City of Annapolis - File #: O-15-19

• File #: O-15-19
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/8/2019
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/10/2019
• Final action: 6/10/2019
• Title: The Office of Emergency Management - For the purpose of making technical and other corrections to the Office of Emergency Management section of the City Code; clarifying the role of the Harbormaster during a public emergency, making certain stylistic changes; and generally related to emergency management.
• Sponsors: Gavin Buckley, Sheila Finlayson, Elly Tierney
• Indexes: Environmental Matters Committee, Public Safety Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/10/2019	1	City Council	adopt on third reader	Pass
6/10/2019	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
5/15/2019	1	Environmental Matters Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
5/6/2019	1	Public Safety Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
4/29/2019	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
4/22/2019	1	Finance Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
4/8/2019	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
4/8/2019	1	City Council	refer
4/8/2019	1	City Council	refer

Title
The Office of Emergency Management - For the purpose of making technical and other corrections to the Office of Emergency Management section of the City Code; clarifying the role of the Harbormaster during a public emergency, making certain stylistic changes; and generally related to emergency management.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 15-19

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley, Alderwoman Finlayson, and Alderwoman Tierney

Referred to
Environmental Matters Committee
Public Safety Committee


AN ORDINANCE concerning

The Office of Emergency Management

FOR the purpose of making technical and other corrections to the Office of Emergency Management section of the City Code; clarifying the role of the Harbormaster during a public emergency, making certain stylistic changes; and generally related to emergency management.

BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2019 Edition
11.48.010
11.48.020
11.48.030
11.48.040
11.48.050
11.48.060
11.48.070
15.04.040

BY adding the following portion to the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2019 Edition
11.48.080


SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:


TITLE 11 - PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS, AND WELFARE
Chapter 11.48 - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Section 11.48.010 - Definitions.

A. "Continuity of gGovernment" or "COG" is the preservation, maintenance, or reconstitution of the government's ability to carry out its constitutional and statutory responsibilities under all circumstances that may disrupt normal operations.

B. "Continuity of oOperations" or "coopCOOP" planning is an effort to assure that the capability exists to continue essential agency functions across a wide range of potential emergencies.

C. "CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EMERGENCY" MEANS A SITUATION IN WHICH EXTENSIVE LOSS OF LIFE OR...