Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement for Emergency Management Assistance Compact and Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Agreement Assistance Between the Washington State Military Department and City of Olympia
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to approve the resolution and authorize the City Manager to sign the intergovernmental agreement and associated documents, including the Signature Authorization Form, which delegates amendment and signature authority and facilitates reimbursements to the City from the State.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement allowing City Resources (specially trained personnel) to be sent to other jurisdiction's disasters and for the City to be compensated.
Staff Contact:
Patrick Knouff, Emergency Management Coordinator, 360.709.2701
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Certain members of the Fire Department and members of the Emergency Management Committee have specialized training that could be valuable to other jurisdictions in the time of disaster.
In the event of a large disaster, the State of Washington on behalf of the affected jurisdiction(s), may request specially trained resources (persons) from the City of Olympia. This agreement creates the mechanism for that request to be filled by the City and for proper reimbursement to be received by the City. Without this contract being in place, the resource could not be deployed with the certainty that the City would receive reimbursement or may completely prevent the resource from being dispatched. The main contract sets out the overarching requirements. If there was a request for and actual dispatch of a resource, the contract amendment would be filled out detailing the actual costs and reimbursement detailed before any resource was allowed to be dispatched.
The Signature Autho...
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