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Emergency, if the City Council is in session; or to issue such proclamation if the <br />City Council is not in session, <br />2. Request the Governor to proclaim a State of Emergency when, in the opinion of <br />the Director, the locally available resources are inadequate to cope with the <br />emergency. (The County of Orange is also empowered to make this request on <br />behalf of the county as a whole, and commonly does so), <br />3. Control and direct the efforts of the Emergency Organization of the City for the <br />accomplishment of the purposes of this Division, <br />4. Direct cooperation between, and coordination of, the services and staff of the <br />Emergency Organization of the City, and to resolve questions of authority and <br />responsibility that may arise among them, <br />5. In the event of the proclamation of a Local Emergency as provided herein, or <br />the proclamation of a State of Emergency by the Governor or the Director of the <br />Governor's Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a State of War <br />Emergency, the Director is hereby empowered to: <br />a. Make and issue rules, regulations, orders or directives on matters <br />reasonably necessary to the protection of life and property as affected by <br />such emergency; or to suspend rules, regulations, orders or directives; <br />provided such rules and regulations or suspensions are confirmed by the <br />City Council at the earliest practicable time, <br />b. Requisition necessary personnel or material of any City department or <br />agency, <br />c. Obtain vital supplies, equipment or other such properties found lacking <br />and needed for the protection of life and property and to obligate the City for <br />the fair value thereof and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same <br />for public use, <br />d. Require emergency service of any City officer or employee, and to <br />command the aid of the citizens of this community, <br />e. Execute all of the ordinary powers and duties as City Manager, all <br />special powers and duties conferred upon the City Manager by this Division <br />and by the Emergency Operations Plan adopted pursuant hereto, all powers <br />and duties conferred upon him/her by any statute, agreement or other lawful <br />authority, and in conformity with Section 38791 of the California Government <br />Code, to exercise complete authority over the City and to exercise all police <br />powers vested in the City by the Constitution and general laws. <br />3. Deputy Director of Emergency Services — Powers and Duties <br />Ordinance No. NS -2916 <br />Page 5 of 13 <br />