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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 Ordinance No. 022• • • ORDINANCE NO. 22 S~RIES OF 1 980 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 22 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY AN ORpINAN CE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AN D CHERRY HILLS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, CONCERNING MUTUAL AID DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY. WHERE AS, the City of Englewood is desirous of entering into a Mutual Aid Agreement with Cherry Hills Fire Protection District whereby each would aid and assist the other in times of emergency when the need arises; NOW, T HEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGL EWOOD, COLORADO: Section 1. That the City of Englewood, Colorado, and the Cherry Hills Fire P rotection Distr i ct shall enter into a Mutual Aid Agreement whe reby the Englewood Fire Department and Cherry Hills Fire Protection Di strict would aid each other during emergencies in the territory of the other when there is additional need of manpower and equipment. Said Mutual Aid Agreement, consisting of three (3) t y pewr i tten pages, is attached hereto and incorporated herein by refe rence and provides generally as follows: That eac h p a rty , during emergencies beyond their control, or because equipment is in use elsewhere, may call on the other for manpower a nd equipment, subject to the further provisions as set forth in said Ag reement. Section 2. The City Counc i l of the City of Englewood, Colorado hereby authori zes the Mayor of the City of Englewood to subscribe his name to said contract for and in behalf of the City Council and the City o f Englewood, and the Director of Finance, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer, to attest the same. Introduced, read in fu l l, and passed on first reading on the 7th day of July , 1980. Published as a Bill fo r an Ordinance on the 9th day of July, 1980. Read by t itle and passe d o n final reading on the 21st day of July, 1980 . • Published by title as Ordi nance No. 22 , Series of 1980, on the 23rd day of July, 1980. • • Attes~: I , Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk ... ·Treasurer of the City of Engl ewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and fo r egoing is a true, accurate, a nd complete copy of an Ordinance passe d on final r eadin g a n d p u bli shed by title as Ordinance No . 2l , Se rie s of 1980. -2- .. ·. ·. ··' · ... ....... .·. ··. / ....... ... ': . . · . ••I .· . . . . . ~ . ; I * : .. ~ , . ··.:· 1 •. I I . . . I . I .: !" ..... t ·~.; i ····= I 1 ·.:I . · , ' ....... . I -... : ' • ! . . . . . . I ~ i > • ... : ' .. ' .. . ... .. . . ,. . . . ... ... ' MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT . . ••• {,'I. .. ; • ,/~ •• ....... • . . • ·~. • • J THIS AGREEMENT, ma de b y and between the CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, .. ':'.·> '.· ··.<· .· '.· . . . :.· .. ·,' COLORADO, a mun i cipal corporation, hereinafter called "ENGLEWOOD", and CHERRY HILLS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, hereinafter called ·. ~ . . . ( .. , . WITNESSETH WHEREAS, Englewood is a municipal corporation organized and exiat ing pur s uant to Art icl e 2 0 of the Colorado Constitution, its -_ Chart e r, and Ord i nances , a nd its territorial jurisdiction generally is the l ega l boundaries o f t he City of Englewood, Colorado: and WHEREAS, Cherry Hi lls i s a fire protection district organized and ex isting under Part 3, Chapter 32, of 1973 C.R.S.: and WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto maintain emergency equi pme nt ; and WHE REAS , emerge nc ies may arise in one or the other of the j urisdic t i o ns of the parties , resulting in greater. demands than the man power and equipment o f that party can handle, or emergencies of such i nte n sity may occu r tha t they cannot be handled solely by the e quipment of the party in whose jurisdiction the emer~ency occurs : an d WHEREAS, it is to the in terest of each of the parties that they may have service of and from the other party to aid and assist them in the pu r pose o f : fighting fi res or respond~nq to other emergencies . NOW, THERE FORE , I T IS MUT UALLY AGREED by and between the parties as follows : l. For and in c on siderat i on of the promises of Cherry Hills, hereinafter set fo r th , En glewood agrees with Cherry Hills that in the event that the r e a re eme r ge ncies in the territory served by Cherry Hills which a r e beyond the control of the fire department of Cher r y Hills, whe t her because of use of the i r equ;pment at other places or because of the intensity of the emergency, or otherwise, . ·.; ., .. ·. . ~ . J • . . . ·. :-. I ! ! ' I " I.·· . .. I · .··· I.. I .. : . · .. I ·• l' · .. .. · : .. , • ... 1 • . . \ i : :· ! •• f .'. .. ,. ' .. r . . ;. .: t .. ~ . l ... l ··. i ... . r .. ' .. _, . " .. · ... , I.:::. : ' . . . . .. ,•-: . •'·:I .: . ; . : . : •· .. ' . . .. . ~ ..... -· .. -: ·.· . . .. . . · l : l •I -: ... • .. . . . ' I • . i . ""'., .. . ' ·J I ,l . . l .. .. : . : :: ,,. • ·:.i I : .. .. ... -···'··-··· • •• !-...... · . .::·~ .. · "> .. :~~:·:::,2 ,~;;~::>> ;·,:· ,, '· .. Englewood agrees, subject to the lillitation twreinafter aet forth,',' ....... _· .~ :":»:: ::·:.:.: : .-.. . . . ,~. ·, ~; -. . . ~ -:· ~ to aid and assist Cherry Hilla by causing and pemitting it•. t~•·.·. ·.:--:.:., > ., •. . , department and its equipment to be u .. d in responding to emergencies in the territorial area of Cherry Hills, a nd the need for auch aid and assistance shall be deter:mined by the fire department of Cherry Billa, subject, however, to the following limitationas Englewood shall be excused from making its equipment and services available to Cherry Hills in the event of the need of the emergency equipment and the manpower within the territorial area of Englewood, or their prior use at any place, which decision of availability shall be .made by the fire department ot Englewood, and which decision shall be conclusive. 2. For and in consideration of the promises of Englewood, hereinafter set forth, Cherry Hills agrees with Englewood that in the event that there are fires or other emergencies in the terri- tory served by Englewood which are beyond the control ot the tire depattment of Englewood, whether because of use of their equipment at other places or because of the intensity o~ the emergency, or otherwise, Cherry Hills agrees, subject to the limitation h~rein­ after set forth, to aid and assist Englewood by causing and permit- ting Cherry Rills' fire department and equipment t o be used in · responding to emerge~cies in the territorial area of Englewood, and the need for such aid and assistance shall be determined by the fire department of Englewood, subject, however, to the following limitation: Cherry Hills shall be excused from making its equipment or se rvice available to Englewood in the event of the need of the emergency equipment or need of the manpower within the territorial area of Cherry Hills, or their prior use at any place, hich dec i sion of availability shall be made by the fire department of Cherry Hills and which dec i sion shall be conclusive. IT IS FURTHER MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 3. The services rendered by one party to the other are of equal value to the services rendered by the other party, and -2- ,. · ... ... . .' ....... ' ). ' ·.t :-.<~ :-<. i· \ 1 ~' . '' • l·l. • ·:.,·: ~ : • ·•:·:•· :"I•' ~·· ~ ... ·.~ .. '· .. ···, . ~· ~ : . " . ' ." •'I .'' ~ \ •:' •, • ' ;: ... .' ·h . . . " 1 ., .. .. • .; ::· . ·. . . ! 1·: .. " ' : ' ' '' . t .. ·": '·~ ' (.' t . : : ·.' F .; ;::~<·-- : !' . ~ ....... : .. _,. .. ' ... ·:· !; · ..... ,; ? .:: : ' ;· ... :· .... r· ..... . .~. . : . . ~ . . . " .... ~.. . . . . . . . I ··, • .: '• . . "'• # .. ( •'. -~ : 1 '• : I -. -I -· ·I •j :,· .".! -. -• ·-• . 1 -I . : I ~' ..-. . .... .,.. . : . I ... . .- .... , ••• .. -. " .. 1 ' • ... ·1 • · ..... -··'·~··· ~ .. L .-,· ·'.:.~':'~f ~'J'~} ... x)··r. ·( .. .:·. .. . .. . . k ... .'<. ;'!-·" .- .. . .. -... there ahall be no charge• made by the one party for the . servi~es .. :-.:::_:.-'.·~ ~ t ~. "'·:" .. · .... '1.i .. rendered to the other party, except th.at in the event of equipment damage by reason of the action of the employees of the other party; the liability and loss shall be determined on the basis of the fault or negligence of any employee. If the employee is deter-. mined to be at fault or negligent, the party employing th.at employee shall be liable for the loss. 4. Each party •hall be expected to maintain its equipment and organize its emergency reaponse method with both manpower and equipment to the degree necessary to cope with the ordinary and routine emergencies arising within its boundaries and for which the party is organized. Neither party shall expect the other to respond to emergency calls where the emergency arises due to a failure to organize available manpower or maintain equipment in proper working order and in sufficient quantity to meet the respective demands of the persons and property within each of the parties' respective jurisdictions. s. Either party hereto may terminate this contract without cauae upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other. ., IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement this _______ day of~~~-----------' 1980. CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO '.a Municipal Corporation Attest: Gary R. Higbee, Director of Finance, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer By-=------,=-~~---=~------------~ Eugene L. Otis, Mayor CHERRY HILLS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT By~-----------------=----=--:---......--:-~--Board President ,. -3- . . I ~. ; •· ~ . : .. . · ·:·. .. . l .! • .. \ . '· i · l · . • • · .. ~· . : ~ '. '. t "' . ! : _: -•t I : ' ". .· ... :·.~; ·:. : .. •. l i ... • •• J . . ·: . ~-./ ,: ~ ~ •, .. .' .• . i... i . : . ~ . .... . ; . I "· .. : ,• t. . ; t; ' ... _ : .......... ;, " ,._, .... :".-... : .. j I l· :.· t ··. ·••• \ I [ :· t I ... ;·. i . . : .. :':. ·-i, · .. ; ... ! .. ·, .... 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