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<br />~, <br /> <br />\'~!~'O C-'. <br />. -n-: <br />, Ll"! -<(, <br />~ :y" ~-.., <br />~;~C-' <br />'.....1'"1 <br />-;= !~'7-~ <br />-"-.'-'; <br />:",--:.:>;; <br />~, '", <br />. c_ <br />n <br />o <br />U) <br /> <br /> ::! In <br /> 0 <br /> ;1=; to ~e <br /> c::;) <br /> Oti c::;) a::ra <br /> ('.J w::2 <br />I W~ ~ ...JC <br />~ CI":' Ura <br />>-CI) <br />>- 1-- <br />- 0 <br /><( U>. <br />~ ::2: - <br /> U <br /> <br />ORDINANCE 2006 - 7.g <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 26, <br />EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY <br />CODE TO ADD PROVISIONS TO ARTICLE I THROUGH <br />REARRANGEMENT OF PARTS OF ARTICLE II, PROVIDING <br />NEW PROVISIONS FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF <br />EMERGENCIES, LIMITING LIABILITY OF EMERGENCY <br />RESPONDERS, PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />RECITALS: <br /> <br />1. The City's Emergency Management Coordinator, Ken Bell, has <br />recommended that the City Council approve changes to Chapter 26, Emergency <br />Management, of the San Marcos City Code, including the following: <br /> <br />A. Modernize and expand the powers and duties of the emergency <br />management director. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />B. Expand the language setting out the declaration of a disaster, the term <br />of the declaration, and the role of the Mayor and City Council with respect <br />to declaring and terminating a declaration of disaster. <br /> <br />C. Define specific authority to issue orders in the interest of public safety <br />and welfare during an emergency situation. <br /> <br />D. Revise provisions concerning the expenditure of funds during an <br />emergency, to grant limited authority to the Mayor and City Manager to <br />expend funds and enter into contracts, where prudent, during the period of <br />time the City is under a formal declaration of emergency. <br /> <br />E. Define and prohibit price gouging during a declared emergency, and set <br />out penalties for engaging in price gouging. <br /> <br />F. Define offenses for violation of orders issued during and declared <br />emergency and set out penalties for these violations. <br /> <br />G. Make this chapter part of the City's Emergency Management Plan. <br /> <br />H. Define the standard of care to be applicable to responders acting in <br />emergency situations, and limit the liability of responders. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />71 . <br /> <br />':: r"") <br /> <br />r---3 <br />~ <br /><;J <br />a" <br />'- <br />c:: <br />""'I'l"" <br />"..;.;;- <br /> <br />-J <br /> <br />il' <br /> <br />I <br />N <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />r- <br />~ <br /> <br />-0 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~, <br />~ <br /> <br />i <br />\ <br />\ <br />\ <br /> <br />N <br />o <br />N <br />