HomeMy WebLinkAbout3285 Amending AMC 2.62.030 to Provide a Chain of Command in the Event of an Emergency ORDINANCE NO. 3285
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AMC 2.62.030 TO PROVIDE FOR A CHAIN OF
COMMAND IN THE EVENT OF AN ETTVIERGENCY
Annotated to show deletions and additions to the Ashland Municipal Code sections being
modified. Deletions are bold-linfd4hi-4m-gh, and additions are bold underlined.
WHEREAS,Article 2. Section 1 of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City. The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fiffly as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing, and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession.
WHEREAS, the City wishes to outline a chain of command in the event the City manager was
unable to act due to absence or incapacity.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
2.62.030—Declaration and Ratification of Emergency.
A. The, declaration by the City Manager of a state of emergency shall:
1. State the nature of the emergency.
2. Designate the geographical boundaries of the area subject to the emergency controls.
3. State the duration of time durim,,which the area so designated shall remain an
emergency area.
4. State any special regulations imposed as a result of the state of emergency.
B. The ratification by the Council may also authorize additional specific emergency powers for
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the duration of the emergency period set forth in the declaration.
C. If the City Manager is unable to act due to absence or incapacity, then the duties listed
in this chapter shall be performed in the following order of succession:
1. Deputy City Manager
2. Fire Chief
3. Police Chief
4. Emergency Management Coordinator
5. Incident Commander(sl
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SECTION 2. Severability. Each section of this ordinance, and any part thereof, is severable,
and if any part of this ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
remainder of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance"may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter"or another
word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered,provided however
that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Sections 3-5)need not be codified and
the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X, Section
2(C) of the City Charter on the day of - , 2026, and duly
PASSED and ADOPTED this_ day ofC,(�C��(,
PASSED by the City Council this day of 1M a r, Vj , 92026.
ATTEST:
Alissa Kolo zinski, ity Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this S day of �; �/�, ,2026.
Tonya Gra am,Mayor
Reviewed as to form•
n Pi a, ttorney
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