THAT the City of West Kelowna hereby consents to the Regional District adopting the Regional District of Central Okanagan Emergency Preparedness Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 1443, 2019; and,
WHEREAS Council wishes to establish an emergency management organization, as required by the Emergency Program Act and to provide a framework for the municipality to develop its own operational emergency response protocols, Council hereby resolves that:
- Pursuant to the Emergency Program Act (British Columbia), the emergency management organization established by under Regional District of Central Okanagan Emergency Management Program Bylaw No. 1444, 2019 is hereby established as the emergency management organization for the whole of the municipality; and,
- All of Council’s duties and powers under the Emergency Program Act (British Columbia) are hereby delegated to that emergency management organization, except for the power to make a declaration of a state of local emergency under that Act.