HomeMy Public PortalAbout92-997 ORDINANCE NO. 92-997
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON RELATING
TO PAYMENT OF CITY EMPLOYEES FOR EMPLOYMENT
DURING AN EMERGENCY AND AMENDING THE CARSON
MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Article III, Chapter 7, Section 3705,
paragraph (a) (6) of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
113705. Powers and Duties of the Director and Assistant
Director of Emergency Preparedness.
(a) The Director is hereby empowered to:
(6) In the event of the proclamation of a "local
emergency" as herein provided, the proclamation of a "state
of emergency" by the Governor or the Director of the State
Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a "state
of war emergency, " the Director, or in the Director's
absence, the Assistant Director or other person so
designated in the City of Carson Emergency Plan, is hereby
empowered:
(i) To make and issue rules and regulations
on matters reasonably related to the protection of life
and property as affected by such emergency; provided,
however, such rules and regulations must be confirmed
at the earliest practicable time by the City Council;
(ii) To obtain vital supplies, equipment,
and such other properties found lacking and needed for
the protection of life and property and to bind the
city for the fair value thereof and, if required
immediately, to command the same for public use;
(iii) To require emergency services of any
city officer or employee and, in the event of the
proclamation of a "state of emergency" in the county in
which this city is located or the existence of a "state
of war emergency, " to command the aid of as many
citizens of this community as he or she deems necessary
in the execution of his or her duties; such persons
shall be entitled to all privileges, benefits, and
immunities as are provided by state law for registered
disaster service workers;
(iv) To requisition necessary personnel or
material of any city department or agency;
(v) To authorize payment of additional
compensation to employees who are not otherwise
entitled to overtime pay pursuant to the provisions of
the City of Carson's personnel rules or a memorandum of
understanding. The additional compensation shall be in
recognition of services performed and authorized hours
worked by such employees due to the emergency. The
additional compensation shall not exceed the employee's
daily rate of pay for each day worked during the
emergency; and
(vi) To execute all of his or her ordinary
powers as City Administrator, all of the special powers
conferred upon him or her by this ordinance or by
resolution or emergency plan pursuant hereto adopted by
the City Council, all powers conferred upon him or her
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by any statute, by any agreement approved by the City
Council, and by any other lawful authority. "
Section 2. Article III, Chapter 7, Section 3705 of the
Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto a new
paragraph (d) to read as follows:
113705. Powers and Duties of the Director and Assistant
Director of Emergency Preparedness.
" (d) In the event of the proclamation of a "local
emergency" as herein provided, the proclamation of a "state
of emergency" by the Governor or the Director of the State
Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a "state
of war emergency, " the City Council may authorize additional
compensation to be awarded to the Director of Emergency
Preparedness for services performed and hours worked due to
the emergency, based on the Director's daily rate of pay for
each day worked during the emergency. "
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of
January , 1993 .
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ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ASSISTANT CITY TTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is four; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 92-997 passed first reading on December 15, 1992, was duly
and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council,
duly and regularly held on the 5th day of January 1993, and that the same was passed
and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Calas, Fajardo, and Mitoma
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Muise-Perez
s &. 4 JO �2
City Clerk, City of Carson, California
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