Ordinance 1974-58 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE
BE IT ORDANIED by the Mayor and City Council of the United City of the
Village of Yorkville, that:
Section 1. (Establishment) There is hereby created the local municipal
civil defense organization to prevent, minimize, repair and alleviate injury
or damage resulting from disaster caused by enemy attack, sabotage, or other
hostile action, or from natural disaster, in accordance with "The Illinois
Civil Defense Act of 1951," as amended.
This civil defense organization shall consist of the director and
additional members to be selected by the director.
Section 2. (Director) The director of the Municipal civil defense
organization shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the consent of the City
Council, and shall serve until removed by the same.
Section 3. (Functions) The municipal civil defense organization shall
perform such civil defense functions within the municipality as shall be pres-
cribed in and by the state civil defense plan and program prepared by the
Governor, and such orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the
Governor, and in addition shall perform such duties outside the corporate limits
as may be required pursuant to any Mutual Aid agreement with any other political
subdivision, municipality or quasi-municipality entered into as provided by "The
Illinois Civil Defense Act of 1951," as amended.
Section 4. (Service as Mobile Support Team) All or any members of the
municipal civil defense organization may be designated as members of a Mobile
Support Team created by the state director of civil defense as provided by law.
The leader of such Mobile Support Team shall be designated by the director of the
municipal civil defense organization.
Section 5. (Agreements with other political subdivisions) The director of
the civil defense organization may negotiate Mutual Aid agreements with other
municipal corporations or political subdivisions of the state, but no such agree-
ment shall be effective until it has been approved by the City Council and by the
state director of civil defense.
Section 6. (Purchases and Expenditures) The City Council may, on recommenda-
tion of the municipal director of civil defense, authorize any purchase or contracts
necessary to place the municipality in a position to combat effectively any disaster
resulting from the explosion of any nuclear or other bomb or missile, and to protect
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the public health and safety, protect property, and provide emergency assistance
to victims in the case of such disaster, or from natural disaster.
Section 7. (Office) The Mayor is authorized to designate space in the
City Hall or elsewhere, as may be provided for by the City Council for the
municipal civil defense organization as its office.
Section 8. (Appropriation - Levy of Taxes) The City Council may make an
appropriation and levy a tax for civil defense purposes in the manner provided
by law.
Section 9. This ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage
and approval, as provided by law.
PASSED this day of /q i , 19 -7-1
Clerk-'
APPROVED this day of /A,� , 19
Mayor