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R01-165 RESOLUTION NO. ROI- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the State of Florida is vulnerable to a wide range of disasters that ire likely to cause the disruption of essential services and the destruction of the infrastructure needed to deliver those services; and WItEREAS, Such disasters are likely to exceed the capability of any one local government to cope with the disaster with existing resources; and WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Act, as amended, gives the local governments of the State the authority to make agreements for mutual assistance in ,'mergencies, and through such agreements to ensure the timely reimbursement of costs ncurred by the local governments which render such assistance; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1. The City Commission of the City of BoyntOn Beach, Florida hereby authorizes and directs thc Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement, which Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED this I "/ day of April, 2001. ATTEST: ~ce Mayor Commissioner Co',-mmi~ssioner ~------ July 31, 2000 STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT This Agreement between the DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, State of Florida (the "Department"), and all the local governments signing this Agreement (the "Participating Par- ties") is based on the existence of the following conditions: A. The State of Florida is vulnerable to a wide range of disasters that are likely to cause the disruption of essential services and the destruction of the irrffaslamcture needed to deliver those services. B. Such disasters are likely to exceed the capability of any one local government to cope with the disaster with existing resources. C. Such disasters may also give rise to unusual technical needs that the local government may be unable to meet with existing resources, but that other local governments may be able to offer. D. The Emergency Management Act, as amended, gives the local governments of the State the authority to make agreements for mutual assistance in emergencies, and through such agreements to ensure the timely reimbursement of costs incurred by the local governments which render such assistance. E. Under the Act the Department, through its Division of Emergency .Management (the -"Division"), has authority to coordinate assistance between local governments during emergencies and to concentrate available resources where needed. July 31, 2000 F. The existence in the State of Florida of special districts, educational districts, and other regional and local governmental entities with special functions may make additional resources available for use in emergencies. Based on the existence of the foregoing conditions, the parties agree to the following: ARTICLE I. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following expressions shall have the following meanings: A. The "Agreement" is this Agreement, which also may be call ed the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement. B. The "Participating Parties" to this Agreement are the Department and any and all special districts, educational districts, and other local and regional governments signing this Agreement. C. The "Department" is the Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida. D. The "Division" is the Division of Emergency Management of the Department. E. The "Requesting Parties" to this Agreement are Participating Parties who request assistance in a disaster. F. The "Assisting Parties" to this Agreement are Participating Parties who render assistance in a disaster to a Requesting Party. July 31, 2000 G. The "State Emergency Operations Center" is the facility designated by the State Coordinating Officer for use as his or her headquarters during a disaster. H. The "Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan" is the biennial Plan issued by the Division in accordance with ~ 252.35(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (1999). I. The "State Coordinating Officer" is the official whom the Governor designates by Executive Order to act for the Governor in responding to a disaster, and to exercise the powers of the Governor in accordance with the Executive Order and the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. J. The "Period of Assistance" is the time during which any Assisting Party renders assistance to any Requesting Party in a disaster, and shall include both the time necessary for the resources and personnel of the Assisting Party to travel to the place specified by the Requesting Party and the time necessary to return them to their place of origin or to the headquarters of the Assisting Party. K. A "special district" is any local or regional governmental entity which is an in- dependent special district within the meaning of § 189.403(1), Fla. Stat. (1999), regardless of whether established by local, special, or general act, or by rule, ordinance, resolution, or interlocal agreement. L. An "educational district" is any School District within the meaning of § 230.01, July 31, 2000 Fla. Stat. (1999), or any Community College District within the meaning of ~ 240.313(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). M.. An "interlocal agreement" is any agreement between local governments within the meaning of § 163.01 (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (1999). N. A "local government" is any educational district and any entity that is a "local governmental entity" within the meaning of § 11.45(1)(d), Fla. Stat. (1999). O. Any expressions not assigned definitions elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the definitions assigned them by the Emergency Management Act, as amended. ARTICLE II. Applicability of the Agreement. A PartiCipating Party may request assistance under this Agreement only for a major or catastrophic disaster. If the Participating Party has no other mutual aid agreement that Covers a minor disaster, it may also invoke assistance under this Agree- ment for a minor disaster. ARTICLE III. Invocation of the Agreement. In the event ora disaster or threatened disaster, a Participating Party may invoke assistance under this Agreement by requesting it from any other Participating Party or from the Department if, in the judgment of the Requesting Party, its own resources are inadequate to meet the disaster. A. Any request for assistance under this Agreement may be oral, but within five (5) days must be confirmed in writing by the Director of Emergency Management for the County 4 July 31, 2000 of the Requesting Party, unless the State Emergency Operations Center has been activated in response to the disaster for which assistance is requested. B. All requests for assistance under this Agreement shall be transmitted by the Director of Emergency Management for the County of the Requesting Party to either the Di- vision or to another Participating Party. If the Requesting Party transmits its request for Assistance directly tO a Participating Party other than the Department, the Requesting Party and Assisting Party shall keep the Division advised of their activities. C. If any requests for assistance under this Agreement are submitted to the Division, the Division shall relay the request t? such other Participating Parties as it may deem ap- propriate, and shall coordinate the activities of the Assisting Parties so as to ensure timely assistance to the Requesting Party. All such activities shall be carried out in accordance with the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to allocate liability for the costs of personnel, equip- ment, supplies, services and other resources that are staged by the Department or by other agencies of the State of Florida for use in responding to a disaster pending the assignment of such personnel, equipment, supplies, services and other resources to a mission. The docu- mentation, payment, repayment, and reimbursement of all such costs shall be rendered in July 31, 2000 accordance with the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. ARTICLE IV. Responsibilities of Requestine Parties. To the extent practicable, all Re- questing Parties seeking assistance under this Agreement shall provide the following information to the .Division and the other Participating Parties. In providing such information, the Requesting Party may use Form B attached to this Agreement, and the completion of Form B by the Requesting Party shall be deemed sufficient to meet the requirements of this Article: A. A description of the damage sustained or threatened; B. An identification of the specific Emergency Support Function or Functions for which such assistance is needed; C. A description of the specific type of assistance needed within each Emergency Support Function; D. A description of the types ofpersonnel, equipment, services, and supplies needed for each specific type of assistance, with an estimate of the time each will be needed; E. A description of any public infrastructure for which assistance will be needed; F. A description of any sites or structures outside the territorial jurisdiction of the Requesting Party needed as centers to stage incoming personnel, equipment, supplies, services, or other resources; 6 July 31, 2000 G. The place, date and time for personnel of the Requesting Party to meet and receive the personnel and equipment of the Assisting Party; and H. A technical description ofany communications or telecommunications equipment needed to ensure timely communications between the Requesting Party and any Assisting Parties. ARTICLE V. Responsibilities of Assisting Parties. Each Participating Party shall render assistance under this Agreement to any Requesting Party to the extent practicable given its personnel, equipment, resources and capabilities. If a Participating Party which has received a request for assistance under this Agreement determines that it has the capacity to render some or all of such assistance, it shall provide the following information to the Requesting Party and shall transmit it without delay to the Requesting Party and the Division. In providing such information, the Assisting Party may use Form C attached to this Agreement, and the completion of Form C by the Assisting Party shall be deemed sufficient to meet the requirements of this Article: A. A description of the personnel, equipment, supplies and services it has available, together with a description of the qualifications of any skilled personnel; B. An estimate of the time such personnel, equipment, supplies, and services will. continue to be available; July 31, 2000 C. An estimate of the time it will take to deliver such personnel, equipment, supplies, and services at the date, time and place specified by the Requesting Party; D. A technical description of any communications and telecommunications equip- .ment available for timely communications with the Requesting Party and other Assisting Parties; and E. The names of all personnel whom the Assisting Party designates as Supervisors. ARTICLE VI. Rendition of Assistance. After the Assisting Party has delivered its personnel, equipment, supplies, services, or other resources to the place specified by the Requesting Party, the Requesting Party shall give specific assignments to the Supervisors of the Assisting Party, who shall be responsible for directing the performance of these assignments. The Assisting Party shall have authority to direct the manner in which the assignments are performed. In the event of an emergency that affects the Assisting Party, all personnel, equipment, supplies, services and other resources of the Assisting Party shall be subject to recall by the Assisting Party upon not less than five (5) days notice or, if such notice is impracticable, as much notice as is practicable under the circumstances. A. For operations at the scene of catastrophic and major disasters, the Assisting Party shall to the fullest extent practicable give its personnel and other resources sufficient equip- ment and supplies to make them self-sufficient for food, shelter, and operations unless the Requesting Party has specified the contrary. For minor disasters, the Requesting Party shall July 31, 2000 be, responsible to provide food and shelter for the personnel of the Assisting Party unless the Requesting Party has specified the contrary. In its request for assistance the Requesting Party may specify that Assisting Parties send only self-sufficient personnel or self-sufficient resources. B. Unless the Requesting Party has specified the contrary, the Requesting Party shall to the fullest extent practicable coordinate all communications between its personnel and those of any Assisting Parties, and shall determine all fi'equencies and other technical speci- fications for all communications and telecommunications equipment to be used. C. Personnel of the Assisting Party who render assistance'under this Agreement shall receive their usual wages, salaries and other compensation, and shall have all the duties, re- sponsibilities, immunities, rights, interests and privileges incident to their usual employment. ARTICLE VII. Procedures for Reimbursement. Unless the Department or the Assisting Party, as the case may be, state the contrary in writing, the ultimate responsibility for the reim- bursement of costs incurred under this Agreement shall rest with the Requesting Party, subject to the following conditions and exceptions: A. The Department shall pay the costs incurred by..an Assisting Party in responding to a request that the Department initiates on its own,' and not for another Requesting Party, upon being billed by that Assisting Party in accordance with this Agreement. 9 July 31, 2000 B. An Assisting Party shall bill the Department or other Requesting Party, as soon as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) days after the Period of Assistance has closed. Upon the request of any of the concerned Participating Parties, the State Coordinating Officer may extend this deadline for cause. C. If the Department or the Requesting Party, as the case may be, protests any bill or item on a bill from an Assisting Party, it shall do so in writing as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the bill is received. Failure to protest any bill or billed item in writing within thirty (30) days shall constitute agreement to the bill and the items on the bill. D. If the Department protests any bill or item on a bill from an Assisting Party, the Assisting Party shall have thirty (30) days from the date of protest to present the bill or item to the original Requesting Party for payment, subject to any protest by the Requesting Party. E. If the Assisting Party cannot agree with the Department or the Requesting Party, as the case may be, to the settlement of any protested bill or billed item, the Department, the Assisting Party, or the Requesting Party may elect binding arbitration to determine its liabil- ity for the protested bill or billed item in accordance with Section F of this Article. F. If the Department or a Participating Party elects binding arbitration, it may select as an arbitrator any elected official of another Participating Party or any other official of an- 10 July 31, 2000 other Participating Party whose normal duties include emergency management, and the other Participating Party shall also select such an official as an.arbitrator, and the arbitrators thus chosen shall select another such official as a third arbitrator. G. The three (3) arbitrators shall convene by teleconference or videoconference with- in thirty (30) days to consider any documents and any statements or arguments by the Depart- ment, the Requesting Party, or the Assisting Party concerning the protest, and shall render a decision in writing not later than ten (10) days after the close of the hearing. The decision ora majority of the arbitrators shall bind the parties, and shall be final. H. If the Requesting Party has not forwarded a request through the Department, or if an Assisting Party has rendered assistance without being requested to do so by the De- partment, the Department shall not be liable for the costs of any such assistance. All requests to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the reimbursement of costs incurred by any Participating Party shall be made by and through the Department. I. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency denies any request for reimburse- ment of costs which the Department has already advanced to an Assisting Party, the Assisting Party shall repay such costs to the Department, but the Department may waive such repay- ment for cause. 11 July 31, 2000 ARTICLE VIII. Costs Eligible for Reimbursement. The costs incurred by the Assisting Party under this Agreement shall be reimbursed as needed to make the Assisting Party whole to the fullest extent practicable. A. Employees of the Assisting Party who render assistance under this Agreement shall be entitled to receive from the Assisting Party all their usual wages, salaries, and any and all other compensation for mobilization, hours worked, and demobilization. Such compensation shall include any and all contributions for insurance and retirement, and such employees shall continue to accumulate seniority at the usual rate. As between the employ- ees and the Assisting Party, the employees shall have all the duties, responsibilities, im- munities, rights, interests and privileges incident to their usual employment. The Requesting Party shall reimburse the Assisting Party for these costs of employment. B. The costs of equipment supplied by the Assisting Party shall be reimbursed atthe rental rate established for like equipment by the regulations of the Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency, or at any other rental rate agreed to by the Requesting Party. The Assisting Party shall pay for fuels, other consumable supplies, and repairs to its equipment as needed to keep the equipment in a state of operational readiness. Rent for the equipment .shall be deemed to include the cost of fuel and other consumable supplies, maintenance, service, repairs, and ordinary wear and tear. With the consent of the Assisting Party, the Requesting 12 July 31, 2000 Party may provide fuels, consumable supplies, maintenance, and repair services for such equipment at the site. In that event, the Requesting Party may deduct the actual costs of such fuels, consumable supplies, maintenance, and services from the total costs otherwise payable to the Assisting Party. If the equipment is damaged while in use under this Agreement and the Assisting Party receives payment for such damage under any contract of insurance, the Requesting Party may deduct such payment from any item or items billed by the Assisting Party for any of the costs for such damage that may otherwise be payable. C. The Requesting Party shall pay the total costs for the use and consumption of any and all consumable supplies delivered by the Assisting Party for the Requesting Party under this Agreement. In the case of perishable supplies, consumption shall be deemed to include normal deterioration, spoilage and damage notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable care in its storage and use. Supplies remaining unused shall be returned to the Assisting Party in usable condition upon the close of the Period of Assistance, and the Requesting Party may deduct the cost of such returned supplies from the total costs billed by the Assisting Party for such supplies. If the Assisting Party agrees, the Requesting Party may also replace any and all used consumable'supplies with like supplies in usable condition and of like grade, quality and quantity within the time allowed for reimbursement under this Agreement. 13 July 31, 2000 D. The Assisting Party shall keep records to document ail assistance rendered under this Agreement. Such records shall present .information sufficient to meet the audit re- quirements specified in the regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and applicable circulars issued by the Office of Management and Budget. Upon reasonable notice, the A. ssisting Party shall make its records available to the Department and the Re- questing Party for inspection or duplication between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on all weekdays other than officiai holidays. ARTICLE IX. Insurance. Each Participating Party shail determine for itself what insurance to procure, if any. With the exceptions in this Article, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require any Participating Party to procure insurance. A. Each Participating Party shall procure employers' insurance meeting the require- ments of the Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, affording coverage for any of its em- ployees who may be injured while performing any activities under the authority of this Agreement, and shall file with the Division a certificate issued by the insurer attesting to such coverage. B. Any Participating Party that elects additional insurance affording liability cover- age for any activities that may be performed under the authority of this Agreement shall file with the Division a certificate issued by the insurer attesting to such coverage. 14 July 3 I, 2000 C. Any Participating Party that is self-insured with respect to any line or lines of in- surance shall file with the Division copies of all resolutions in curren! effect reflecting its determination to act as a self-insurer. D. Subject to the limits of such liability insurance as any Participating Party may elect to procure, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to waive, in whole or in part, any immunity any Participating Party may have in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding. E. Each Participating Party which renders assistance under this Agreement shall be deemed to stand in the relation of an independent contractor to all other Participating Parties, and shall not be deemed to be the agent of any other Participating Party. F. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to relieve any Participating Party of liability for its own conduct and that of its employees. G. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to obligate any Participating Party to indemnify any other Participating Party from liability to third parties. ARTICLE X. General Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, all Participating Parties shall be subject to the following requirements in the per- formance of this Agreement: A. To the extent that assistance under this Agreement is funded by State funds, the obligation of any statewide instrumentality of the State of Florida to reimburse any Assisting 15 July 31, 2000 Party under this Agreement is contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature. B. All bills for reimbursement under this Agreement from State funds shall be sub- mitred in detail sufficient for a proper preaudit and post audit thereof. To the extent that such · bills represent costs incurred for travel, such bills shall be submitted in accordance with applicable requirements for the reimbursement of state employees for travel costs. C. All Participating Parties shall allow public access to all documents, papers, letters or other materials subject to the requirements of the Public Records Act, as amended, and made or received by any,Participating Party in conjunction with this Agreement. D. No Participating Party may hire employees in violation of the employment restric- tions in the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. E. No costs reimbursed under this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Legislature of the State of Florida or any of its agencies. F. Any communication to the Department or the Division under this Agreement shall be sent to the Director, Division of Emergency Management, Department of Community Affairs, Sadowski Building, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399- 2100. Any communication to any other Participating Party shall be sent to the official or officials specified by that Participating Party on Form A attached to this Agreement. For the 16 July 3 I, 2000 purpose of this Section, any such communication may be sent by the U.S. Mail, may be sent by the InterNet, or may be faxed. ARTICLE XI. Effect of Agreement. Upon its execution by a Participating Party, this Agree- ment shall have the following effect with respect to that Participating Party: A. The execution of this Agreement by any Participating Party which is a signatory to the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreemem of 1994 shall terminate the rights, interests, duties, and responsibilities and obligations of that Participating Party under that agreement, but such termination shall not affect the liability of the Participat/ng Party for the reimbursement of any costs due under that agreement, regardless of whether billed or unbilled. B. The execution of this Agreement by any Participating Party which is a signatory to the Public Works Mutual Aid Agreement shall terminate the fights, interests, duties, responsibilities and obligations of that Participating Party under that agreement, but such termination shall not affect the liability of the Participating Party for the reimbursement of any costs due under that agreement, regardless of whether billed or unbilled. C. Upon the activation of this Agreement by the Requesting Party, this Agreement shall supersede any other existing agreement between it and any Assisting Party to the. extent that the former may be inconsistent with the latter. 17 July 31, 2000 D. Unless superseded by the execution of this Agreement in accordance with Section A of this Article, the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement of 1994 shall terminate and cease to have legal existence after June 30, 2001. E. Upon its execution by any Participating Party, this Agreement will continue in effect for one (1) year from its date of execution by that Participating Party, and it shall be automatically renewed one (1) year after its execution unless within sixty (60) days before that date the Participating Party notifies the Department in writing ofits intent to withdraw from the Agreement. F. The Department shall transmit any amendment to this Agreement by sending the amendment to all Participating Parties not later than five (5) days after its execution by the Department. Such amendment shall take effect not later than sixty (60) days after the date of its execution by the Department, and shall then be binding on all Participating Parties. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Participating party who objects to the amend- ment may withdraw from the Agreement by notifying the Department in writing of its intent to do so within that time in accordance with Section E of this Article. ARTICLE XII. Interpretation and Application of Agreement. The interpretation and appli- cation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following conditions: A. The obligations and conditions resting upon the Participating Parties under this 18 July 31, 2000 Agreement are not independent, but dependent. B. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement, and of the performance of ail conditions, obligations, duties, responsibilities and promises under it. C. This Agreement states all the conditions, obligations, duties, responsibilities and promises of the Participating Parties with respect to the subject of this Agreement, and there are no conditions, obligations, duties, responsibilities or promises other than those expressed in this Agreement. D. If any sentence, clause, phrase, or other portion of this Agreement is ruled un- enforceable or invalid, every other sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, it being the intent of the Department and the other Par- ticipating Parties thht every portion of the Agreement shall be severable from every other portion to the fullest extent practicable. E. The waiver of any obligation or condition in this Agreement in any instance by a Participating Party shail not be construed as a waiver of that obligation or condition in the same instance, or of any other obligation or condition in that or any other instance. 19 July 31, 2000 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participating Parties have duly executed this Agreement on the date specified below: DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STATE OF FLOR/DA By: Director Date: ATTEST: CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA By: Deputy Clerk By: Chairman Date: Approved as to Form: By: County Attorney 20 July 31, 2000 DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STATE OF FLORIDA By: Director Date: ATTEST: CITY CLERK Date: Approved as to Form: City Attorney 21 July 31, 2000 DIVISION OF' EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STATE OF FLORIDA By: Director Date: STATE OF FLORIDA DISTRICT, By: Title: By: Title: Date: Approved as to Form: By: Attorney for District 22 Date: March '16, 2001 Name of Government: Mailing Address: 100 July 3 i, 2000 STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FORM A City of Boynton Beach (Boynton East Boynton Beach Blvd. Beach Fire Rescue) City, State, Zip: Boynton Beach FL 33435 Authorized Representatives to Contact for Emergency Assistance: .Primary Representative Name: William Bingham Title: Fire Chief Address: 100 East Boynton Beach Blvd. Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Day Phone: 561.742.6333 Teleeopier: 561.742.6334 First Alternate Representative Name: James Ness Night Phone: 561.436.2283 InterNet: binghamw@ci.boynton-beach.fl.us Title: DePuty Fire Chief Address: Same as above Day Phone: 561. 742. 6332 Telecopier: 561 · 742,6334 Second Alternate Representative Name: David Liu Night Phone: 561.436.2284 InterNet: nessj @ci.boynton-beach. fl.us Title: Deput7 Fire Chief Address: Sam~ as above Day Phone: 561.742.6339 Telecopier: 561. 742. 6334 Night Phone: 561.436.2286 InterNet: liud@ci, boynton-beach, fl. us PLEASE UPDATE AS ELECTIONS OR APPOINTMENTS OCCUR Return to:Department of Community Affairs-Division of Emergency Management 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard. 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