CC RES 68-057 RESOLUTION DEFINING THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY

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RESOLUTION NO. 68-057 RESOLUTION DEFINING THE DUTIES AND RE- SPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHEREAS, the Village Council has recently authorized the establishment of a Department of Public Safety and has directed the Village Manager to hire a Director of Public Safety; and, WHEREAS, there is need to establish and define the duties and respon- sibilities of the Director of Public Safety; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Village Council define and approve the following duties and responsibilities as outlined by the Village Manager for the Director of Public Safety. 1. There shall be a Department of Public Safety, headed by a Director of Public Safety, and such employees as may from time to time be approved; all such employees to be appointed by and responsible to the Village Manager. 2. The Department. of Public Safety, under its Director of Public Safety, shall be charged with the protection of all persons and property through the pre- vention of crimes, accidents, civil disorders and fires, including activities de- signed to suppress criminal activities, control of traffic, the extinguishment of fires, and generally the enforcement of all local ordinances of the Village of St. Anthony. The Director of Public Safety shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges and benefits affecting the members of the Village Police Department • and granted by any ordinances or state law. 3. The Public Safety Director shall head and be responsible for the operation of the Civil Defense Department, the Police Department and the Fire Department, and he shall coordinate the activities of all such departments and shall recommend to the Village Manager such rules and regulations for the operation of the Department of Public Safety as may be required to promote effective service to the residents of the Village, and as may be required to qualify for funds to assist in the operation of the Civil Defense Department. 4. The Director of Public Safety shall recommend to the Village Manager the establishment of rules covering the assignment of personnel and equipment of the department outside the corporate limits of the Village, together with the terms and conditions for providing such service, and may recommend to the Manager and Village Council the entering into of mutual assistance agreements with any other police, fire, civil defense, or other public safety agency. The Public Safety Director shall have charge of the use of all buildings, equipment, and other pro- perty of the Fire, Police and Civil Defense Departments. 5. The Village Manager is directed to revise the Organizational Chart of the Village to reflect the duties herein assigned to the Director of Public Safety. Adopted this 5th day of November, 1 ooz;;150� • ATTEST: Mayor Villanler Vil ge Manager