81-OOOORESOLUTION NO. 81-0000
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK
TO EXECUTE A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN AND
AMONG THE CITY, PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND OTHER
PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER "911" SYSTEM IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY.
WHEREAS, The City of Boynton Beach, Florida, has found it
desirable to enter znto a mutual aid agreement between and among
the City, Palm Beach County, and other participating municipalities
for the purpose of implementing the emergency telephone number
'911" system in Palm Beach County; and
WHEREAS, such mutual aid agreement has been prepared and a
copy thereof is attached hereto; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON
BEACH, FLORIDA:
That the Mayor and City Clerk be authormzed to execune the
mutual aid agreement between and among the City, Palm Beach County,
and other participating municipalities, a copy of which ms attached
hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Boynton Beach, Florida, this 15th day of December , 1981.
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
ATTEST:
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Edward F. Harmen~ng, Mayor
~ icia ~oolley, Counc,ilmem~
//-samuel L.~-'--ght, Coun/im~n
City Clerk
(SEAL)
A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ALL OTHER
PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXPANDED 911
SYSTEM FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
THIS A
GP~E~[ENT is made and entered into on this
day of .__, 1981, by and between PALM BEACH COUNTY,
a political subdivision of the State of Florida, herein referred
to as "COUNTY", and the Municipalities of Atlantis, Belle Glade,
Jupiter, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Lantana,
Manalapan, North Palm Beach, Ocean Ridge, Pahokee, Palm Beach,
Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, South Bay,
Tequesta, and West Palm Beach along with the {unlczpalztmes of
Boca ~ + ,
~a~on Boynton Beach Delray Beach~ Highland Beach, and
Gulfstream, which have collectively formed the Cooperative-Dis-
patch Center of South Palm Beach County, an intergovernmental
entity created pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes.
W I TN E S $ E T H-
WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to implement Chapter
365.171, Florida Statutes, relating to a State-wide Emergency
Telephone Number "911" System Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to ensure that all
of their citizens receive emergency services in time of need; and
/~I{EREAS, the Parties hereto desire to lay a framework
of responsibilities necessary to implement this County-wide
~.Program,
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual obligations
hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereto agree as follows-
1. PURPOSE
The primary purpose of this Agreement is to specify
the appropriate actions to be taken by a Participant in the
County-wide E-911 System in the event that an emergency call re-
lating to public safety is manually or electronically misrouted
to the improper Public Safety Answering Point. Further, this
Agreement is intended to ensure that E-911 participants cooperate
in providing the necessary data pertaining to changes in muni-
cipal boundaries and layouts which occur as a result of annexation,
deannexation, or land development of any kind.
2~ RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES
Each Party to this Agreement operates as a Public
Safety Answering Point in the E-911 System (hereinafter called
PSAP), and does receive or shall be receiving emergency calls
relating to public safety as those calls are routed through the
central E-911 Switching System operated by the Southern Bell
Telephone Company~ After receiving a routed call, each PSAP is
charged with the responsibility for disptaching that call to the
appropriate local Public Safety Agency (fire, police, or ambulance)
in the respective PSAP jurisdiction~
3. RECOGNITION OF ERROR
Ail Parties to this Agreement recognize that there is
a slight possibility that a call for emergency service may be
inadvertently routed by reason of an electronic or manual error
to the wrong PSAP~
4~ RESPONSIBILITY TO DETECT AND TRANSFER MISROUTED -CALL TO APPROPRIATE PSAP
(A) To ensure that the citizen in need receives
the fastest possible response time, all Parties herein
agree to immediately upon the determination that a
call for assistance has been misrouted, transfer such
caller to ~he appropriate PSAP.
(B) In those instances where a determination that
the call is misrouted is not or cannot be made until
after the receiving PSAP has terminated the phone
connection with the caller or has dispatched one of
its public safety 'units~ or both, that PSAP shall
immediately contact the appropriate PSAP, and provide
it with sufficient information to enable the response
initially requested by the caller.
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(C) Each PSAP agrees to establish necessary
procedures or enter into necessary agreements with the
Public Safety Agencies operating within its jurisdiction
to ensure the timely detection of misrouted calls and
facilitate the rerouting of information to the appro-
priate PSAP as required by Paragraph 4(B).
5. EACH PARTY TO BEAR OWN COSTS AND .EXPENSES
No Party to this Agreement shall charge another for
rendering the services or actions required by this Agreement, nor
shall ther'e be reimbursement or liability from one Party to another
~for any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever resulting from
good faith actions related to this Agreement. Nothing in this
Paragraph, however, is intended to relieve a Party from liability
which may result from the willful, wanton or reckless actions of
an officer, agent, or employees. ~
6o MAINTENANCE OF DATA BASE
Ail Parties agree that the effective operation of the
!~E-911 System requires the accurate maintenance of a comprehensive
locational data base to ensure precise operation of the master
switching equipment° As the County is the implementing agency
responsible for supplying relevant boundary and location data
to Southern Bell Telephone Company, all Parties agree to cooperate
fully in this regard by supplying to the County on at least a
quarterly basis all relevant information concerning street
additions and creations resulting from new land development,
street name Changes~ municipal boundary changes~ and other
pertinent information as may be reasonably available tO the
respective Parties. The County shall also promulgate the data
required by this paragraph with respect to unincorporated areas
and the entire data base shall then be made reasonably available
for inspection and consultation by interested Parties to this
Agreement.
7. 911 FOR EMERGENCy USE ONLY
Recognizing the potential for interference with the
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effecnive operation of the E-911 System which may result from
unnecessary or nonemergency use, all Parties agree to preserve
the integrity of the 911 System by actively discouraging such
calls through the maintenance of traditional nonemergency tele-
phone numbers, and the dissemination of public information as
may be necessary to distinguish the two systems.
8. A~NDMENT, MODIFICATION, OR REC!SSION
This Agreement may be modified or amended by written
addendum only, effective upon the joinder of all Parties hereto
~at the time of the proposed change. Any Party may be. discharged
i!from~, responsibility under this Contract and no longer by a Party
~ hereto, upon the withdrawal of participation in the County-wide
~E-911.System~
9. EXECUTION BY RESOLUTION
The Parties hereto shall join and execute this Agreement
'~by~ the adoption of a formal resolution of the governing body of
each such Party, which incorporates the terms of this Agreement
and attaches a copy thereto~ " ~'
10. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM
The effective date of this Agreement shall be upon the
execution and joinder of all parties listed herein, or upon the
official date of implementation of the Palm Beach Counny expanded
911 System, whichever occurs sooner. The term of this Agreement
shall be perpetual, or until such-time as the operating parameters
of the E-911 System make such an Agreement unnecessary.
ATTEST:
City ~l~r~
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
Mayor
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
ATTEST:
By.
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