HomeMy WebLinkAbout1417 City of Houston Lake First Response Service BILL NO. 2015-044 ORDINANCE NO. -L4 17
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON
LAKE, MISSOURI FOR FIRE, RESCUE AND MEDICAL FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 —AGREEMENT APPROVED. That the Riverside Board of Aldermen (`Board")
hereby approves the Agreement for Fire, Rescue and Medical First Response Service by and
between the City of Riverside and the City of Houston Lake, Missouri, in substantially the form
attached hereto, and the Mayor is authorized to execute the Agreement.
SECTION 2 — AUTHORITY GRANTED. The Mayor, the City Administrator and other
appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to take any and all actions as may be deemed
necessary or convenient to cavy out and comply with the intent of this Ordinance and to execute
and deliver for and on behalf of the City all certificates, instruments, agreements and other
documents, as may be necessary or convenient to perform all matters herein authorized.
SECTION 3 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
BE IT REMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND
APPROVED by a majority of the Board of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the
City of Riverside this 2!!� day of 2015.
Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
Robin Littrell; ,ty Clerk
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Agreement for
Fire, Rescue and Medical First Response Service
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this dwP' day of S_w1e., , 2015 by and
between THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation hereinafter called CYRS
and THE CITY OF HOUSTON LAKE, MISSOURI a municipal corporation hereinafter called CYHL.
Whereas:
The CYHL desires to upgrade the services available to its City's residents & business by
providing high levels of fire suppression, medical first response, hazardous materials response, water
rescue services and prevention, education; and,
The CYRS desires to enhance the services provided to its City's residents by expanding its
current fire prevention, education, suppression, medical first response, hazardous materials response and
water rescue services capabilities, and by using additional revenues available under this agreement will
offset additional costs of these expanded services that would otherwise be borne solely by its taxpayers;
and,
The CYRS is a duly authorized provider of such services in accordance with Missouri State
Statutes; and,
A determination has been made by the Boards of both areas that the following Agreement is a
cost effective mechanism to provide such services.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual undertakings herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the parties covenant and agree as follows:
1. The CYRS shall furnish its equipment, personnel, and services at the request of persons who are
residents or businesses of the CYHL from the CYRS station located within the CYRS.
2. The CYRS shall furnish equipment, personnel to conduct fire suppression, emergency medical care,
vehicle extrication, rescue, water rescue, pre-fire planning, prevention and education services, to
include fire code education, to all properties and persons located within the corporate boundaries of
CYHL. Such service shall be rendered on the same basis as is rendered to persons and properties
within CYRS, but the CYRS assumes no liability for failure to do so by reason of any circumstances
beyond its control. In the event of simultaneous service calls whereby facilities and resources of
CYRS are taxed beyond its ability to render comparable service, the officers and employees of
CYRS shall have discretion as to the priority of handling such calls.
3. The CYRS shall in the absence of CYHL having a fire code enforcement process be able to conduct
pre-fire safety plan inspections of commercial structures to ensure the safety of its personnel. These
inspections are a non-punitive process and for the sole purpose of providing a safe atmosphere for
the CYRS to operate in.
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4. In consideration for the CYRS's furnishing such equipment, personnel, and services, the CYHL shall
pay to the CYRS an annual fee of $19,000, payable in equal monthly installments, which is the
agreed upon amount by both CYHL and CYRS for annual service.
5. This Agreement shall continue on an annual basis with either party having the right to terminate this
Agreement with 180 days written notice to the other party.
6. In consideration of the payment of such sum of money, CYRS agrees to pay all of its expenses of
organization, operation and all costs of acquiring, supplying and maintaining the necessary personnel
with which to control and prevent fire and provide medical first response and light rescue services
within the CYHL. The CYHL shall pay no additional monies to the CYRS except for the sum
outlined herein.
7. This agreement will be in full force and effect from July 1, 2015 until midnight June 30, 2017, unless
terminated according to the provision of paragraph 4.
8. This Agreement shall be modified only by the written agreement of both parties.
9. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Missouri,and venue shall be in Platte County,Missouri.
10. This Agreement shall not be deemed to create any third party benefit hereunder for any member of
the public or to authorize any one, not a party hereto, to maintain suit pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
Executed this a o day of 7Z!Lo e� 2015, by authority of the Board of Alderman
CITY OF RIV�E'RSIDEE, MISSOURI
By:
" Mayor Kathleen L. Rose
ATTEST:
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Robin Littrell, ' ity•Clgrk
CITY OF HOUSTON LAKE, MISSOURI
By:
Mayor Michael Hallauer
ATTEST:
'Marslla Duncan, City Clerk
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