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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
ANNISTON, Ala. - The Anniston City Council passed an ordinance at their meeting Tuesday that better outlines what work the city can do after a disaster.
Mayor Vaughn Stewart said that the ordinance “puts the city in a proactive status” to respond to cleanup resulting from storms. City Manager Don Hoyt said he has done research on the situation and wants the newly passed ordinance to give guidance to public works employees working on recovery efforts.
Hoyt said there was vagueness in existing city laws whether work could be done on private property that normally causes problems. "Every time a tree blows over and hits a house, we run into that problem," he said. The ordinance allows authority similar to that given to first responders and law enforcement working on private property.
Hoyt said the public works can only work on private property under certain circumstances. During an emergency declared by the council, widespread recovery efforts can now utilize city resources in tree removal or other cleanup work done on private property.
Hoyt said the updated ordinance allows the city manager to direct public works employees in assisting with work on private property in the event of an emergency declared by the city council. The ordinance was unanimously supported by all councilmembers.
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