Appointment to Dubuque County Emergency Management Commissior Copyrighted
June 6, 2022
City of Dubuque Action Items # 05.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Appointment to Dubuque County Emergency Management Commission
SUMMARY: Mayor Cavanagh recommending appointment of Fire Chief Amy Scheller
as the representative to the Dubuque County Emergency Management
Commission.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Approve
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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Iowa Code Section 29C.9 Supporting Documentation
1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY, §29C.9
29C.9 Local emergency management commissions.
1. The county boards of supervisors, city councils, and the sheriff in each county shall
cooperate with the department to establish a commission to carry out the provisions of this
chapter.
2. The commission shall be composed of a member of the board of supervisors, the
sheriff, and the mayor from each city within the county. A commission member may
designate an alternate to represent the designated entity. For any activity relating to section
29C.17, subsection 2, or chapter 24,participation shall only be by a commission member or
a designated alternate that is an elected official from the same designated entity.
3. The name used by the commission shall be (county name) county emergency
management commission. The name used by the office of the commission shall be (county
name) county emergency management agency.
4. For the purposes of this chapter, a commission is a municipality as defined in section
670.1.
5. The commission shall model its bylaws and conduct its business according to the
guidelines provided in the department's administrative rules.
6. The commission shall determine the mission of its agency and program and provide
direction for the delivery of the emergency management services of planning,administration,
coordination, training, and support for local governments and their departments. The
commission shall coordinate its services in the event of a disaster. The commission may also
provide joint emergency response communications services through an agreement entered
into under chapter 28E.
7. The commission shall delegate to the emergency management coordinator the
authority to fulfill the commission duties as described in the department's administrative
rules. Each commission shall appoint a local emergency management coordinator who
shall meet the qualifications specified in the administrative rules by the director. Additional
emergency management personnel may be appointed at the discretion of the commission.
8. The commission shall develop, adopt, and submit for approval by local governments
within the commission's jurisdiction, a comprehensive emergency plan which meets
standards adopted by the department in accordance with chapter 17A. If an approved
comprehensive emergency plan has not been prepared according to established standards
and the director finds that satisfactory progress is not being made toward the completion
of the plan, or if the director finds that a commission has failed to appoint a qualified
emergency management coordinator as provided in this chapter, the director shall notify
the governing bodies of the counties and cities affected by the failure and the governing
bodies shall not appropriate any moneys to the local emergency management fund until
the comprehensive emergency plan is prepared and approved or a qualified emergency
management coordinator is appointed. If the director finds that a commission has appointed
an unqualified emergency management coordinator,the director shall notify the commission
citing the qualifications which are not met and the commission shall not approve the
payment of the salary or expenses of the unqualified emergency management coordinator.
9. The commission shall encourage local officials to support and participate in exercise
programs which test proposed or established jurisdictional emergency plans and capabilities.
During emergencies when lives are threatened and extensive damage has occurred to
property, the county and all cities involved shall fully cooperate with the emergency
management agency to provide assistance in order to coordinate emergency management
activities including gathering of damage assessment data required by state and federal
authorities for the purposes of emergency declarations and disaster assistance.
10. Two or more commissions may,upon review by the director and with the approval of
their respective boards of supervisors and cities, enter into agreements pursuant to chapter
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§29C.9,EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY 2
28E for the joint coordination and administration of emergency management services
throughout the multicounty area.
[C62, §28A.7; C66, 71, 73, 75, §29C.7; C77, 79, 81, §29C.9]
83 Acts,ch 123, §40,209; 92 Acts,ch 1139,§10;2003 Acts,ch 179,§157;2007 Acts,ch 149,
§1; 2011 Acts, ch 69, §5; 2012 Acts, ch 1071, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §19
Referred to in§8D.13,29C.6,29C.7,29C.17,29C.22,34A.8,331.381,331.653
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