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090 (B) The Board of Commissioners, through the County Manager, shall appoint a • Coordinator of the Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security who shall be a person well versed and trained in planning operations involving the activities of many different agencies which will operate to protect the public health, safety and welfare in the event of danger from enemy, terrorist action, or disaster as defined in this subchapter. (C) The Coordinator shall designate and appoint deputy coordinators to assume the emergency duties of the coordinator in the event of his absence or inability to act. SECTION 18. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES OF THE COORDINATOR (A) The coordinator shall be responsible to the Board of Commissioners in regard to all phases of emergency management/homeland security activity. The Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, coordination and operation of the emergency management activities in the county. The Coordinator shall maintain liaison with the state and federal authorities and the authorities of nearby political subdivisions so as to insure the most effective operation and implementation of the emergency management plans. (B) The Coordinator's duties shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Coordinating the recruitment of volunteer personnel and agencies to augment the personnel and facilities of the county for emergency management purposes. (2) Development and coordination of plans for the immediate use of all facilities, equipment, manpower and other resources of the county for the purpose of minimizing or preventing damage to persons and property, and protecting the restoring to usefulness governmental services and public utilities necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare. S (3) Negotiating and concluding agreements with owners or persons in control of buildings or other real property, emergency supplies and commodities, equipment and mechanized vehicles, and employers of personnel with specialized training and skills for emergency management purposes. (4) Through public informational programs, educating the populace as to actions necessary and required for the protection of their persons and property in case of enemy attack, terrorism, or disaster as defined herein, either impending or present. (5) Conducting public practice alerts and exercises to insure the efficient operation of the emergency management forces and to familiarize residents with emergency management regulations, procedures and operations. (6) Compel and coordinating the activity of all other public and private agencies engaged in any emergency management activities within the County and its municipalities. SECTION 19. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS (A) Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. In the preparations of these as it pertains to county organization, it is intended that the services, equipment and facilities and personnel of existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest extent. When approved, it shall be the duty of all departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned by these plans to maintain their portions of the plans in a current state of readiness at all times. These plans shall have the effect of law whenever a disaster, as defined in this subchapter, has been proclaimed.