HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Ordinance No. 005I
ORDINM'CE tll.
SERIES OF 1984--
BY Alfl'I-IORITY
COONCIL BILL 00. 3
I N'l'RODU CEO BY <lXJNCIL
MEMBER NEAL
AN ORD I NI\NCE APPROVING AN IIGREEl1EN'l' WITH 'fl-IE BANCROFT F I RE
PROTEX:l'ION DI Sl'RICT , PROV!Dlt,K; FOR Mlfl'UAL AID FOR FIRE PROTECl'I ON
FOR BOTH ENTI TIES ,
WHEREAS , ass istance fran othe r fi r e protection agenc i es
provides a higher level of protection for the City o f Eng l ewood ;
11:'JW , 'lliEREFORE , BE rr ORDAINED BY 'lliE CITY <lXJNC IL FOR 'lli E
CITY OF l'NGLEWOOD, O'.>LORAOO :
Sect ion 1. T1 ia t an agreement en ti t led 11 1'\J t ual Aid Agreener1t 11 i s
hereby approved by the City Co unci l. Sa i d ag r eenent provid es as
follows :
Ml!l'UAL AID .cf:EMENT
'llilS AGRE El1 ENT , made by a nd bel•'lo<'ll the BANCROFT FIRE
PROT ECl'ION DISl'RICT , here i naf t e r calle-"Bancroft ," and the
ENGL EWOOD FIRE DE PARTMEN'r , hereinafter called "Englewood ,"
WITNESSE'l'H 11-IAT
WHEREAS , Ba ncroft i s a fire protection d i stLkl o rgan ized and
existi ng under Part 3 , 01apte r 32 , of the Col orad o Rev is~ S ... atutes
and its te r ritor i al j urisdiction generally is th e so 1:.:h►dSt ··,1,
corner of Jefferson Co un ty , Co lorado , ex cluding tha· r-. :'".i t •·y
wi thin the jurisdictior. of the Li ttl eton Fire Protect 'JO Oisu:1ct ;
a nd
WHE REAS , Eng l ewood is a municipal corpor ation organized a nd
ex isting p.,rsua,,t to Ar tic le XX of the Color ado Co nst i tution, its
Charter , and Ordinances ; i ts territorial jurisdict i on generally is
the legal boundari es of the City of Englewood , Color ado ; and
WHEREAS , each of the i:J,art i es hereto maintains emergency
equi pnent ; and
WHEREAS , anergencies may ar ise i n one or the other of the
jur isdictions o f th" parties resu lting in greater demands tha n the
manpower a nd equ ipment of that pa r ty can hand le; or emergencies of
such intensity may occur that they cannot be handled solely by the
equipme nt of the party in whose jur i sdiction the emergency occur s ;
and
WHEREAS , it is to the i nterest of each of the parties that
rh y may have ser vice of and fron the othe r party to a id and ass i st
tt,, ri i n the pu rpose of fighting fires or r e sponding to other
~g~nc ies ;
NQ.ol , IBEREFORE , IT :s MU'ruALLY AGREED by and between the
patties as follows :
I . Mlfl\JAL AID
L For and in cons idera tion of the pranise s of Banc roft ,
he r e i nafter set forth , Englewood ag r ees with Banc rofc that in the
event there a r e eme r gencies in the t erri tory served by Bancroft
wri c h a re beyond the con trol of the fire department of Bancroft,
whe ther because of their equipnent a t other places or because of
t he inte nsity of the emergency , or otherwise , Englewood ag rees,
subject t o th e limitation her e ina[te r set forth , t o aid and assist
13cinc r oft by causing and permi tt i ng its fire departmen t and i ts
equipnent to be used in responding to ane r gencies in the territo-
rial area of Ba ncroft , and th e need f or such aid and as si st ance
s hall be determined by the fir e depa rtment of Ba ncroft ; su bject ,
however , to the fo llowing limitati on~:
Eng l ewood shall be excused fran m,~ing its equiµnent and
s e rvices available to Bancroft i n the even t ~f the need of the
en rgency eq ui~.m0nt and the manpower within i:.i"112 ter ritorial area of
Englewood , or -hc 1-: prior use at any place , \.Klic:, dec ision of
availabi li l sllall be made by the fi re depar tment of Engle wood , and
which decision shall be conclusive .
2 . For and in consideration of the pranise s of
Englewood , hereina fter set fo rth, Bancroft agrees wi th Englewood
tha t in the event th e re d t e f ires or othe r ane rgenc ies in the
t e rritory served by Englewood ,.;,ich are beyond the control of the
Fire Department of Engle wood , ;t,ether because of use of t.'>eir
equipnent at other places or because of the inte nsi ty of the
eme rgency , or othe rwi se , Bancroft agrees , subject to th e limita-
tion herei nafter set forth , to aid and assist Eng l ewood by causing
a nd permi tting Bancro f t Fire Department and equipment to be used in
respondi ng to energeocies in th e territorial area of Eng l ewood , and
the need for such a id and assistance sha ll be deten ·.ned by the
Fi re Department of EncJ l ewood ; s ubject , howeve r , o the fol l owing
1 i mi t ation:
Ban c ro ft sha ll be ex cused fron making its equiome nt or
ser v ice available to Englewood in the event of the need of the
eme r gency equipment or need of the manpower within the territorial
area of F\unc roft , or their prior use a( any place , wh ich decision
of av a ilability shall be made by the Fire Deparl'.Tient of Ba ncroft,
and .nich decis ion sha ll be conc lusi ve .
3 . The services r endered by on e par t y to ,he othe r a re
of equal value to the serv ices r e ndered by the other party, and
there s hall be no char ges made by the one party for the ser vices
r e nde red to the othe r pa r ty , except tha t i n the event of equifllle!lt
dam a~e by reason of the action of the employees of t>ie other party ,
the liability and loss s ha ll be determined on the basis of the
f a ult or neg lige nce of a ny employee . If the employee is determined
to be at fault or negligent , the party emp l oying tha t employee
s ha 11 be lia ble for the loss .
4 . Ea ch party sha ll be expected to mai nta in its
equipmen t a nd orga nize i ts eme rge ncy r esponse meth od with both
manpowe r a nd equ ipm en t to the degree recessa ry to cope with the
ordinary and rout i ne energe m.:ies ari sing with i n its bound ar i es and
for whi ch the party i s orga ni zed . Neithe r party sha ll expect the
other t o respond t o eme rgency ca lls whe r e the emergency a ri s es due
to a fai l ure to orga nize ava ilab l e manpo we r or ma inta in equipment
in proper worki ng order and in suff icient qua ntity to mee t the
r espect ive demands of the persons and property wi th in each of the
party 's respective jurisdi c tions .
II, cmtER PROV I SION S
1. Eithe,r party hereto may t erminate this contr act
wi thout cause upon thir t y (30 ) days ' prior wr itten no ti c,, t c the
other .
IN WI TNESS WHEREOF , the par ties he reto have executed this
Agreenent thi s day of _________ , 1983.
BANCROFT F IRE PROTECTION O!SfRICT
By
--Presi dent of the Board
llttest :
Secretary of the Board
APPROVED AS 11l FORM :
Atto rney for the Dist ri ct
ENGLEWOOD Fl RE DE PAR1MENT
By
Eugene L . Otis , Ma yor
r.t t est :
Ga r y R. lligbee , ex ottic10
City Cle rk-Treasurer
By
James M. Br eman
Fi re Chief
Section 2 . The City Counci l of the City of Engle wood hereby
authori zes the Mayor and ex offi cio City Cl e rk-Treasurer t o sig n
and a ttest the same for and i n behalf of the City of Eng lewood .
Section 3. All previous ag r eanents rel ating to mutual a id wi th
the Ba ncroft Fi r e Protection District are hereby revoked .
Introduced , read in full, and passed on first wading on the
16th day of January , 1984 .
bl1shed as a Bi ll fo r an Ordinance on the 18th day of
January , 198 4 ,
Read by title .1 ..:l passed on final reading on the 6 th day of
Fe bruary , 1984 .
Pu b lished by ti ';le ar, fJt d l'l«nce No . , Se r ies nf 1984 , on
the 8th day of Fr•t,rua r y , l.~84. ----
/s / Eugene L, Otis
Eugene L. Otis , Ma yor
Attest :
1s / Gal·r R. Higbee
ex officio City Clerk-Treasure r
I , Usry R. lli gbee , ex o ffi cio City Clerk-Treasur e r of the Ci ty
of Engle !, ~<'lorado , hereby certi fy that the a bove and foregoing
i s a true , act · .; .,! .. and ccxnp l ete co py of the Ord i nar.ce passed on
final re an ing anc. pub lis hed by title as Ordinance No. 5 , Series
of 1984 . ---
/s / G:try R . !liqbce
Gary R. Higbee