Consider approving an ordinance, including any floor amendment related thereto, pertaining to Public Health and Safety, renaming the title of Chapter 8 of Lawton City Code from “Civil Defense” to “Public Health and Safety”; amending Sections 8-1-101, 8-1-102, 8-1-103, 8-1-104, 8-1-105, 8-1-106, 8-1-107, 8-1-108, 8-1-110, 8-1-112, 8-1-113, 8-1-114, 8-1-115, 8-1-118, 8-1-119; repealing and reserving Sections 8-1-109, 8-1-111, 8-1-116, 8-1-117; creating Sections 8-1-122 and 8-1-123, Article 8-1, Chapter 8, Lawton City Code, 2015; updating the provisions of the chapter to include revising the scope of said chapter, updating definitions to include adding the definition of “Emergency Management”, removing references to “Civil Defense”, adding other definitions, adding a section on cybersecurity and an emergency operations center, and bringing several sections into compliance with the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003; providing for severability and establishing an effective date.

Committee

City Council

Introduced

September 15, 2021

On agenda

September 28, 2021