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ORDINANCE NO. 73 -E
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 31 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
PROVIDING FOR A CIVIL DEFENSE COORDINATOR
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 31 -130 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 31 -130. DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.
The Department of Civil Defense shall be organized, staffed, and
administered in accordance with the Charter of the City of Brooklyn Center
and all personnel [with the exception of the Director of Civil Defense,] shall
be appointed or removed by the City Manager. The Citv Manaaer shall serve
as Director of Civil Defense and may appoint a Civil Defense Coordinator to
perform the dav�to -dav administration and operation of the department. [The
Director of Civil Defense shall be appointed for an indefinite term by the Mayor
with the majority consent of the City Council and he may be removed from office
by the Mayor with the majority consent of the City Council. The Director shall
have direct responsibility for day -to -day administration and operation of the
department, subject to the direction and control of the City Manager. In a time
• of civil defense emergency or disaster the Mayor may assume supervision of the
Civil Defense Department through the City Manager and the Civil Defense
Director.]
Section 2: Section 31 -160 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 31 -160. UTILIZATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT RESOURCES.
The Director shall utilize the personnel, services, equipment, supplies,
and facilities of existing departments and divisions of the City to the maximum
extent practicable. The officers and personnel of all such departments and
divisions shall, to the maximum extent practicable, cooperate with and extend
such services and facilities to the Civil Defense Department. The head of each
department and division, [in cooperation with the Director of Civil Defense and
all under the direction of the City Manager,] shall assist with the planning and
programming of those civil defense activities which will involve the utilization
of the facilities of his department or division.
Section 3: Section 31 -180 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 31 -180. IDENTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
Each civil defense volunteer shall be provided with such suitable
• insignia or other identification as may be required by the Director. [and
approved by the City Manager.] Such identification shall be in a form and
style approved by the Federal Government. No volunteer shall exercise any
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authority over the person or property of others without his identification. No
person except an authorized volunteer shall use the identification of a civil
defense volunteer or otherwise represent himself to be an authorized civil
defense volunteer.
Section 4: This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and
thirty (30) days following legal publication.
Adopted this 26th day of March 1973;
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Mayor
ATTEST :�
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Published in the official newspaper March 15, 1973
Effective date: April 14, 1973
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