CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

                                                                                                   Police Chief / Manager

RESOLUTION 07-30

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 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; AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION 06-143 ON THE SAME TOPIC.

 

            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 responsibilities 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 and 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 City and the Borough have reviewed the attached agreement and recommend approval by the Homer City Council and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly; and

 

            WHEREAS, An earlier version of this contract was approved by the Homer City Council via Resolution 06-143 on December 11, 2006 however, the City Attorney subsequently requested amendments to Section 12 entitled “ Indemnification”; and

 

            WHEREAS, The City Attorney and the Borough Attorney have agreed upon new language which has been inserted in Section 12 of the contract.

 

            NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Homer City Council 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; and

 

           

 

RESOLUTION 07-30

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CITY OF HOMER

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Council declares that this resolution shall supercede Resolution 06-143 on the same topic and that Resolution 06-143 is hereby rescinded and repealed.

 

            PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 26th day of February, 2007.

 

                                                                                    CITY OF HOMER

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                    JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

 

ATTEST:

 

 

______________________________

JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

 

 

 

 

 

 

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