2.48.070 Powers and duties of the emergency council.

(A) The emergency council is empowered to study and revise the city emergency plan, and to review and recommend action upon all proposed mutual aid agreements with the county, other public agencies, corporations, groups or individuals, and to review and recommend the adoption of such ordinances, resolutions and rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the city emergency plan or any mutual aid agreement entered into pursuant to such plat, including but not limited to, the concurrent implementation of applicable state law, such as the availability of workers' compensation benefits for involved disaster workers.

(B) The emergency council shall be responsible for the development of the local emergency plan, which shall provide for the effective mobilization of all the resources of the city, both public and private, to meet conditions constituting an emergency and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services and staff of the city emergency services organization.

(C) The coordinator shall be the ex officio secretary of the emergency council and shall provide such administrative, technical, and other assistance to the emergency council as may be needed and as approved by the director.

(D) Approval of recommendations and the taking of any action by the emergency council shall be by majority vote, a quorum of members being present. Presence in person by a majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The emergency council shall appoint such committees which shall be necessary to advise the council on questions relating to manage went of resources, communications health services, utilities, the preservation of peace and safety, and in such other areas as may be deemed necessary to the council.

(E) The emergency council shall meet at least annually to review the city emergency plan.

(F) The emergency council may recommend the calling and conducting of test exercises, either singularly or in conjunction with the county or any

public agency, corporation, group or individual. The director shall order such exercises as it deems necessary; provided, however, that no person conducting such exercises shall have the power to command the assistance of any private citizen, and the failure of any citizen; to obey any order or regulation pertaining to the test exercise shall not constitute a violation of this chapter.