2008-073ORDINANCE NO. 2008- 73
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.34, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, OF
THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit by virtue of the provisions of
the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the Village staff has reviewed certain aspects of the operations of the Emergency
Management Agency (EMA) as a routine management practice; and
WHEREAS, that review determined that while all aspects of the Buffalo Grove Emergency
Management Agency function properly and within the goals and objectives of the established
emergency disaster plan that the "Emergency Management Commission" functionality has been
replaced by the Citizen Corps Council established by Resolution 2005 -31; and
WHEREAS, all current appointed Emergency Management Commission volunteers shall be
reappointed to the Emergency Management Agency with no change in their terms of assignment; and
WHEREAS, in order to assure continuity between the Municipal Code and practice, the
Village's Municipal Code requires amendment as follows.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2.34, Emergency Management Agency, of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows
Chapter 2.34 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
2.34.010 Created.
2.34.020 Emergency Management Agency Purpose
2.34.030 Emergency Management Agency Members
2.34.040 Coordinator, duties.
2.34.050 Mobile support team.
2.34.060 Mutual aid agreements.
2.34.070 Oath.
2.34.080 Compensation.
2.34.090 Purchases and expenditures.
2.34. 100 Office.
2.34.010 Created.
There is created a Village Emergency Management Agency (Village EMA) which shall perform
such EMA functions as provided by law, prescribed in and by the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency plan and program, and such other orders, rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the Governor. The Village Manager shall serve as Director of the Village EMA.
There shall also be the position of EMA Coordinator who shall be under the authority, command
and control of the EMA Director.
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2.34.020 Agency — Purpose.
The purpose of the Village EMA shall be to plan and mitigate on the response functions of the
Village emergency management operations prior to, during, and in the recovery phase of a
disaster situation through an integrated emergency management system.
2.34.030 Agency Members
The Village Emergency Management Agency (EMA) shall consist of a minimum of ten
members. Included within the members shall be the Director, or designee, the Coordinator and at
least one representative of the Police, Public Works and Fire Departments, and any other
emergency departments as deemed necessary by the Village EMA Director. The foregoing
Village staff representatives and no more than four other members shall not be required to be
residents of the Village.
2.34.040 Coordinator, duties.
The Coordinator shall be responsible for carrying out the program for emergency management
operations of the Village. The Coordinator, with the Village Emergency Management Agency,
shall be responsible for maintaining a Village disaster plan. Such plan shall be reviewed on an
annual basis by the Corporate Authorities. The Coordinator shall maintain liaison and cooperate
with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and other disaster agencies and organizations
of other political subdivisions of the state and of the federal government. The Coordinator shall
have the responsibility for the organization, administration, training, and operation of the Village
EMA.
2.34.050 Mobile support team.
All or any members of the Village EMA organization may be designated as members of a mobile
support team created by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency as provided
by law. The leader of each such mobile support team shall be designated by the Coordinator of
the Village EMA organization. Any member of a mobile support team who is a Village employee
or officer while serving on call to duty by the Governor or the State Director shall receive the
compensation and have the powers, duties, rights, and immunities incident to such employment or
office. Any such member who is not a paid officer or employee of the Village, while so serving,
shall, subject to state approval, receive from the state reasonable compensation as provided by
law.
2.34.060 Mutual aid agreements.
The Coordinator of the Village EMA may negotiate mutual aid agreements with other villages or
political subdivisions of the state, but no such agreement shall be effective until it has been
approved by the Corporate Authorities and by the State Director of the Emergency Management
Agency. This does not, however, preclude entering into emergency agreements as provided under
Chapter 2.56 of this Code.
2.34.070 Oath.
Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the Village EMA organization shall before
entering upon his or her duties subscribe to the oath, as provided by law, which oath shall be filed
with the Coordinator.
2.34.080 Compensation.
Members of the Village EMA who are paid employees or officers of the Village, if called for
training by the State Director of the Emergency Management Agency, shall receive for the time
spent in such training the same rate of pay as is attached to the position held, less the amount, if
any, paid by the state. Members who are not such Village employees or officers shall receive for
such training time such compensation as may be established by the Corporate Authorities.
2.34.090 Purchases and expenditures.
If a disaster occurs, the Director of the Village EMA is authorized, on behalf of the Village, to
procure such services, supplies, equipment or material as may be necessary to combat effectively
any disaster, to protect the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency
assistance to victims, in view of the exigency without regard to the statutory procedures or
formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to Village contracts or obligations, provided
that if the Corporate Authorities meets at such time, the Director shall act subject to the directions
and restrictions imposed by that body.
2.34. 100 Office.
The Village Manager is authorized to designate space in a Village building or elsewhere, for the
office of the Village EMA.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
AYES: 4 — Braiman, Berman, Kahn, Trilling
NAYES: 0 — None
ABSENT: 2 — Glover, Rubin
PASSED: November 3 , 2008.
APPROVED: November 3 , 2008.
Village President
ATTEST: -q ^
Village Cler
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STATE OF ILLINOIS) ss.
COUNTY OF COOK )
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet M. Sirabian, certify that I am the duly elected
and acting Village Clerk of the Village of Buffalo
Grove, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois. I further
certify that on November 3, 2008 the Corporate
Authorities of the Village passed and approved
Ordinance No. 2008 -73 AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.34 EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY provided by its terms
that it should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. 2008 -73,
including the Ordinance and a sheet thereof, was
prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted
in and at the Village Hall, commencing on November
4, 2008 and continuing for at least ten days thereafter.
Copies of such Ordinance were also available for
public inspection upon request in the Office of
Village Clerk.
Dated at Buffalo Grove, Illinois, this 4th day of
November, 2008.
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Village erk �D
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ORDINANCE NO. 2008- 73
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.34, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, OF
THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a. Home Rule Unit by virtue of the provisions of
the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970; and
WHEREAS, the Village staff has reviewed certain aspects of the operations of the Emergency
Management Agency (EMA) as a routine management practice; and
WHEREAS, that review determined that while all aspects of the Buffalo Grove Emergency
Management Agency function properly.and within the goals and objectives of the established
emergency disaster plan that the "Emergency Management Commission" functionality has been
replaced by the Citizen Corps Council established by Resolution 2005 -31; and
WHEREAS, all current appointed Emergency Management Commission volunteers shall be
reappointed to the Emergency Management Agency with no change in their terms of assignment; and
WHEREAS, in order to assure continuity between the Municipal Code and practice, the
Village's Municipal Code requires amendment as follows.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2.34, Emergency Management Agency, of the Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows
Chapter 2.34 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
2.34.010 Created.
2.34.020 Emergency Management Agency Purpose
2.34.030 Emergency Management Agency Members
2.34.040 Coordinator, duties.
2.34.050 Mobile support team.
2.34.060 Mutual aid agreements.
2.34.070 Oath.
2.34.080 Compensation.
2.34.090 Purchases and expenditures.
2.34. 100 Office.
2.34.010 Created.
There is created a Village Emergency Management Agency (Village EMA) which shall perform
such EMA functions as provided by law, prescribed in and by the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency plan and program, and such other orders, rules and regulations as may be
promulgated by the Governor. The Village Manager shall serve as Director of the Village EMA.
There shall also be the position of EMA Coordinator who shall be under the authority, command
and control of the EMA Director.
T
2.34.020 Agency — Purpose.
The purpose of the Village EMA shall be to plan and mitigate on the response functions of the
Village emergency management operations prior to, during, and in the recovery phase of a
disaster situation through an integrated emergency management system.
2.34.030 Agency Members
The Village Emergency Management Agency (EMA) shall consist of a minimum of ten
members. Included within the members shall be the Director, or designee, the Coordinator and at
least one representative of the Police, Public Works and Fire Departments, and any other
emergency departments as deemed necessary by the Village EMA Director. The foregoing
Village staff representatives and no more than four other members shall not be required to be
residents of the Village.
2.34.040 Coordinator, duties.
The Coordinator shall be responsible for carrying out the program for emergency management
operations of the Village. The Coordinator, with the Village Emergency Management Agency,
shall be responsible for maintaining a Village disaster plan. Such plan shall be reviewed on an
annual basis by the Corporate Authorities. The Coordinator shall maintain liaison and cooperate
with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and other disaster agencies and organizations
of other political subdivisions of the state and of the federal government. The Coordinator shall
have the responsibility for the organization, administration, training, and operation of the Village
EMA.
2.34.050 Mobile support team.
All or any members of the Village EMA organization may be designated as members of .a mobile
support team created by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency as provided
by law. The leader of each such mobile support team shall be designated by the Coordinator of
the Village EMA organization. Any member of a mobile support team who is a Village employee
or officer while serving on call to duty by the Governor or the State Director shall receive the
compensation and have the powers, duties, rights, and immunities incident to such employment or
office. Any such member who is not a paid officer or employee of the Village, while so serving,
shall, subject to state approval, receive from the state reasonable compensation as provided by
law.
2.34.060 Mutual aid agreements.
The Coordinator of the Village EMA may negotiate mutual aid agreements with other villages or
political subdivisions of the state, but no such agreement shall be effective until it has been
approved by the Corporate Authorities and by the State Director of the Emergency Management
Agency. This does not, however, preclude entering into emergency agreements as provided under
Chapter 2.56 of this Code. .
2.34.070 Oath.
Every person appointed to serve in any capacity in the Village EMA organization shall before
entering upon his or her duties subscribe to the oath, as provided by law, which oath shall be filed
with the Coordinator.
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2.34.080 Compensation.
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Members of the Village EMA who are paid employees or officers of the Village, if called for
training by the State Director of the Emergency Management Agency, shall receive for the time
spent in such training the same rate of pay as is attached to the position held, less the amount, if
any, paid by the state. Members who are not such Village employees or officers shall receive for
such training time such compensation as may be established by the Corporate Authorities.
2.34.090 Purchases and expenditures.
If a disaster occurs, the Director of the Village EMA is authorized, on behalf of the Village, to
procure such services, supplies, equipment or material as may be necessary to combat effectively
any disaster, to protect the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency
assistance to victims, in view of the exigency without regard to the statutory procedures or
formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to Village contracts or obligations, provided
that if the Corporate Authorities meets at such time, the Director shall act subject to the directions
and restrictions imposed by that body.
2.34. 100 Office.
The Village Manager is authorized to designate space in a Village building or elsewhere, for the
office of the Village EMA.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
AYES: 4 — Braiman, Berman Kahn, Trilling
NAYES: 0 — None
ABSENT:_ 2 — Glover. Rubin
PASSED: November 3 , 2008.
APPROVED: Novemh , 2008.
Village President,
ATTEST: TY1
Village Cler
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