HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4464 - Second Reading: Ordinance amendment to Chapter 8-1 relating to Emergency Management
ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH (a) OF SECTION 8-1-3
AND PARAGRAPH (a) OF SECTION 8-1-5 OF CHAPTER 8-1 OF
TITLE 8 OF THE ROCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER DO ORDAIN:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of Section 8-1-3 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8-1-3. – Emergency management office; emergency management director.
(a) There is established an office of emergency management within the fire
administration department for the purpose of coordinating all emergency and
disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities within the city.
It shall be staffed by a deputy director and such other assistants necessary for the
proper functioning of the office. The mayor shall 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 council. The emergency management director shall
appoint a deputy emergency management director. To the extent practical, one of
the deputies will come from the fire department and one from the police
department.
Section 2. Paragraph (a) of Section 8-1-5 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended to read as follows
Sec. 8-1-5. – Powers and duties of Mayor.
(a) If the mayor invokes the power and authority provided for in Minn. Stats. § 12.29, he
or she shall, as soon as reasonably expedient, convene the common council for one
or more emergency meetings in accordance with the open meetings act to perform
its normal legislative and administrative duties as the situation demands, and will
report to that body relative to emergency activeness. Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed as abridging or curtailing the powers of the common council unless
specifically provided herein.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective as of the date of its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS ________ DAY OF _______________, 2022.
___________________________________
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _______ DAY OF _________________, 2022.
___________________________________
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
Ord20/EmergencyManage.docx
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