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Timestamp: 2020-04-06 10:32:31
Document Index: 626937363

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85', '§ 85']

Town of Dalton, MA Emergency Management
§ 85-1 Department of Emergency Management.
§ 85-2 Director of Emergency Management.
§ 85-3 Additional authority of Director.
§ 85-4 Emergency Management Advisory Council.
§ 85-5 Police aid to other municipalities.
§ 85-6 Termination of bylaw.
§ 85-7 Applicability of amendments to statute.
Chapter 85 Emergency Management
There is hereby established a Department of Emergency Management (hereinafter called the "Department"). It shall be the function of the Department to have charge of emergency management as defined in Section 1, Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as amended by Section 381, Chapter 138, Acts of 1991, and to perform emergency management functions as authorized or directed by said chapter or by any and all executive orders or general regulations promulgated thereunder, and to exercise any authority delegated to it by the governor under said Chapter 639.
The Department shall be under the direction of a Director of Emergency Management (hereinafter called the "Director") who shall be appointed as prescribed by law. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of the Department, subject to the direction and control of the appointing authority, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed from time to time by the appointing authority. The Director may, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor, appoint such experts, clerks and other assistants as the work of the Department may require and may remove them, and may make such expenditures as may be necessary to execute effectively the purposes of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as amended by Section 381, Chapter 138, Acts of 1991.
The Director shall also have authority to appoint district coordinators and may accept and may receive, on behalf of the Town, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, grant or loan, for purposes of emergency management, offered by the federal government or any agency or offices therefor, or any person, firm, or corporation, subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer. The Director shall cause appropriate records to be kept of all matters relating to such gifts, grants or loans.
There is hereby established a Emergency Management Advisory Council (hereinafter called the "Council"). Said Council shall serve without pay and shall consist of the Director of Emergency Management, such other department heads and such other persons as the authority appointing said Director may deem necessary. Such members of said Council as said appointing authority shall designate shall serve as Chairman of said Council. Said Council shall serve subject to the direction and control of the appointing authority and shall advise said appointing authority and the Director on matters pertaining to emergency management.
The Police Department is hereby authorized to go to aid another city or town at the request of said city or town in the suppression of riots or other forms of violence therein.
This bylaw shall remain in force during the effective period of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as amended by Section 381, Chapter 138, Acts of 1991, and any act in amendment or continuance therefor or substitution thereof.
All references to Chapter 639, Acts of 1950, as now in force shall be applicable to any acts or act in amendment or continuation of or substitution for said Chapter 639, including Section 381, Chapter 138, Acts of 1991.