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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 252 1941-05-01 J.':1/ if I /_:. , ;~ f2Y" ORDniA1~CE NO. 21j2 I AN ORDINANOE OF THE OITY OF SEAL BEACH, OALI~ORrrIA, OREATING A LOOAL DEFENSE COUf!CIL AliD PR~SORIBING ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, I WHEREAS, on Day 2g, 19~0, the President of the United States created a Oouncil of National Defense and an Advisory Oommission thereto for the purpose of assisting in the ooordina- tion of the various governmental, industrial, agrioultural, economic, and other activities essential to preparing for the de- fense of the United States; and UHEREAS, the Counoil of National Defense and its Advisory Commission have recommended that the National Defense Program and activities related thereto be carried on through regular governmental channels in so far as possible; and UHEREAS, the Oity of Beal Beach, California desires to assist in the program of National Defense by coordinating all of its facilities, resources and activities with the program afore- said; llO'.1, THEREFORE : The Oity Council of the Oity of Seal Beach does ordain as follows: I~ Seotion 1. There is hereby oreated the Seal Beach Defense Council. Seotion 2. The Defense Oouncil shall be oomposed of the ~yor,who shall be ex officio chairman of the Oouncil, ~ ~ ~''HA ~ who shall be ex officio secretary of the Council and such other local officials and oitizens as may be appointed thereto by the l~yor with the approval of the City Oouncil. The ~ayor shall designate one of the members of the Local Defense Council as vice-chair~~n, who shall preside at all meetings of sai Council in the absence of the ~yor. The Secretary, subject to the ~yorls direction, shall be responsible for coordinating its 1. Ordinance Number activities, keeping its records, conducting its oorrespondence and performing such other duties as the said Oouncil may from time I to time require of him. Section 3. The members of said Defense Counoil shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are ap- pointed and qualified. A four-fifths vote of all the members of the City Oounoil will be required to remove any member of said Defense C~uncil from office prior to the expiration of his term of offioe. Vaoancies on the Defense Council shall be filled by appointment by the Uayor, with the approval of the Oity Council. Section 4. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Defense Oouncil to encourage and promote proper coordination between the activities of governmental and private agencies, co- 'operating in ~he defense effort; to consider and reoommend means for public defen~and security for the betterment and preservation of publio health, for the protection of consumer interest, for the providing of housing, for the preservation of civil liberties, for the suppression of sabotage and subversive aotivities through law enforcement offici81~,for the planning of a major disaster program, capable of funotioning in a defense emergenoy; and to perform such other advisory functions as may from time to time be requested of it by offioials of the city or by State and Federal Agencies en- gaged in the defense effort. Said Oouncil shall reoeive, aoknowledge and appraise proffers of facilities, services and ideas orginating within the community and make appropriate disposition of same, olear informa- tion concerning defense programs and objectives among cooperating agenoies; recomm~~adjustments or arrangements neoessary for prompt assimilation of government programs for defense to the appropriate officers, departments or agencies; receive requests for assistanoe from the State Oouncil of Defense and from Federal defense author i- 1 I ties and transmit these requests to the proper oity authorities or 2. . .' .. 1 1 I Ordinance Number . -'. , - agencies; accumulate or assist in the aocumulation of information regarding local governmental, financial, economic, industrial and human facilities and resouroes and transmit any suoh facts, as well as other necessary information, to the state Oouncil of Defense and to Federal defense authorities. Seotion ~. The Oity Oouncil by resolution shall create such permanent and temporary oommittees of the Defense Council as the Oity Counoil deems necessary, shall define their duties within the purpose of this ordinanoe and may abolish any suoh committee. The chairman of the permanent committees of the Defense Oouncil shall be designated by the Defense Oouncil Chairman from among the members of the, Defense Council appointed as provided in Section 2 of this Ordinance. Members of permanent committees other than the chairman and all members of temporary committees shall be appointe by the ohairman of the Defense Oouncil and need not be members of the Defense Council. Section 6. This Ordinance is hereby deolared to be an emergency measure neoessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effeot and be in foroe from and after its passage and publication as required by law. The following is a speoific statement showing the urgency of this Ordinanoe. An emergency exists in the United States and in this State in providing adequate National and Looal Defense. It is neoessary that all information be gathered relating to National Defense and to provide for the proper cooperation and coordination of public and private agencies 80 that adequate Local Defense may be provided for at as early a date as possible. Adopted this ) g- day of ~ ,19!j.l. ~t/J~ ATTEST: - fi/L)J /$Ad~J. , ], y ~lerk 3.