HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/05/2021 04I Emergency Aid Response Services Interlocal Agreement with City of SunnysideB US INE S S O F T HE C I T Y C O UNC I L
YAK I M A, WAS HING T O N
AG E ND A S TAT E M E NT
I tem No. 4.I .
For Meeting of: J anuary 5, 2021
I T E M T IT L E :Resolution authorizing an I nterlocal A greement for E mergency A id
Response with the City of S unnyside
S UB M IT T E D B Y:A aron Markham, F ire Chief
S UM M ARY E X P L ANAT I O N:
A ttached is a Resolution and contract for emergency aid response with the City of S unnyside for
Council consideration.
I T E M B UD G E T E D:NA
S T RAT E G I C P RI O RI T Y:P ublic S afety
AP P RO V E D F O R S UB M IT TAL B Y T HE C IT Y M ANAG E R
RE C O M M E ND AT I O N:
A dopt Resolution
AT TAC HM E NT S :
Description Upload Date Type
Resolution 12/22/2020 Cover Memo
Contract 12/21/2020 Cover Memo
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RESOLUTION NO. R-2021-____
RESOLUTION authorizing an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Sunnyside and
the City of Yakima for emergency aid response services.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima (Yakima Fire Department) and the City of Sunnyside
(Sunnyside) each independently operate organized and staffed fire departments trained and
equipped to provide responses in their respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, Sunnyside and Yakima Fire Department have negotiated an Interlocal
Agreement for Emergency Aid Response pursuant to the authority granted each agency as
provided in Chapter 39.34 RCW in order to jointly and cooperatively provide emergency
response services; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into the negotiated Interlocal Agreement,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, wherein, under certain
circumstances, one of the parties hereto will respond to an emergency incident within the
corporate limits of the other party hereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that approval of the Interlocal
Agreement for Emergency Aid Response, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference, is in the best interests of the residents of the City of Yakima, and that such approval
will promote the general health, safety and welfare of the City; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is authorized and directed to sign the Interlocal Agreement entitled
“Interlocal Agreement for Emergency Aid Response between the City of Yakima and the City of
Sunnyside”, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day of January, 2021.
ATTEST: Patricia Byers, Mayor
Sonya Claar Tee
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