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Emergency Management Forces. The total personnel resources engaged in city -level emergency management functions in accordance with the provisions of this resolution or any rule or order there under. This includes personnel from City departments, authorized volunteers, and private organizations and agencies. Emergency Management Organization. The staff element responsible for coordinating city - level planning and preparation for disaster response. This organization provides City liaison and coordination with federal, state, and local jurisdictions relative to disaster preparedness activities and assures implementation of federal and state program requirements. 209.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION There is hereby created with the City government an emergency management organization which shall be under the supervision and control of the City Emergency Management Director, hereinafter called the "director ". The director shall be appointed by the City Council /Mayor and shall be paid his/her necessary expenses. The director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of the emergency preparedness organization, subject to the direction and control of the City Council/Mayor. 209.04 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR (1) The director, with the consent of the Council/Mayor, shall represent the City on any regional or state conference for emergency management. The director shall develop proposed mutual aid agreements with other political subdivisions of the state for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in an emergency too great to be dealt with unassisted, and shall present such agreements to the Council/Mayor for its action. Such arrangements shall be consistent with the State Emergency Plan. (2) The director shall make studies and surveys of the manpower, industries, resources and facilities of the City as deemed necessary to determine their adequacy for emergency management and to plan for their most efficient use in time of an emergency or disaster. The director of emergency management shall establish the economic stabilization systems and measures, service staffs, boards and sub - boards required, in accordance with state and federal plans and directions subject to approval of the Council/Mayor. (3) The director shall prepare a comprehensive emergency plan for the emergency preparedness of the City including municipal and unincorporated areas and shall present such plan to the Council/Mayor for its approval. When the Council/Mayor has approved the plan by resolution, it shall be the duty of all City agencies and all emergency preparedness forces of the City to perform the duties and functions assigned by the plan as approved. The plan may be modified in like manner from time to time. The director shall coordinate the emergency management activities of the City to the end that they shall be consistent and fully integrated with the emergency plan of the Federal Government and the State and correlated with emergency plans of other political subdivisions within the State. (4) In accordance with the State and County Emergency Plan, the director shall institute such training programs, public information programs and conduct practice warning alerts and emergency exercises as may be necessary to assure prompt and effective operation of the City Emergency Plan when a disaster occurs. 3