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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1993-145 DispatchRESOLUTION NO. R-93- 145 A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Yakima to execute a Fire Communications Services Contract. WHEREAS, the City of Yakima has heretofore provided alarm services to the City of Union Gap, the City of Selah, and a number of Yakima County Fire Protection Districts; and WHEREAS, the fire protection entities desire to enter into a new Fire Communications Services Contract for the continuation of said services from 1994 through 1996; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima deems this contract to be in the best interest of the City of Yakima, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: The City Manager and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached and incorporated agreement entitled "Fire Communications Services Contract." 21st December ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this day of Mayor ATTEST: oi,nc_ City Clerk (1s)res/fire cmunctn rp , 1993. FIRE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES CONTRACT PARTIES: CITY OF YAKIMA, hereinafter called 'Yakima," and the CITY OF UNION GAP, the CITY OF SELAH, hereinafter called "Cities," and YAKIMA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS NO. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, and 14, hereinafter called "Districts." RECITALS: The City of Yakima has heretofore provided alarm services to the Districts and Cities for the handling and processing of fire, alarm, and emergency calls. The parties desire to enter into a contract for the continuation of such services, now, therefore, for and in consideration of the covenants and conditions hereinafter contained, THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. FIRE DISPATCH CENTER. Yakima shall continue to operate a central facility to be known as the Fire Dispatch Center within the City of Yakima and shall use the same for the purpose of receiving fire and emergency service calls from the respective areas served by all of the parties hereto, and shall dispatch fire apparatus of the appropriate party in answer to any such fire or emergency calls and for the purpose of receiving and transmitting mutual aid calls among the various parties hereto and for other related business. 2. AUTHORITY OF DISPATCH CENTER. It is agreed that the duty of operating the Fire Dispatch Center and the complete management thereof is vested in Yakima and that Yakima shall have the full, complete, and exclusive authority to operate and manage such Fire Dispatch Center, including, but not limited to, the authority to hire and fire employees and operators for such office. 3. EXPENSE OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. The expense of continued maintenance and operation of the Fire Dispatch Center, including the expense of operating all telephone lines terminating at the Fire Dispatch Center, and including the maintenance of equipment located within the Fire Dispatch Center belonging to the Districts and/or Cities shall be borne by Yakima. 4. TERM. This Contract is for a term of three (3) calendar years commencing January 1, 1994. It shall terminate on December 31, 1996 at midnight. 5. COST OF SERVICE. Yakima shall maintain a record of all the Districts' and Cities' alarm calls, and each District and each of the Cities of Union Gap and Selah shall be charged by Yakima for each call as stated herein. During the calendar year 1994, the cost per alarm call shall be TWENTY DOLLARS AND EIGHTEEN CENTS ($20.18). The cost per alarm call for 1995 and 1996 shall be adjusted effective January 1 of each year of the contract term to an Page 1 of 3 (1s)agr/fire cmunctn.rp amount equal to the 1994 cost per alarm multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor for All Urban Consumers (CPI -U) U.S. City Average for All Items, with a reference base period of 1982- 84=100 (Index) for the most recent month available immediately preceding the January 1 adjustment, and the denominator of which shall be the same Index published for the same month in 1993. If the U.S. Government ceases to publish the Index on a 1982-84=100 reference base, the Index shall be converted to the currently published standard reference base period in accordance with the conversation factor published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the Index is discontinued or revised during the term, such other governmental index or computation with which it is replaced shall be used in order to obtain substantially the same result as would be obtained if the Index had not been discontinued or revised. If a correction is made to previously published Index data, the corrected data shall be used prospectively. Each District and each of the Cities of Union Gap and Selah shall be billed in January of each year for alarm service during that calendar year based on the number of alarm calls handled by Yakima for each District and the Cities of Union Gap and Selah during the previous calendar year times the cost per alarm call rate applicable for the respective year. 6. PAYMENT FOR ALARM CALI&. Each District and each of the Cities of Union Gap and Selah shall pay for each year's billing for alarm services within ninety (90) days after billing by Yakima. Payment shall be made to Yakima Director of Finance and Budget, City Hall, 129 North 2nd Street, Yakima, Washington. 77. DEFINITION_OF ALARM CAILS. A call to be charged for under the terms of this Agreement is defined as follows: A. An alarm call is defined as a call requiring the dispatch of equipment from Districts or the Cities. Any number of vehicles from the responsible Districts or Cities may answer any such alarm call. All communications dealing with such alarm call shall be deemed one (1) alarm call. B. Mutual Aid. In the event an individual District. or Union Gap or Selah requests mutual aid, it shall pay for each additional alarm call it. requests. 8. EARLY TERMINATION OF (ONTRA(I. The parties to this Contract agree this Contract will be terminated if a combined communications center is placed into operation as a result of implementing a 911 System, which replaces the existing Fire Dispatch Center. Such termination shall be effected by giving at least sixty (60) days written notice to each of the parties to this Contract. A combined communication center is defined as a central receiving point and dispatching center for all police, fire:, emergency medical services, and related emergencies. If the combined communications center is placed into operation at a time other than the end of the calendar year, the Cities and Districts will be responsible for payments for that calendar year only through the time the services provided by the City of Yakima are terminated. If payment for the Page 2 of 3 lls)agr/fire cmunr_tn.rp entire calendar year has been paid, a pro -rata refund through the date of service provided will be made. 9. HOLD HARMLESS. The Districts and the Cities shall protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Yakima, its agents, officers, and employees from any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, and liability arising out of or related to the performance of this Contract. 10. SIGNATURE. It is agreed that this Contract may be signed by each District separately and the signatures of all Districts need not be placed on a single document. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have set their hands and seals this day of , 1993. CITY OF YAKIMA YAKIMA COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. By: By: City Manager Chairman ATTEST: ATTEST: City Clerk City Clerk CITY OF SELAH CITY OF UNION GAP By: By: City Supervisor City Supervisor ATTEST: ATTEST: City Clerk City Clerk Page 3 of 3 (1s)agr/fire cmunccn.rp