CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                         City Manager

RESOLUTION 07-114

 

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, ON BEHALF OF THE KACHEMAK EMERGENCY SERVICE AREA, TO CONTINUE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THE EXISTING CONTRACT AGREEMENT UNTIL JUNE 1, 2008, WHILE THE PARTIES NEGOTIATE A NEW AGREEMENT.

 

            WHEREAS, The City of Homer has entered into several agreements with the Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) on behalf of the Kachemak Emergency Service Area (KESA) to provide fire and emergency medical services to the area included within KESA, the most recent of which expires December 31, 2007; and

 

            WHEREAS, In May 2007, representatives from the City, KESA, and the Borough met in Homer to identify areas of concern for the next contract and those concerns included the need for KESA to complete a feasibility study; and

 

            WHEREAS, Since that meeting, a new service area administration has been hired and a request for proposals to conduct a feasibility study has been developed; the responses to which have been received and are presently being evaluated; and

 

            WHEREAS, One of the primary purposes of the feasibility study is to determine if, when and how the KESA board may operate independently from the City of Homer and what the future relationship between the parties might be; and

 

            WHEREAS, Because the feasibility study has not yet been conducted, additional time is needed for the parties to determine the best approach to take in successfully developing an independent fire and emergency response within the Kachemak Emergency Service Area; and

 

            WHEREAS, It is anticipated that this process will take an extended period of time and that the contract being negotiated will address the various steps in that process, including a payment formula which recognize the several steps in scope of services to be provided by the City during the transition process; and

 

            WHEREAS, The City of Homer and the borough administration have begun negotiating a new agreement for the continued provision of fire and emergency medical services to KESA and have not yet reached a final agreement; and

            WHEREAS, The parties estimate that an additional five months, until June 1, 2008, is needed to successfully complete the negotiations of the new contract and present them to the Borough Assembly and the City Council for approval.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Homer City Council that the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter an agreement with the borough administration, on behalf of KESA, to continue operations under the existing agreement until June 1, 2008, provided that the parties continue to negotiate a new agreement regarding the provision of fire and emergency medical services in the service area. Any new agreement will be subject to approval by the Homer City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and will be made retroactive to January 1, 2008.

 

            PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 10th day of December, 2007.

 

 

                                                                        CITY OF HOMER

 

                                                                        _____________________________

                                                                        JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

 

ATTEST:

 

______________________________

JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

 

Fiscal Note: Contract amount remains unchanged until new contract is agreed upon.