RESOLUTION NO. 10851-033108

 

BY:  __________________________________

 

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MUTUAL AID BOX ALARM SYSTEM AGREEMENT

 

            WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Statute 66.0301(2) authorizes any municipality to contract with other municipalities and with federally recognized Indian tribes and bands in this state for the receipt or furnishing of services, such as fire protection and emergency medical services.  Such a contract may be with municipalities of another state, as provided in Wisconsin Statute 66.0303(3)(b); and

 

      WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Statute, 166.03(2)(a)3, provides that the standards for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services shall include the adoption of the intergovernmental cooperation Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) as a mechanism that may be used for deploying personnel and equipment in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin must approve any agreement between a Wisconsin municipality and a municipality of another state, and said agreement was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin on December 22, 2000; and

 

WHEREAS, said agreement was submitted to the governor of the State of Wisconsin for his concurrence, which was obtained and later adopted under Wisconsin Statute 66.0303(3) (a) and (b); and

 

            WHEREAS, the City of Oak Creek Mayor and Common Council believes that intergovernmental cooperation for purposes of public safety and protection should be encouraged and that the Mutual Aid Box Alarm (MABAS) Agreement would afford these benefits to county residents by coordinating fire protection and emergency medical services; and

 

            WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Oak Creek  to enter into the proposed Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Agreement to provide for the coordination of fire protection and emergency medical services in the event of a large scale emergency, natural disaster, or man-made catastrophe.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby approved and the Mayor and City Clerk, be authorized to execute the same on behalf of the City of Oak Creek.

 

            Introduced at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Oak Creek held this 31st day of March, 2008.

 

                                                                                    ___________________________________

                                                                                    President, Common Council

 

            Passed and adopted this 31st day of March, 2008.

 

                                                                                    ___________________________________

                                                                                    Mayor

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

_________________________________                  VOTE:  Aye ______    Noes ______

City Clerk