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MIKE PUSLEY
Commissioner
Precinct 1
BETTY JEAN
LONGORIA
Commissioner
Precinct 2
County of Nueces
SAMUEL L. NEAL, JR.
County Judge
Nueces County Courthouse, Room 303
901 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-3697
COMMISSIONERS COURT ORDER ESTABLISHING
NUECES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD
OSCAR ORTIZ
Commissioner
Precinct 3
H.C. “CHUCK”
CAZALAS
Commissioner
Precinct 4
WHEREAS, in the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-5), Management of Domestic Incidents,
the President of the United States directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop, submit for review
to the Homeland Security Council, and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). This
system will provide a consistent Nationwide approach for federal, state, political subdivisions, and tribal
governments to work effectively and efficiently together to prepare, prevent, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size or complexity; and,
WHEREAS, in compliance with the President’s directive at the state level, the Texas Governor issued an
Executive Order declaring the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the state standard for
incident management on February 23, 2005; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the implementation at the local level, Nueces County has established a NIMS
Implementation Plan in compliance with HSPD-5 Management of Domestic Incidents; and,
WHEREAS, the Nueces County Office of Emergency Management is responsible for planning, executing,
and monitoring the implementation of NIMS in Nueces County; and,
WHEREAS, Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code provides the Governor with authority and outlined
powers and duties during an emergency disaster, and by Executive Order the Governor may establish an
Emergency Management Council to advise and assist the Governor in all matters relating to disaster
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; and,
WHEREAS, Section 418.1015 of the Texas Government Code designates the presiding officer of the
governing body of a county as the emergency management director for the officer’s political subdivision. An
emergency management director serves as the governor’s designated agent in the administration and
supervision of duties under Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code. An emergency management director
may exercise the powers granted to the governor under Chapter 418 on an appropriate local scale. An
emergency management director may designate a person to serve as emergency management coordinator. The
emergency management coordinator shall serve as an assistant to the emergency management director for
emergency management purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Director, County Judge, in exercising the same powers as the
governor’s under Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code, by Order may establish a Nueces County
Emergency Management Advisory Board to assist him with a NIMS Implementation Plan; assist him with
tracking the progress on the NIMS Implementation Plan in each department and office of the County; assist
him with the review of the NIMS Implementation Plan and make recommended revisions; assist him with
coordinating emergency preparedness prior to the declaration of a local state of disaster; assist him with the
implementation of the Emergency Management Plan (“Basic Plan”) after he declares a local state of disaster;