AND WHEREAS this Act requires the Emergency Management Program to conform with standards promulgated by Emergency Management Ontario in accordance with international best practices, including the five core components of emergency management, namely: mitigation, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery; and also makes provision for the municipality and council to develop and implement an Emergency Management Program to protect public safety, public health, the environment, the critical infrastructure and property, and to promote economic stability and a disaster-resilient community;
 

AND WHEREAS this Act makes provision for the Head of Council to declare that an emergency exists in the community or in any part thereof, and also provides the Head of Council with authority to take such action or make such orders as he/she considers necessary and not contrary to law, to implement the emergency response plan and respond to an emergency;
 

AND WHEREAS the Act provides for the designation of one or more members of Council who may exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Head of Council during his/ her absence or inability to act;
 

AND WHEREAS the Act authorizes employees of a community to respond to an emergency in accordance with the emergency response plan where an emergency exists but has not yet been declared to exist;
 

AND WHEREAS the Act requires that every municipality shall review and, if necessary revise its emergency plan every year and submit a copy of the emergency plans and of any revisions to their emergency plans to the Chief, Emergency Management Ontario to ensure that the Chief, Emergency Management Ontario has, at any time, the most current version of their emergency plans;
 

NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the Township of Laurentian Valley enacts as follows:

1. THAT the Township of Laurentian Valley has formulated the Township of Laurentian Valley Emergency Response Plan December 2007 governing the provision of necessary services during an emergency and the procedures under, and the manner in which employees of the municipality and other persons will respond to the emergency;
    
2. THAT the Township of Laurentian Valley will review and, if necessary, revise its emergency plan every year;
    
3. THAT the Township of Laurentian Valley will submit a copy of the Township of Laurentian Valley Emergency Response Plan December 2007 and any revisions thereof to the Chief, Emergency Management Ontario and will ensure that Emergency Management Ontario has, at any time, the most current version of the township’s emergency plan; and
    
4. THAT the Council of the Township of Laurentian Valley, by By-Law, hereby adopts the Township of Laurentian Valley Emergency Response Plan December 2007 attached hereto as Schedule "A".
    
5. THAT By-law 04-10-229 is hereby repealed.

Read a FIRST and SECOND time this 4^th day of March, 2008. 

REEVE: Jack Wilson 

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/CLERK

 

Read a THIRD time and FINALLY passed this 4^th day of March, 2008.

REEVE: Jack Wilson 

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER/CLERK

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