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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 26. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES, Article II. COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, Section 26-32, 26-33 and 26-35 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 26-32. - Executive Director.
(a) The Executive Director of the DHSEM shall be appointed by the President of the County Board of Commissioners and shall serve until removed by the President.
(b) The Executive Director shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration, training and operation of the DHSEM, subject to the direction and control of the President and the Chief of the Bureau of Administration, including the preparation by the DHSEM of an emergency operations plan consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), as adopted by Resolution No. 05-R-464.
(c) The Executive Director shall possess all powers and duties set forth for the Executive Director by statute and in this Ordinance, including the authority to designate emergency vehicles as provided in the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/12-215.
(d) In the event of the absence, resignation, death or inability to serve as the Executive Director, the President or any person designated by him or her shall be and act as Executive Director until a new appointment is made as provided in this article.
Sec. 26-33. - Functions.
(a) The DHSEM shall perform such functions within the County as shall be prescribed in and by the County's Emergency Operations Plan and the State Emergency Operations Plan and emergency management program prepared by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA), and such orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by IEMA and the Governor.
(b) As used herein, the terms "emergency management agency" and "emergency services and disaster age...
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