§ 26-62. Intent and purpose.

(a)

It is the intent and purpose of this article to establish an office that will ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county's resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters.

(b)

The county office of emergency management will be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with emergency management; it will be the instrument through which the board of commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies.

(c)

This article will not relieve any county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it by local ordinance, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies.

(Ord. of 11-1-76, § 2)