The Emergency Management Committee
The Emergency Management Committee consists of 11 members, of which at least three members must always be citizen members who are not Village officials.
Tasks
The Emergency Management Committee develops and promulgates an emergency management plan consistent with the state plans, directs the emergency management program of the Village, and performs such other duties related to emergency management as are required by the Village Board. It also directs training programs and exercises. During the continuance of a state of emergency proclaimed by the governor, the Emergency Management Committee Chairperson, on behalf of the Village, may contract with any person to provide equipment and services on a cost basis to be used in disaster relief.
Emergency government defined
Emergency Government means all measures undertaken by or on behalf of the Village:
- To prepare for and minimize the effect of natural or man-made disaster upon the civilian population.
- To undertake measures by or on behalf of the state and its subdivisions to prepare for and minimize the effect of enemy action upon the civilian population.
- To effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital public utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such action or disaster.
