§ 10-1. Office of emergency management created.

There exists an office of emergency management for the City of Irving, which is constituted under applicable state law as follows:

(1)

As presiding officer of the governing body of the city, directly charged with certain duties or granted certain powers by the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, and as ordered by the governor of Texas under authority of the act, the mayor is designated as the emergency management director for the City of Irving.

(2)

By this chapter the city manager as the chief executive officer for the city shall have the responsibility of nominating an emergency management coordinator for appointment by the mayor. Under the Texas Disaster Act, the mayor must notify the Governor's Division of Emergency Management and shall identify the emergency management coordinator as the person who heads the agency responsible for the emergency management program.

(3)

The city manager is responsible for a program of comprehensive emergency management within the city and for carrying out the duties and responsibilities in this chapter. The city manager shall delegate authority for execution of these duties to the coordinator, but the ultimate responsibility for such execution remains with the city manager. The city manager shall retain the ultimate responsibility for such implementation and execution, and shall certify the city emergency management plan and any mutual aid emergency management plan.

(4)

The city manager is encouraged to seek advice from other local governments, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic organizations, volunteer organizations, and community leaders in the development and review of the emergency management program, under the Texas Disaster Act of 1975, and may establish an advisory council or committee for that purpose, subject to the provisions of the city charter.

(Ord. No. 7443, § 1, 3-25-99)