ORDINANCE NO. 250130

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Sponsor:  City Manager

Authorizing the City Manager to execute on behalf of the City a regional resource sharing agreement with jurisdictions in the Mid-America Regional Council.

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WHEREAS, the law of the State of Missouri authorizes political subdivisions to enter into agreements with other jurisdictions for reciprocal emergency aid; and

WHEREAS, the jurisdictions of the Mid-America Regional Council desire to enter into an agreement that would allow the sharing of resources during catastrophic events and to facilitate the development of interagency policies and procedures to ensure timely and efficient resource availability in response to and recovery from emergencies or disasters; and

WHEREAS, it is believed that such agreement would improve emergency planning, increase the likelihood that resources would be available in a catastrophe, provide a mechanism for the use of incident report teams, and provide a mechanism to support multi-jurisdictional training; and

WHEREAS, the agreement would only concern the sharing of a resource not addressed by a mutual aid agreement.  The resource sharing agreement would not interfere with existing mutual aid agreements; and

WHEREAS, the resource sharing agreement would not obligate the City to provide any resources, expend any funds, or reimburse any other jurisdiction; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the City a regional resource sharing agreement with jurisdictions in the Mid-America Regional Council.  A copy of said proposed agreement is on file in the Office of Emergency Management. 

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Approved as to form:

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Alan Holtkamp

Senior Associate City Attorney