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
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, 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
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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
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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
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