§ 10-8. Emergency council—Powers and duties.

(a)

The emergency council is empowered to study, revise, and recommend to the board of supervisors for adoption, the Sonoma County/operational area emergency plan, and to review and recommend action upon all proposed mutual aid agreements with the United States, state of California, other political subdivisions, 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 Sonoma County/operational area emergency plan or any mutual aid agreement entered into pursuant to such plan. Such plans shall take effect only upon its adoption by resolution by the board of supervisors of the county.

(b)

The emergency council shall meet at least semiannually. The chairman may call such other meetings as are deemed necessary.

(c)

A member of the department of emergency services staff shall be 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 are approved by the director.

(d)

Each calendar year, the emergency council shall review the goals and objectives for the county/operational area. The council will recommend approval or suggest changes to the director of emergency services.

(e)

Approval of recommendations 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 such council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The emergency council shall appoint such committees as shall be necessary to advise the council on questions relating to management of resources, communications, health services, utilities, the preservation of peace and safety, and in such other areas as may be deemed necessary by the council.

(f)

The emergency council shall periodically review the county/operational area emergency plan and recommend to the board of supervisors its retention, amendment or repeal.

(g)

The emergency council may recommend the calling and conducting of test exercises, either singularly or in conjunction with the United States, state of California, or any political subdivision, corporation, group or individual. The emergency council may recommend 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.

(h)

The emergency council shall approve any of the county/operational area's funding distribution proposals to the extent required by the California Office of Emergency Services.

(Ord. 5761 § 1, 2007: Ord. No. 5204 § 7, 1999: Ord. No. 4628 § 2, 1993; Ord. No. 1593 § 2.)