§ 9-2. Intent and purpose.

(a)

It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an office that will ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all city facilities to prepare for the combat local emergencies resulting from enemy actions and other local emergencies defined herein.

(b)

The emergency management office will be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with disaster planning and operations. It will be the instrument through which city officials may exercise authority and discharge responsibilities vested in them by the Mississippi Emergency Management Law as amended, and this chapter.

(c)

This chapter will not relieve any city department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it by state statutes, city ordinance, nor will it adversely affect the work by any volunteer agency organized for relief in local emergencies.

(Ord. of 1-22-80, § 2)

State law reference

Duty to establish local emergency management organization, MCA 1972, § 33-15-7.