§ 8-5. Director of Butte County Office of Emergency Management; powers and duties and line of succession.

There is hereby created a position of Butte County Director of Emergency Management. The director shall be the chair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors. The director is hereby empowered:

(a)

To request the board of supervisors to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a "local emergency" and the termination thereof. If the board of supervisors is not in session, the director may issue such a proclamation; provided, however, that such a proclamation issued by the director shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven (7) days unless it is ratified by the board of supervisors.

(b)

To request the governor to proclaim a "state of emergency" when, in the opinion of the director, the resources of the area or region are inadequate to cope with the emergency.

(c)

To control and direct civil defense and emergency management activities and efforts for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.

(d)

To direct coordination and cooperation between divisions, services and staff of the emergency management organization of this county and to resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them.

(e)

To represent the emergency management organization in all dealings with public or private agencies pertaining to civil defense and disaster.

(f)

To appoint service chiefs subject to the approval of the disaster council; provided, however, the service chiefs so appointed shall, insofar as possible, be employees who hold regular administrative positions with appropriate governmental agencies.

(g)

Prescribe in writing the duties of any assistants provided and the duties of chiefs of services, in conformance with the Butte County Emergency Plan. Such duties may be changed from time to time by the secretary, particularly for the purposes of conforming to recommendations of the Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency or the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(h)

The vice-chair of the board of supervisors, in the absence of the director, shall have the same powers and authority as the director under emergency conditions.

(i)

The county chief administrative officer, in the absence of the director and the vice-chair of the board of supervisors, shall have the same powers and authority as the director under emergency conditions. The chief administrative officer shall establish an order of succession for his or her position thereafter, for the purposes of fulfilling the powers and duties of the director.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 1, 12-10-96; Ord. No. 4002, § 1, 4-7-09)