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The Director of Emergency Services may request the City Council to proclaim the existence of a Local Emergency, if the City Council is in session, or may issue such proclamation if the City Council is not in session. Such proclamation must be made within 10 days of the occurrence of the disaster or emergency. Whenever a Local Emergency is proclaimed by the Director, the City Council must, within seven days from the date of the original proclamation by the Director, approve a resolution ratifying the proclamation, or allow the proclamation to expire. City Council shall review the need for continuing the Local Emergency at least once every 30 days and shall terminate the emergency or allow it to expire at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. During a Local Emergency, the City Council or the Director of Emergency Services may promulgate ordinances, orders or regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property, including orders or regulations imposing a curfew within designated boundaries where necessary to preserve the public order and safety. Such orders and regulations and amendments and rescissions thereof shall be in writing and shall be given widespread publicity and notice. The City Council shall proclaim the termination of the Local Emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Upon termination of the Local Emergency, any such rules, regulations, orders and directives or suspensions thereof prepared under the Proclamation of Local Emergency shall terminate and have no further force or effect. B. Initial Emergency Measures All emergency measures taken by the Director of Emergency Services prior to the issuance of an official proclamation of emergency, or prior to any decision by the City Council not to issue such proclamation, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the City of Santa Ana and shall be legal and binding on the City of Santa Ana. The Director of Emergency Services shall be immune from any form of liability for all emergency measures taken pursuant to an official proclamation of emergency made by the Director prior to a decision by the City Council, even if the City Council later decides not to ratify the Director's proclamation of emergency. C. Emergency Expenditures Any expenditure made in connection with emergency activities under this Division, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the City of Santa Ana. The Director of Emergency Services, during a proclaimed emergency, shall have the authority to approve contracts and waive normal purchasing requirements as necessary to support the emergency response under this Division and to protect the life and property of the residents of the City. The Director shall have the authority to enter contracts or make purchases for any supplies, materials, equipment or services when any such item is immediately necessary for the continued operation of City government, for the preservation of life or property, or when such purchase is required for the health, safety and welfare of the people, provided there is a present, immediate and existing emergency. Ordinance No. NS -2916 Page 10 of 13