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I. The Director shall act as principal aide and advisor to the City official responsible for direction and control of all City emergency operations during an emergency. The Director's main responsibility is to assure coordination among the operating departments, non - governmental groups, and with higher and adjacent governments. J. The Director shall prepare and submit such reports on emergency preparedness activities as may be requested by the City Council. K. The Director shall also be responsible for maintaining the emergency warning system in good operating condition and shall recommend upgrades or replacement of the system as warranted. 210.050. LOCAL EMERGENCIES. A. A local emergency may be declared only by the Mayor of the municipality or Chair of the County Board of Commissioners or their legal successors. It shall not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the governing board of the political subdivision. Any order, or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed promptly by the Deputy Clerk of the subdivision. B. A declaration of a local emergency shall invoke necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or inter jurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and assistance thereunder. C. No jurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an inter - jurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions. 210.060. EMERGENCY REGULATIONS. A. Whenever necessary to meet a declared emergency or to prepare for such an emergency for which adequate regulations have not been adopted by the Governor or the City Council, the Council may be resolution promulgate regulations, consistent with applicable federal or state law or regulation, respecting: the conduct of persons and the use of property during emergencies; the repair, maintenance, and safeguarding of essential public services, emergency health, fire and safety regulation, drills, or practice periods required for preliminary training, and all other matters which are required to protect public safety, health, and welfare in declared emergencies. B. Every resolution of emergency regulations shall be in writing; shall be dated; shall refer to the particular emergency to which it pertains, if so limited; and shall be filed in the Office of the City Administrator, which copy shall be kept posted and available for public inspection during business hours. Notice of the existence of such regulation and Page 47