2025-23501
RESOLUTION NO. 2025 - 2350
A resolution authorizing the donation of four tents and three HVAC units to the
Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs and two tents and HVAC units to Rock
County Emergency Management.
Whereas, the City of Janesville is a Wisconsin Municipal Corporation located in the
County of Rock, and conducting its principal business at 18 North Jackson Street, P.O.
Box 5005, Janesville, WI 53547-5005 (“City”); and
Whereas, the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs (“DMA”) provides essential,
effective, and responsive military and emergency management capability for citizens of
the State of Wisconsin and the United States; and
Whereas, part of the DMA is Wisconsin Emergency Management (“WEM”), including
Wisconsin Task Force 1, which coordinate with local, tribal, state, and federal agencies,
as well as the volunteer and private sectors, to plan for, prepare for, and respond to
natural disasters, and man-made emergencies, all for the benefit of the general public
and the overall public good; and
Whereas, the DMA and the WEM conduct their principal business at 2400 Wright St., in
the City of Madison, County of Dane, State of Wisconsin 53704; and
Whereas, Rock County Emergency Management is a unit of the County of Rock,
conducting its principal business at 51 S. Main Street, Janesville, Wisconsin, 53545
(“Rock County”); and
Whereas, the City Fire Department has certain equipment that it purchased for the
COVID-19 Pandemic situation in 2020, which it no longer needs, to wit:
“Six tents and five HVACs (Western Shelter Systems) are located at 900 N. Parker.
One tent and one HVAC was listed on surplus, but has been removed so it can be
transferred to WI-TF1.”
(“Equipment”); and
Whereas, the DMA, WEM, and Rock County each desire and would benefit from
possession, ownership, and use of the Equipment; and
Whereas, the City’s transfer of possession and ownership of the Equipment to the County
of Rock, DMA, and WEM, and the County’s, the DMA’s, and WEM’s acceptance and use
of the Equipment shall is “as is”, with the City making no warranties or representations of
any kind or nature about the condition of the Equipment, its fitness for use or purpose;
and
Whereas, without exception, Rock County, the DMA, and WEM jointly and severally
indemnify, save, and hold harmless the City and each of the City’s elected and appointed
officials, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all liability, payment,
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claims, and damages arising from and/or pertaining to the use of the Equipment by Rock
County, the DMA, and/or WEM, and each of their successors and assigns; and
Whereas, this donation is authorized by state law, Wis. Stats. Secs. 62.11(5) and
66.0301.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the Common Council of the City of
Janesville, that:
1.Each of the above recitals is reiterated and incorporated herein as if fully set forth
verbatim; and
2. The donations are authorized; and
3. The City Manager and/or his designee may, from time to time and at any time, take
all actions he or his designee may determine necessary and/or desirable to
effectuate the purposes and intent of this Resolution.
ADOPTED:
APPROVED:
Kevin M. Lahner, City Manager
ATTEST:
Lorena Rae Stottler, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Fire Department
Prepared by: City Attorney
CA/Word/Shared/Resolution Donation Agreement to Department of Military Affairs
Motion by:
Second by:
Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Burdick
Cass
Erdman
Miller
Neeno
Squire
Williams
June 9, 2025 Erdman
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2025-2350
Final Audit Report 2025-06-10
Created:2025-06-10
By:Elizabeth Lopez (lopeze@janesvillewi.gov)
Status:Signed
Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAADKaOr98FMl0r1D8mdRmN-VMzxjsC_LyC
"2025-2350" History
Document created by Elizabeth Lopez (lopeze@janesvillewi.gov)
2025-06-10 - 6:45:55 PM GMT
Document emailed to Kevin Lahner (lahnerk@janesvillewi.gov) for signature
2025-06-10 - 6:45:58 PM GMT
Email viewed by Kevin Lahner (lahnerk@janesvillewi.gov)
2025-06-10 - 6:50:54 PM GMT
Document e-signed by Kevin Lahner (lahnerk@janesvillewi.gov)
Signature Date: 2025-06-10 - 6:51:04 PM GMT - Time Source: server
Document emailed to Lorena Stottler (stottlerl@janesvillewi.gov) for signature
2025-06-10 - 6:51:05 PM GMT
Email viewed by Lorena Stottler (stottlerl@janesvillewi.gov)
2025-06-10 - 7:10:12 PM GMT
Document e-signed by Lorena Stottler (stottlerl@janesvillewi.gov)
Signature Date: 2025-06-10 - 7:10:32 PM GMT - Time Source: server
Agreement completed.
2025-06-10 - 7:10:32 PM GMT