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CityCouncil | 2015-12-15 | 17 | 551 authority as stated in the Charter. Vice Mayor Matarrese concurred with Councilmember Oddie; stated however, the ordinance is silent on the Mayor's authority. Councilmember Oddie stated Ordinance Section 22-4 states: "if the Director claims a local emergency or issues a proclamation, the Council has the authority to ratify the proclamation within seven days"; Council retains authority; he is concerned that if there is an active shooter situation, similar to San Bernardino, and the whole City is shut down, action has to be taken quickly without waiting for the Mayor and Council to confer and issue a proclamation; the duty of the Commission is to develop emergency and mutual aid plans and agreements; elected officials are not turning over control of the City, the Council still retains authority; he does not see a conflict. Vice Mayor Matarrese concurred with Councilmember Oddie, stated he is just requesting that the Charter language be imbedded in the ordinance to make sure the hierarchy is understood; the hierarchy is prescribed in the Charter; until the Charter is changed, Council must recognize it and declare a citywide disaster. Mayor Spencer stated the changes are substantive and she would like to see the original document to be able to compare it to the proposed document. Councilmember Daysog stated the past practice of including Mayors in the Disaster Council was to respect Charter Section 6-1; many Mayors did not attend meetings because of the planning nature of the Disaster Council; the issue is attending the meetings and recognizing Council reflects the civilian body; the Mayor was involved before, there is no reason the Mayor ought to not be involved today. The Interim City Manager stated the reason why the prior ordinance was not included in the report is that it is not active and no longer in effect; it is important to remember that there are very different standards today than there were when Mayor Appezzato was in office; the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) program is very technical; the City Manager has to be in the Director role; the City Manager has a daily, long standing, stable relationship with the departments which does not come and go with elections; staff will bring the ordinance back with the embedded Charter language. Mayor Spencer requested a legal determination on the issue of the City Manager in the Director role; stated Council has to respect the Charter and cannot change it. Councilmember Daysog stated Alameda citizens respected Mayor Spencer when she controlled the situation which occurred during the November 4th Council meeting regarding rents; her actions indicate she is a natural leader. The Fire Captain stated the Mayor and Council are an integral part of EOC; what is being left to the trained professionals is the management of the boots on the ground and the things that are happening in real time; the people in the EOC are not doing the Regular Meeting Alameda City Council December 15, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-12-15.pdf |