3139 To provide for an emergency management program in the town of tillsonburgCORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAWNUMBER3139
A BY -LAW TO PROVIDE FOR AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
IN THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG.
WHEREAS, an emergency management program will provide for the protection of
public safety, health, the environment, critical infrastructure and property, and will
promote economic stability and will ensure that Town of Tillsonburg will be a disaster-
resilient community.
WHEREAS, The Province of Ontario has passed an Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter E.9, as
amended, (short title-The Emergency Management Act) which requires the development
and implementation of an emergency management program by the Council of the
municipality;
AND WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Act requires the emergency
management program to conform to standards promulgated by Emergency Management
Ontario in accordance with international best practices, including the four 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, the Emergency Management 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 Emergency Management 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 his/her inability to act;
AND WHEREAS, the Emergency Management 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;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the
Town ofTillsonburg enacts as follows:
1. That an Emergency Management Program be developed and
implemented in accordance with the standards published by
Emergency Management Ontario in accordance with international best
practices;
2. That the Head of Council or designated alternate, as provided in the
plan, be empowered to declare an emergency and implement the
emergency response plan;
3. That certain appointed officials or their designated alternates, as
provided in the approved community response plan are empowered to
cause an emergency notification to be issued to members of the
Community Control Group, and to respond to an emergency in
accordance with the emergency response plan where an emergency
exists but has not yet been declared to exist;
4. That, appointed members of the Emergency Management Program
Committee will cause the emergency management program to be
reviewed annually and to recommend changes to the program as
considered appropriate and refer recommendations to Council for
further review and approval; and
5. That the emergency response plan attached hereto as Schedule "A" of
this By-law is hereby adopted.
Read a first and second time this 13th day of December, 2004.
Read a third time and finally passed, signed, sealed and numbered 3139 this lOth day
of January, 2005.