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File #: 090121    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/27/2009 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 7/28/2009
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute 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.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: AGREEMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, HAZARDOUS WASTE
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note - Final, 2. Fiscal Note, 3. Letter from Fire Dept, 4. Letter from the Madison Fire Chief, 5. Fiscal Analysis, 6. Extended Contract For Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team Services, 7. Hearing Notice Sent, 8. Executed Contract
Number
090121
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
070577
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute 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 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 as extended by Common Council Files 990598, 020318, 050049 and 070577. Under the terms of the contract, the City will be eligible for stand-by costs of up to $305,943 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 services for a geographical area consisting of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Washington counties and parts of Jefferson County; and

Whereas, The agreement authorized by Common Council File Number 941618 was extended by Common Council File Number 990598, adopted July 29, 1999, Common Council File Number 020318, adopted June 25, 2002, Common Council File Number 050049, adopted May 20, 2005, and Common Council File Number 070577, adopted September 25, 2007; and

Whereas, The Fire Department has negotiated an extended contract for regional hazardous materials response team services for a two-...

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