§ 2.370.080. Powers and duties.

A.

The director hereby is empowered to:

1.

Request the city council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency;

2.

Proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency; provided, that the city council shall take action to ratify the proclamation within 7 days thereafter or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect;

3.

Request the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when, in the director's opinion, the locally available resources are inadequate to cope with a local emergency;

4.

Control and direct the efforts of the Pasadena disaster emergency services council for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter;

5.

Direct the cooperation and coordination of services and staff of the disaster emergency services council and the office of disaster emergency services of this city, and resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them;

6.

Represent the city in all dealings with public or private agencies on matters pertaining to local emergencies as defined herein.

B.

In the event of the proclamation of a local emergency, the proclamation of a state of emergency by the Governor or the Director of the State Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a state of war emergency, the director is empowered to:

1.

Make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such local emergency; provided, however, such rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the city council;

2.

Obtain vital supplies, equipment and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of life and property and to bind the city for the fair value thereof, subject to the limitations contained in the Charter of the city, and if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use;

3.

Require emergency services of any city officer or employee and, in the event of the proclamation of a state of emergency in Los Angeles County or the existence of a state of war emergency, to command the aid of as many citizens of this city as the director deems necessary in the execution of his/her duties. Such persons shall be entitled to all privileges, benefits and immunities as are provided by state law for registered disaster service workers;

4.

Requisition necessary personnel or material of any city department or agency;

5.

Execute all of the ordinary power of the office of city manager, all of the special powers conferred by this chapter or by resolution or emergency plan pursuant hereto adopted by the city council, all powers conferred by any statute, by any agreement approved by the city council, and by any other lawful authority.

(Ord. 6820 § 45 (part), 2000; Ord. 6626 § 3, 1995; Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)