the primary
responsibility for meeting the immediate health and safety needs of its citizens in the
event of a major disaster/emergency within the City’s territorial limits; and
WHEREAS, R.C.O. Ch. 8-1 directs the Emergency Management Director to coordinate
the development of the City of Rochester Emergency Operations Plan (“EOP”), which
shall be consistent with the Minnesota Emergency Operations Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Emergency Operations Plan allows local jurisdictions to adopt
any acceptable method for organizing the plan; and
WHEREAS, The City of Rochester EOP was prepared using the Emergency Support
Function (“ESF”) model outlined in the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(“FEMA”) publication Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and
Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans, and the City EOP was designed to fulfill
expectations outlined the Chapter 8-1, and in accordance with State of Minnesota
planning requirements; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8-1 specifies departments which must provide an annex to the plan,
and further specifies that departments shall be responsible to prepare and continuously
update an annex to the City of Rochester EOP providing for the delivery of emergency
management activities by that agency or department in a form prescribed by the
Emergency Management Director.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the City adopts the updated City of Rochester Emergency Operations Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2021.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)