BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LAKE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ORDINANCE NO. 2986
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE LAKE COUNTY CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LAKE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: Section 6-3 of Chapter 6 of the Lake County Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6-3   Emergency Organization

3.1 There is hereby established an Office of Emergency Services which is responsible for administering the emergency program and plan for the County of Lake. Said office shall be a division of the County Administrative Office.

3.2 All officers and employees of this County and its contracting cities, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, and all groups, organizations, and persons who may by agreement or operation of law, including persons pressed into service under the provisions of Section 6.2(c) of this article, who shall be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this County during such emergency, shall constitute the emergency organization of the County of Lake.

Section 2: Section 6-4 of Chapter 6 of the Lake County Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6-4   Director and Deputy Director of Emergency Services, Emergency Services Coordinator, and Emergency Services Assistant

4.1 There is hereby created the Office of Director of Emergency Services. The County Administrative Officer of the County of Lake shall be the Director of Emergency Services.

4.2 There is hereby created the Office of Deputy Director of Emergency Services. The County Administrative Officer’s designee shall be the Deputy Director of Emergency Services.

4.3 There is hereby created the Office of Emergency Services Coordinator. The Emergency Services Coordinator shall be appointed by the County Administrative Officer.

4.4 There is hereby created the Office of Emergency Services Assistant. The County Administrative Officer shall designate an employee to be the Emergency Services Assistant.

Section 3: The title of Section 6-5 of Chapter 6 of the Lake County Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6-5   Powers and Duties of the Director and Deputy Directors of Emergency Services, and subordinate positions.

Section 4: Section 6-6 of Chapter 6 of the Lake County Code is hereby amended to read follows:

Section 6-6   Disaster Council Membership

6.1 The Lake County Disaster Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following:

(a) The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, or other member of the Board of Supervisors as designated by the Board of Supervisors, who shall be the Chair.

(b) The Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors or other member of the Board of Supervisors as designated by the Board of Supervisors, who shall be Vice Chair.

(c) The County Administrative Officer, who is the Emergency Services Director.

(d) The Deputy Director of Emergency Services.

(e) The Emergency Services Coordinator.

(f) The Emergency Services Assistant.

(g) The Emergency Services Directors of each of the cities.

(h) The Health Services Director.

(i) Such Chiefs of Emergency Services, including one or more representatives from fire service, as are provided for in a current emergency plan of this County, adopted pursuant to this article.

(j) Such representatives of organizations having an official emergency responsibility, as may be appointed by the Director of Emergency Services.

Section 5:    All ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further

Section 6:       This ordinance shall take effect on the 13th day of June, 2013 and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the County of Lake.

The foregoing Ordinance was introduced before the Board of Supervisors on the 7th day of May, 2013 and passed by the following vote on the 14th day of May, 2013.

AYES: Supervisors Comstock, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Smith           

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None