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39B.070 Execution of emergency powers -- Emergency operations centers -Waiver of procedures and formalities.
Each city, county, urban-county government, or charter county government may:
(1) Through the county judge/executive of a county other than an urban-county
government, mayor of an urban-county government, chief executive of other
local governments, or mayor of a city, or their designees as provided by
ordinance, declare in writing a state of emergency when required, and
thereafter execute any emergency powers granted under this chapter to
provide for adequate and appropriate response to any occurrence or situation
or any impending event or situation resulting from any of the situations or
events contemplated by KRS 39A.010, 39A.020, or 39A.030;
(2) Appropriate and expend funds, make contracts, enact cost-recovery
ordinances, obtain and distribute equipment, materials, and supplies for
disaster and emergency response purposes; provide for the health and safety
of persons and property, including emergency assistance to the victims of any
disaster or emergency; review or approve local emergency operations plans;
and enact orders or ordinances pertaining to local emergency management
programs in accordance with the policies and plans prescribed by the federal
and state emergency management agencies and the provisions of KRS
Chapters 39A to 39F;
(3) Appoint, employ, remove, or provide, with or without compensation, staff
assistants to the local emergency management director, and clerical,
administrative, technical or other local emergency management agency staff
personnel, and local emergency management agency-supervised operating
units officially affiliated with the local disaster and emergency services
organization by city or county order or ordinance including rescue squads,
auxiliary fire, police, and medical personnel, urban search and rescue teams,
severe weather spotters teams, damage assessment teams, amateur radio or
communications personnel, or other emergency response groups, teams, or
personnel, and other disaster and emergency response workers;
(4) Establish a primary and one (1) or more secondary emergency operations
centers or on-scene command posts to serve as official local government
command posts during an emergency, declared emergency, disaster, or
catastrophe;
(5) Subject to the order of the Governor, or the chief executive of the county,
urban-county government, charter county government, or city, to assign and
make available for duty, the employees, property, or equipment of the county
or city relating to firefighting, engineering, rescue, health, medical and related
services, police, transportation, construction, and similar items or services for
disaster and emergency response purposes within or outside of the physical
limits of the county, urban-county government, charter county government, or
city;
(6) In the event of a national emergency or state of declared emergency or
declared disaster or catastrophe, as provided in KRS 39A.100, waive
procedures and formalities otherwise required by the law pertaining to: the
performance of public work; entering into contracts; the incurring of obligations;
the employment of permanent and temporary workers; the utilization of
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volunteer workers; the rental of equipment; the purchase and distribution, with
or without compensation, of supplies, materials, and facilities; the appropriation
and expenditure of public funds; and the demolition and removal of damaged
public and private structures; and
Confer or authorize the conferring upon members of the auxiliary police the
powers of peace officers, subject to the provisions of KRS 61.300, and any
other restrictions imposed by the appointing authority.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 35, effective July 15, 1998.
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