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4.a 1 ?l t-- c U) CY O (?,S ?i C a 4?? UU 129 ORDINANCE NO. 1981-95 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM OF COMPREHEN- SIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHICH INCLUDES THE MITIGA- TION, PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PHASES OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS; CREATING THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR; CREATING THE POSITION OF EMER- GENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR; AUTHORIZING THE APPOINT- MENT OF AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR; PROVIDING THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SAID OFFICES; IDEN- TIFYING AN OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION; GRANTING NECESSARY POWERS TO COPE WITH ALL PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHICH THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS FOR RELIEF WORK BETWEEN THIS AND OTHER CITIES OR COUNTIES AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES; PROHIBITING UN- AUTHORIZED WARNING AND ALL-CLEAR SIGNALS; MAKING VIOLA- TIONS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos, Texas, hereby finds and determines that the identification of potential hazards and the prevention or mitigation of their effects must be an on-going concern of the City if the lives and property of the populace are to be protected; and, WHEREAS, the City Council hereby declares that the preparation of a plan, and the means for its implementation, for the protection of lives and property in the City of San Marcos, Texas, from natural or man-caused disasters or threat thereof is immediately essential; and, WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that in times of disas- ters which may imperil the safety of the inhabitants of the City, or their property, it becomes necessary to effectuate and place in- to operation the preconceived plans and preparations with a minimum of delay; and, WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the preparation, adoption, and implementation of such plans are now imperative; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANT MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 7, entitled, "Civil Defense and Disas- ter Relief," of the Code of Ordinances, City of San Marcos, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 7 Emergency Management (a) The office of emergency management coordinator is hereby created. The emergency management coor- dinator shall serve at the pleasure of the director; (b) The director shall be responsible for conducting a program of comprehensive emergency management within the city and for carrying out the duties and responsibil- ities set forth in Sec. 7-4 of this ordinance. The director may delegate authority for execution of these duties to the coordinator, but ultimate responsibility for such execution shall remain with the director. Sec. 7-1. Emergency management director-office created; mayor to serve. There is hereby created the office of emergency manage- ment director of the City of San Marcos, Texas, which shall be held by the mayor in accordance with state law.