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B. Responsibilities and Authorities 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. Subdivision 2. 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 County Administrator (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 its availability for inspection at the Administrator's Office shall be conspicuously posted at the front of the government center (city hall) or other headquarters of the County (City) or at such other places in the affected area as the Board (Council) shall designate in the resolution. By like resolution, the Board may modify or rescind any such regulation. Subdivision 3. The County Board (City Council) may rescind any such regulation by resolution at any time. If not sooner rescinded every such regulation shall expire at the end of 30 days after its effective date or at the end of the emergency to which it relates, whichever comes first. Any resolution, rule, or regulation inconsistent with an emergency regulation promulgated by the Board (Council) shall be suspended during the period of time and to the extent such conflict exists. During a declared emergency, the County (City) is, notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, empowered, through its governing body acting within or without the corporate limits of the County (City), to enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat such disaster by protecting the health and safety of persons and property and providing emergency assistance to the victims of such disaster. The County (City) may exercise such powers in the light of the exigencies of the disaster without compliance with the time - consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining to the performance of public work, entering rental equipment agreements, purchase of supplies and materials, limitations upon tax levies, and the appropriation and expenditure of public funds including, but not limited to, publication of resolutions, publication of call for bids, provisions of personnel laws and rules, provisions relating to low bids, and requirement for budgets. Section 7. Emergency Management A Governmental Function All functions thereunder and all other activities relating to emergency management are hereby declared to be governmental functions. The provisions of this section shall not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled under this resolution or under the worker's compensation law, or under any pension law, nor the right of any such person to EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A GOVERNMENT FUNCTION Minnesota Emergency Management Director's Handbook March 6. 1996 B -1 -9 Page 90