County Code - Title 10 - Civil Defense
TITLE 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10-1 |
BE IT ORDAINED by the DeKalb County Commissioners of DeKalb County, Indiana, that: SECTION 1. A weather emergency shall commence by executive order, determination and proclamation of the President of the County Commissioners or in his absence or incapacity by the Vice President of the County Commissioners and in his absence or incapacity the other member of the County Commissioners. SECTION 2. The President of the County Commissioners or his substitute, shall determine and proclaim a weather emergency when, in his sound judgment and discretion, the circumstances warrant the determination of such an emergency for the public safety and the welfare of the residents of DeKalb County. Such weather emergency shall continue in effect until he determines that an emergency no longer exists and terminates the emergency order, or until the County Commissioners in session shall make such determination. SECTION 3. Emergency routes shall be as designated in the emergency order, and such order can include a closing of some or all county roadways to the public and such orders shall exempt all emergency travel for medical assistance, police, fire and civil defense activities, fuel haulers, public utility employees and milk haulers. SECTION 4. After a weather emergency has been declared and during its existence:
SECTION 5. Publication and broadcast of the proclamation of a weather emergency shall be done by the authorized Commissioner or his substitute using a press release to the area news media. SECTION 6. Any DeKalb County Police Officer or Indiana State Police Officer upon discovering any vehicle unlawfully traveling, or parked, or stopped in violation of this Ordinance, may impound and remove such vehicle or cause the same to be impounded and removed to any County owned property, or to a private garage or place where so authorized. Prior to removal, said officer shall ticket the driver or owner of the unlawfully parked or operated vehicle and the owner or operator thereof shall be fined for his or her violation of this Ordinance. Such vehicle shall be impounded and retained at such location as the police officer shall determine until the towing and storage expenses for said vehicle shall be paid to the individual or company performing the towing service. SECTION 7. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of the commission of an infraction and may be fined in any sum not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and such shall be enforceable in any court of law duly authorized by Indiana State Law, and in addition to such fine the court shall be authorized to direct the accused to repay the county municipality any monetary losses or expenses incurred in the incident. This ordinance read and adopted by the County Commissioners of DeKalb County, Indiana on the date as shown below. (Ord. 82-2, passed February 8, 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10-2 |
WHEREAS, the DeKalb County Council and the DeKalb County Commissioners in joint session find that emergency situations are an unfortunate part of the community, WHEREAS, the cost to provide emergency services is a burden on all citizens of the community, WHEREAS, a recovery of costs expended to provide emergency services has risen substantially in recent years, and, WHEREAS, the County can only continue to provide high quality emergency services by recovering its costs. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE DEKALB COUNTY COUNCIL and THE DEKALB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS as follows; Section I. Definitions
Section 2. Cost Accounting , Allocations and Assignment
Section 3. Hearings
Section 4. Payment of Assigned Costs
Section 5. Monies Collected. All monies Collected from assigns shall be credited to the department(s) who incurred the costs for the emergency services. Section 6. Wherefore this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon passage by the County Council and County Commissioners of DeKalb County. (Ord. 89-1, passed January 9, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10-3 |
BE IT RESOLVED, that Robert J. Dygert of East Chestnut Street, Waterloo, Indiana, is hereby appointed as Civil Defense Director of DeKalb County, Indiana. (Res. 61-13, passed August 14, 1961) |