HomeMy WebLinkAbout3167 Related to Emergency Management; Revising the City Continuity of Government Provisions, and Amending Port Townsend Municipal Code Section 9.40.100 (Succession – Continuity of Government) Ordinance 3167
Ordinance 3167
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, RELATED
TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; REVISING THE CITY CONTINUITY OF
GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS,AND AMENDING PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 9.40.100 (SUCCESSION—CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT)
WHEREAS, as provided for in Section 38.52.070 of the Revised Code of Washington,
the City of Port Townsend has established an emergency management program which is codified
in Chapter 9.40 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, as part of a periodic review during the Cascadia Rising exercise, staff
noticed that the continuity of operations provisions in City Code did not reflect the current City
organization; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with staff's recommendation for updating this
provision;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
Section 1. Amendments,. Section 9.40.100 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is
amended as shown in Exhibit A.
Section 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
Section 3. Publication. This Ordinance shall be published by an approved summary
consisting of the title.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days
after the date of its publication in the manner provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a regular meeting
thereof, held this 6th day of March 2017.
Deborah S. i son
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
Joanna Sanders CMC Steven L (31
.oss
City Clerk City Attorney
Ordinance 3167 Exhibit A
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EXHIBIT A
9.40.100 Succession (continuity of government).
A. Council:
1. Mayor;
2. Deputy Mayor;
3, member with the longest continuous service as a
Port Townsend Council member..
B. igoti '1°ownsend City Manager:
der:
1. City Manqger
2. Director or Finance and Administration
3. Department head with the long est continuous ous service as the head of a Port City
Depailtnent.
4. The City Attorney shall not be in the line of administrative succession unless no other
Department„head is available.
C. Port Townsend Ppolice dDepartment:
1. Chief of pPolice;
? e t�Cl,tdo;fPolice
32. Patrol sergeant;
43. Designated senior patrol officer.
, Patrol of!cer with the longest continuous service as a Port Townsend Police Officer.
DE. Port Townsend pPublic wWorks dDepartment:
1. Director of pPublic wWorks;
2. �sia a CiWty friwr
3. y-64Public Works Operations Mana er— Streets/Sewer
Collection/Stormwater
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4 C 4y_a"'ar nis4:fatof
7 City eler-k
3. City t-Feasur-en
E. loF"4wn , Finance and Administration:
1. Director of Finance and Administration
. y4feas tel7i�nance..Manag ;
32. Own n �a ofljurnanITITesources 1'^ ����a�g_e�;
3: ity lerk-.
F. Po own City c-Clerk:
1. City Celerk;
2. 3 wiai De ut C-_ity Clerk;
3. City to-ea urvfClerk .,e Tal Assistant
Ordinance 3167 Exhibit A
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G. Port Townsend eCity aAttorney:
1. City aAttomey;
2. Assistant eCity Aattorney.
H. PTow
eA I:.jnergency Mana")ment Program:
1. Director-eChief of pPolice;
2. Deputy Chief of Police;
33. De "�<m-po �P'atrol sSergeant.
I. Development Sservices Ddepartment:
1. elep +tet s � • tme t-lLlaniiin dDirector;
2. di*toPIannin gMaaqer;
3. Building " torGflicial,.
J. Dire ,"aepaf f enl.
1. Fire ehie�f,
2.Asst-am- irehi
J�1 �n�2 Q,I
1. Library Director
2. Mangging Librarian - Technical & Public Services
3. Managing Library - Youth Services Librarian