CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/HPD

RESOLUTION 06-143

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT (NO DEFINED TERM) WITH THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS (911 DISPATCH SERVICES) IN THE AMOUNT OF $48,000.

WHEREAS, The City of Homer and the Kenai Peninsula Borough are resolved to working together to provide the best emergency call taking and dispatch services possible to the residents of Homer and the lower Kenai Peninsula; and

WHEREAS, The existing contract between the City and the Borough which outlines the respective roles and responsibility of the parties with respect to emergency management communications services has expired; and

WHEREAS, The City and the Borough wish to enter into a new contract for emergency management communications services in which the City provides emergency call taking within the City limits on behalf of the Borough and both emergency call taking dispatching services to area(s) outside of the City as an emergency back-up for other Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) as the need arises; and

WHEREAS, The staff of both the Borough and the City have reviewed the attached agreement and recommend approval by the Homer City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the City Council of the City of Homer, Alaska hereby finds that the attached Contract for Emergency Management Communications Services between the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Homer is in the best interest of the City and its residents and authorizes the City Manager to execute it.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 11th day of December, 2006.

CITY OF HOMER

ATTEST: ___________________________

JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

MARY L. CALHOUN, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Impact: $48,000 per year plus 1% increase per year up to $52,800