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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 4482 ORD,I NANC OFFICIAL RECOI AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2681 , WHICH CITY SECRETAF IS AN ORDINANCE CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD, BY PROVIDING THAT SAME SHALL BE A SEPARATE BOARD OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH COMPOSED OF FT. WORTH, TE FOURTEEN ( 14) MEMBERS, WITH THE CITY MANAGER OF SAID CITY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN THEREOF, AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT SAID CITY MANAGER BE DESIGNATED DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE, WITH FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE AND TO APPOINT A COORDINATOR THEREOF; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES NOS. 2681 , 2784, 2868 and 3649 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES ON THE SAME SUB- JECT MATTER EXCEPT WHERE SAME CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1 . That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2681 be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter the same shall read and be as follows: Section 2, Pursuant to the Charter of the City of Fort Worth and the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, there is hereby created, as a separate board of the City of Fort Worth, what shall be known as an Emergency Board. This Board shall be composed of fourteen ( 14) members, four (4) of whom shall be selected from among the citizens of the City who have demonstrated their interest and ability in solving major pro- blems of vital concern to the public requiring immediate and timely action. The said four (4) members shall be nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council , and the remaining ten ( 10) members shall be the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Fort Worth, the County Judge of Tarrant County, the Chairman of the Tarrant County Chapter of the Red Cross, the Mayor of the City of Fort Worth, the President of General Dynamics-Fort Worth, the Commanding Officer of the Texas State Guard, the Manager of the Associated General Contractors, a representa- tive of the Trustees of the Fort Worth Independent School District, a representative of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 , and the City Manager of-the G_ity_ of Fort Worth, who shall be Chairman of the board. SECTION 2 That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2681 be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafter the same shall read and be as follows: Section 3 The functions of the Emergency Board shall be to advise and assist the City Manager in matters relating to disaster planning for the purpose of aiding the City Manager coordinating and correlating the activities of all agencies, organizations and citizens, so that in the event of a major disaster, persons, firms or corporations charged with a specific duty in connection with adequate measures to protect and preserve life and property will be at their respective post of duty at the proper time, so that the greatest degree of efficiency may be obtained, and so that interference on the part of one person or agency with that of another may be resolved to a irreducible minimum. SECTION 3. That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2681 be and the same is hereby amended so that hereafer the same shall read and be as follows: Section 4. The City Manager of the City of Fort Worth, or anyone duly authorized to perform his duties in his absence, is designated Chairman of the Emergency Board and Director of Civil Defense, with full power and author- ity to establish an office of Civil Defense and appoint a coordinator thereof, who shall aid the City Manager in mobilizing, coordinating and correlating all the activities of all agencies, forces, organizations and persons under the command and within the jurisdiction of the City. In time of disaster, the City Manager shall assume full responsibility for and con- trol over disaster operations, and shall exercise every character of super- vision and surveillance at his command to make certain that a supreme effort is made on the part of everyone concerned to afford relief to all in distress and to protect life and property in every possible way and manner. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance in conflict herewith, but only insofar as the portion of such prior ordinance shall be 1n ,d6hft!ct,i .and as to all other sections of Ordinance No. 2681 and all other ordinances on the same subject matter not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: +, 0 ro� �' ' City Attorney i J r EMERGENCY BOARD - CITY OF FORT WORTH LIST OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO NOW SERVE BY VIRTDRE OF THEIR POSITIONS L. P. Cookingham, City Manager and Chairman John S. Justin, Jr., Mayor Joseph H. Chowning, President, Chamber of Commerce Marvin B. Simpson, Jr., County Judge Fred Korth, Red Cross Chairman Frank W. Davis, President, General Dynamics-Fort Worth Marshall H. Kennady, Texas State Guard Dan Hamilton, h4anager, Associated General Contractors William S. Potts, School Board Ben Hickey, TCWI District No. I VACANT POSITIONS TO BE FILLED 1 . Alternate 2. Alternate 3. Alternate 4. Alternate o-Mr. Cookin,gham Mr. Sheppard. O:+' FORT WORTH, iE.G? OF FORT WORTH Tom' c�',_1Xr MATTER OF TIIIS M.& C.C. ��t`1� t1146' ?i',,ESLNTFD TO THE CI't" COOU11CIL $ AND WAS APPROVE .40 OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGE I Communication to Mayor and Council No. (31-80 OFFICIAL RECORD June 16, 1961 CITY S1 CRETARY ,+e ivy ty Secretary FT. WOR 11, M. I A Honorable Mayor and Re: Proposed Changes in Emergency Members of the 61 ty Council Board City of Fort Worth - The need for immediate arnd decisive action 1n the-event of a national or local emergency has caused a dumber of changes in concept regarding the organization of 01*1 1 Defense planning and coordination. More than 10 years ago, the City enacted an ordinance which created a board to cootdi'ta agate disaster operations as a separate department of the city government. % :Ordinance 2681 , adopted In 1949, provides for an Emergency Board consisting of 14 members, of which the City Manager is Chairman. The continuing work of disaster planning and coordination, however, 116$ been assumed by the City Manager as Qirector of the Joint City-County tivIA Defense Office. The Emergency Board has served in a stand-by capbclty. It Is proposed that an ordinance b$ etlbcted which provides for the organiza- tionai needs of the City in emergency planning and coordination, and which officially designRates the City Hanlger as Director of Civil Defense and authorizes him '-* appoint and direct the activities of a_Coord Rstor of the Office of Civii Defense. Such an ordinance should also provide for an Emergency Board, acting as an advisory *wrA r*ther than as a department In coordinating disaster operations and in t6he rating community support for the Civil Defense program. New provisions of the proposed ordinance are as follows% 1) The City -Manager is desiihated ter of Civil Defense for the City -of Fort Worth; 2) The City manager Is authorized to establish an Affice of Civil Defense and apotint the Coordinator of Civ1I De onse; 3) The City Manager shall exercise adminisjletive and fiscal control over the activities iwf '",* Clwil Defense 'Office; and 4) The Emerg4iay 006rd shall act as an advisory and planning coordW nation body''rather than as a separate department of the City. Provisions of the existing ordinance which are retained in the proposed ordinance are as follows: 1) The Emergency Board shall consis# of 14 members, 10 of whom shall fill places on a continuing basis by virtue of their positions or major responsibilities in the community; four additional members shall be nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council (the l&C G I- 80 June 16, 1961 Page •2 privibus four members included representatives from Carswell AFB, Texas Electric Service Company, a Large contracting compapy, and the Army Corps of Engineers); 2) The City Manager shall act as Chairman of the Emergency Board; and 3) The Emergency Board shall otherwise advise and assist the City Manager in making plans for coordinating and correlating the activities of all agencies, organizations and citizens of the City in event of a disaster. Recently, the Council has taken action to expand disaster planning and train- ing activities of the local Civil Defense Office. Appointment of highly qualified and interested citizens to the Emergency Board would help provide broader community support for the accelerated Civil Defense program. It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adapted and that the four appointive positions, plus four alternates, be filled. Respectfully submitt d, LOCtih L. C *gham City Managel attachments - 2