Number
150214
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
941618, 130191
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving a contract extension for regional hazardous materials response team services between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management and the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This substitute resolution authorizes the Milwaukee Fire Department to enter into a two-year contract with the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, to provide regional hazardous response team services within an area including Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson County. The department has been providing these services since the adoption of Common Council File Number 941618, and most recently amended by Common Council File 130191. Under the terms of the contract, the City will be eligible for stand-by costs of up to $250,211.17 annually.
Body
Whereas, 1991 Wisconsin Act 104 authorized the State Emergency Response Board (SERB) to contract with no fewer than 7 public entities with regional emergency response teams to assist in emergency responses to Level A releases in a region of the state designated by the SERB; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 941618, adopted February 14, 1995, directed the Milwaukee Fire Department to enter into an agreement with the SERB to provide these hazardous response services to a geographical area consisting of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson County; and
Whereas, The agreement was most recently amended by Common Council File Number 130191, adopted July 23, 2013; and
Whereas, The Fire Department has negotiated an amended contract for a two-year period extending from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017, a copy of which is attached to this file; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the proper City officials are directed to execute this contract on beha...
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