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Home My WebLink AboutRESOLUTION - 52-79 - 6/26/1979 - EG RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DIST AGRMTREscLU-jjC1-; I�o. 52-79 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR INTERIM BACK-UP FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICE ASSISTANCE WITH THE ELK GROVE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPaSe, State of Illinois: Section 1. That the Village President be and is hereby authorized to sign the attached documents markedAn Agreement for Interim Back -Up Fire Protection and Emergency Assistance. . a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if fully set forth and the Village Clerk is authorized to attest said documents upon the signature of the Village President. Section 2. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. PASSED this 26th day of June 1,079 - APPROVED this 26th day of June 1979 . Attest: Villaj(e Clerk AN AGREEMENT FOR INTERIM BACK-UP FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICE ASSISTANCE WHEREAS, The ELK GROVE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the ''District"), is in the process of establishing its own fire department (hereinafter referred to as the (District's Department") ir by contract or otherwise; and r WHEREAS, the acquisition of equipment, facilities, and manpower by the District will take time; and WHEREAS, the District is desirous of establishing and maintaining its own professional fire fighting capability to the end that the residents in the District can be assured of adequate protection; and WHEREAS, the VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, a municipal corporation of the State of Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the ''Village''), is desir- ous of cooperating with the District in an affort to aid the District, on an interim basis, to achieve its goals. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: 1. That for the period beginning july -1, 1979_through September 30, 1979, the Village and the Elk Grove Village Fire Department, (hereinafter re�erred to as the "Village's Department'') will furnish initial and back up fire fighting and emergency ambulance service to the District and the District's Department pursuant to the following conditions and stipulations: A. That the District will not object to any annexation of the lands or territories or parts thereof lying within the District by the Village, which lands and territories are delineated on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. B. That the District's Depar- and the Distr;ct will be solely responsible for all fi, ghting and other emergency services including emergency ambulance service within the corporate limits of the District, subject to the following: 1) Upon receipt of notification (whether from the District's Department or elsewhere,) the Village's Department will make automatic and initial response to those areas delineated by diagonal hatching on Exhibit A, attached hereto subject to the following: a) It is understood, however, that in the event the Village's Department is committed to other emergencies, the Village (at the discretion of the Village's Officer in Charge) shall not be responsible to provide the services con- templated to be rendered under the terms of this agreement. b) The Village is authorized to dispatch such equipment and X manpower as is dedmed necessary, in the discretion of the Village, to handle any such response or call for aid. c) That the Village will be paid on a per call bssls at the rate of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per apparatus or ambulance per hour or portion thereof. Time shall be measured from receipt of alarm to the return of the equipment to its station. The District shall pay the Village within thirty days of the receipt of the Village's invoice therefor. Failure to make such timely payment will result in the automatic cancellation of this agree-' ment and notice of such cancellation shall be provided to the District no later than 5 -days prior to the effective date of such cancellation. 2) With respect to all areas of the District other than those areas described in B.I) above, the Village's Department is not respon- sible for initial and automatic response to such areas but will provide such back-up apparatus and equipment as is requested by the District's Department subject to the following: a) It is understood, however, that in the event the Village's Department is committed to other emergencies, the Village (at the discretion of the Village's Officer in Charge) shall not be responsible to provide the services con- templated to be rendered under the terms of this agreement. b) That upon arrival of any equipment of the Village at the scene of any given emergency, the Senior Officer of the Village's Department at the scene or his representative shall have the sole and exclusive authority and respons- ibility to direct and control the members of the Village's Department in its firefighting, fire protection, and other emergency operation carried on at the scene of any alarm 2 or emergency. That upon the arrival of any such equip- ment of the Village's Department at any such scene of any alarm or emergency within the said territory of the District, the Village's Department will provide fire fighting and other emergency services in accordance with this agreement and the procedures and regulations of r the Village's Depz?rtment c) The Village's Department will provide emergency ambulance service to the nearest hospital, provided the unit is available. d) The Village will be paid on a per call basis at the rate of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per apparatus o�r ambulance per hour or portion thereof. Time shall be measured from receipt of alarm to the return of equipment. to its station. The District shall pay the Village within thirty days of the receipt of the Village's invoice ther6for. Failure to make such timely payment will result in the automatic cancellation of this agreement and notice of such cancellation shall be provided to the District no later than 5 -days prior to the effective date of such cancellation. C. That the District shall hold harmless the Village and the Village's Department as well as all of the officers, agents and/or employees of the Village from and against any and all losses and damages, suits, liabilities and/or payments or expenses resulting from or in respect to the aforesaid fire fighting and other emergency services except for claims based on intentional Tortious conduct by Village, the Village's Department, its Officers, agents and/or employees under this agreement. 2. 'That the District and the Village will make all reasonable efforts to rd all calls for aid by means of an automated system which shall include the time such calls were received by the respective fire department of each. 3. The District will provide the Village and the Village's Department current maps of the corporate limits of the District. 4. That within seven (7) days of receipt of any notice of annexation by any municipality of land and territory within its district, the District shall forward a copy of said notice to the Village by addressing same to the attention of the Village Clerk 901 Wellington Ave. Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007 3 I 5. This contract and the services called for herein will terminate at 12:01 a.m. October 1, 1979, without further notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreemertt to be executed by their respective Officers this_ day of 1979 ATTEST. LVA By Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District By_ Z-1