2.60.100 Emergency management coordinating committee.
There shall be an emergency management coordinating committee consisting of representatives of city departments, subject matter experts, and community stakeholders who have a key role or responsibility in emergency mitigation, prevention, protection, preparedness, response, or recovery.
A. The city of Monroe emergency management coordinating committee is hereby established. Except as otherwise provided by state law, the committee shall be the coordinating body for emergency management issues. The committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the emergency management office to promote, advise, assist, and review emergency management issues and to enhance preparedness for city of Monroe employees and the departments that they serve.
B. The committee shall consist of regular members and ad hoc members, as follows:
1. Regular members shall be at least one representative from each city department as designated by the head of each department;
2. Ad hoc members may include subject matter experts, and community stakeholders who have a key role or responsibility in emergency mitigation, prevention, protection, preparedness, response, or recovery, as needed.
C. The director shall chair the emergency management coordinating committee.
D. The emergency management coordinating committee shall meet at the places and times as shall be prescribed by the director, no less than quarterly, and shall:
1. Address issues and concerns relating to emergency preparedness, planning, response, and mitigation brought forward by members on behalf of the department or agency they represent;
2. Assist in the review, development, and maintenance of the comprehensive emergency management plan;
3. Assist in the review, development, and maintenance of department and agency continuity of operations plans;
4. Participate in regional strategic planning to identify and document objectives that will strengthen resilience;
5. Assist in the review, development, and maintenance of any other plans, programs, rules and policies concerning emergency management;
6. Strategically plan and build capabilities for city-wide emergency preparedness;
7. Recommend expenditures for disaster preparations and training.
E. The emergency management office may convene subcommittees of the emergency management committee as necessary to focus greater attention to any specific emergency management initiatives. (Ord. 008/2020 § 1)