2012-923 RESOLUTION NO. 2012- 923
A resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into a Reciprocal Mutual Aid Fire /EMS
Protection Agreement.
WHEREAS, section 66.0301, Stats., authorizes municipalities to cooperate together and to contract with other
municipalities for the receipt or furnishing of services or the joint exercise of any power or duty required or
authorized by law; and
WHEREAS, section 66.0303 (2), Stats., authorizes municipalities to cooperate together and to contract with
other municipalities of another state for the receipt or furnishing of services or the joint exercise of any power
or duty required or authorized by law; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Janesville believes it is in the best interest of the residents of
municipalities to cooperate for purposes of fire /EMS protection and to contract for the fire /EMS protection units
of the municipalities to come to the aid of other municipalities to fight fires and to respond to other emergencies
within those municipalities when necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Janesville has determined that it is in the best interest of the
City of Janesville to enter into the proposed Reciprocal Mutual Aid Fire /EMS Protection Agreement to provide
for efficient and effective coordination of fire protection and emergency medical services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Common Council that the Reciprocal Mutual Aid Fire /EMS
Protection Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is herby
approved and adopted and that the City Manager and City Clerk be and hereby are authorized to execute the
same on behalf of the City of Janesville.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager and his designee(s), on behalf of the City of Janesville,
are hereby jointly and severally further authorized and empowered to negotiate, draft, review, review, modify,
amend, execute, enter into, file and /or record additional agreements, amendments, documents, and letters of
understanding concerning this matter, and to take whatever additional other minor actions that the City
Manager may determine in his sole discretion, from time to time and at any time, necessary and /or desirable in
the public interest to effectuate the intent of this Resolution.
ADOPTED: July 9, 2012 Motion by: Steeber
Second by: Severson
APPROV D : Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
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Liebert X
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wald Klimc , , City Attorney
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