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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 52431-A1 CSC No.52431-A1 AMENDMET NO. 1 TO CITY OF FORT WORTH CONTRACT 52431 This Amendment No.1 to City Secretary Contract No. 52431 ("First Amendment") is entered into by and between the City of Fort Worth (hereafter "Fort Worth"), a home rule municipality in the State of Texas, acting by and through Valerie Washington,its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and City of Haslet, a general law municipality in the state of Texas (hereafter "Haslet") acting by and through Gary Hulsey, its duly authorized Mayor. Fort Worth and Haslet shall be referred to individually as a Parry and collectively as the Parties. WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, the "Interlocal Cooperation Act," authorizes local government entities to enter into interlocal contracts for governmental purposes; WHEREAS, the Texas Government Code 791.006 specifically authorizes interlocal agreements for fire services; WHEREAS, on June 17, 2019, the Parties entered into City Secretary Contract No. 52431, an interlocal agreement, for Parties to provide automatic and mutual aid fire services ("Agreement"); WHEREAS,the Agreement would be for a one-year term with the Agreement renewing automatically for additional one-year periods; WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Agreement to expand the area in Haslet where Fort Worth is to provide automatic aid response; WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Haslet will pay Fort Worth $2,000 per response to the expanded area where Fort Worth is to provide automatic aid response. NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, acting herein by the through their duly authorized representatives, enter into the following agreement: I. AMENDMENTS 1. Attachment A of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the Attachment A attached to this First Amendment. 2. The Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit 1, attached to this First Amendment, as Exhibit 1 of the Agreement. 3. Section II of the Agreement titled "Cost Reimbursed" of the Agreement is here by deleted and replaced with the following language: OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX II. Cost Reimbursed Haslet and Fort Worth agree to reimburse each other for actual costs other than ordinary operating costs incurred by each other in the performance of this Agreement, or as may otherwise be required by applicable federal or state statute, law, rule, or regulation. Reimbursement shall be made on an incident-by-incident basis and shall be made subsequent to a submission of an invoice by the Party incurring costs to the other Party. Notwithstanding the above, each Party shall be responsible for all costs associated with its own equipment, including damage and breakage. The party in whose jurisdiction the incident occurs shall reimburse the responding party for all costs, including, but not limited to, labor, payroll, equipment damage or use, and any and all other expenses incurred pursuant to this Agreement after the first operational period of a response hereunder. For the purposes of this Agreement and for claims for reimbursement from the appropriate local, state, or federal agency or entity, the first operational period shall be the first twelve(12)hours from time of dispatch. Personnel who are assigned, designated or ordered to perform duties pursuant to this Agreement, shall receive the same wage, salary, pension, and all other compensation and rights for the performance of such duties,including injury or death benefits, and Workers' Compensation benefits, as though the service had been rendered within the limits of the entity where he or she is regularly employed or serves.Moreover, all medical expenses,wage and disability payments, pension payments, insurance, damage to equipment and clothing, and expense of travel, food and lodging shall be paid by the entity in which the employee in question is regularly employed or for whom said individual volunteers,except for those payments each party is required to pay under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs in this section, the Parties agree that Haslet with reimburse Fort Worth $2,000.00 per response to the shaded area indicated in Exhibit 1. The shaded area in Exhibit I is more commonly known or referred to as LeTara area. 2. ALL OTHER TERMS SHALL REMAIN THE SAME All other provisions of the Agreement which are not expressly amended herein shall remain in full force and effect. 3. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile copy or computer image, such as a PDF or tiff image, or a signature, shall be treated as and shall have the same effect as anoriginal. (signature pagefollows) ACCEPTED AND AGREED: CITY OF FORT WORTH; CONTRACT COMPLIANCE MANAGER: By sigivng I acknowledge that I am the person responsible for the monitoring and administration By: Valerie Washington(Oct26,2021 09:46 CDT) of this contract, including ensuring all Name: Valerie Washington performance and reporting requirements. Title: Assistant City Manager Date: Oct 26,2021 By: Mark Rauscher(Oct 20,202114:59 CDT) APPROVAL RECONDIENDED: Name: Mark Rauscher Title: Assistant Fire Director APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: By: J s Davis(Oct 21,202107:57 CDT) �,d-p4�Rn� Name: Jim Davis pOF FORpk- a Title: Fire Chief p o°° °°°O�� By: p�o 01 00 Name: Christopher Austria ATTEST: C o *_� Title: Assistant City Attorney as °°° p rEXp5oap CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION: a �bna�4 M&C: 21-0682 09/14/2021 By: � �'"�'�'�� 1295: NIA Name: Ronald P. Gonzales Title: Acting City Secretary CITY OF HASLET—As approved by City Council at the Regular meeting held on October 18, 2021 i /, ATTES By: A B Y Name: Ga Hulsey Name: Kat a White Title: Mayor, Cit�r- Haslet Title: City Secretary j Date: �GII�ZC�lI Date: APPRO AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Ir By: Atio 0 k10 M Name: Rob li on Title: City Attorney Date: Ia/71 L� OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX ATTACHMENT "A" I. AUTOMATIC AID RESPONSE Explanatory note: Upon receipt of the report of an incident requiring response in their respective cities, the Fort Worth and Haslet fire departments may normally dispatch the level of resources described in Section LA below to the reported locations. For purposes of this agreement, automatic aid in the amount of resources described will be dispatched by one city into the other city's jurisdictional limits or ETJ,if the incident is reported in any of the geographical areas listed below. Also for purposes of this agreement, "reported" will be defined to mean any telephone calls into the 911 system, direct telephone calls to the fire department or radio transmissions to the fire and/or police dispatch centers. Excluded are automatic alarms, unless followed up by one of the above. A. Fort Worth: The Fort Worth Fire Department will respond into Haslet with a minimum of one ARFF, Engine, or Quint Company staffed with a minimum of three personnel, and one Battalion Chief on all reported emergency incidents within a specified area of the City of Haslet. All such responses are subject to availability of personnel and equipment. The response shall be in the area of Haslet City limits listed below: 1. Mapsco Quadrants: 7 E, F, J, K,N, P, and T (The businesses located here will have an lntermodal Pkwy or Tradewinds Drive addresses within these Mapsco quadrants). 2. The shaded area in Exhibit"I". The shaded area is more commonly known or referred to as LeTara area. I I. MUTUAL AID RESPONSE (non-automatic) A. Fort Worth: Calls for assistance during "working" incidents fires shall be given on an "as needed basis", yet shall not exceed a normal one-alarm assignment as described by the Fort Worth Fire Department. All such responses are subject to availability of personnel and equipment. Additional requests for emergency services including Hazmat, Technical Rescue, Dive/Swift Water, Wildland, etc. will be approved on a case by case basis as approved by the on duty Shift Commander. All such responses are subject to availability of personnel and equipment. B. Haslet: Calls for assistance during "working" incidents shall be given on an "as needed basis" by Haslet and shall include one engine/quint. All such responses are subject to availability of personnel and equipment. Exhibit 1 k13 I 1.� r � Fort'UVorth Alliance � Ai rpv rt De nto n - - - - - - - - Tarrant - - - — - - - 34 : _ 35 kfas€e# $ar Avondale HasletRd ?15G r J31u$Mvun d Rd E BlueMbundR all 41 Gold n Trlu,ale .l 287 W Bonds Ranch Rd T. _ T The shaded area is more commonly known or referred to as the LeTara area. M&C Review Page 1 of 2 Official site of the City of Foit Woith,Texas CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FORTIVORT11 REFERENCE **M&C 21- 36HASLET FIRE SERVICE DATE: 9/14/2021 NO.: 0682 LOG NAME: INTERLOCAL AMENDMENT 1 CODE: C TYPE: CONSENT PUBLIC NO HEARING: SUBJECT: (ALL) Authorize Execution of Amendment No. 1 to City Secretary Contract No. 52431, an Interlocal Fire Services Agreement with the City of Haslet, to Expand the Fire Services Provided by the City of Fort Worth to a Designated Area of Haslet and Accept Reimbursement RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Authorize execution of Amendment No. 1 to City Secretary Contract No. 52431, an Interlocal Fire Services Agreement with the City of Haslet, to expand the fire services provided by the City of Fort Worth to an area of Haslet commonly known or referred to as LeTara; and 2. Authorize the acceptance of reimbursements from the City of Haslet into the General Fund for costs as a result of Fort Worth handling fire and emergency response to the area of Haslet commonly known or referred to as LeTara. DISCUSSION: City Secretary Contract No. 52431 known as the Interlocal Agreement for Fire Services between City of Fort Worth and City of Haslet provides mutual aid services in response to fires, rescues, and emergency medical service (EMS) first response calls in each other's jurisdictions by the Fort Worth and Haslet Fire Departments. In addition to mutual aid services, the City of Fort Worth provides automatic aid fire services to certain areas in the City of Haslet. The cities of Fort Worth and Haslet now wish to amend the agreement to expand the area where the Fort Worth Fire Department is to provide automatic aid for response services for calls in a designated area not easily accessed by the Haslet Fire Department as outlined in the agreement and referred to as LeTara. The Fort Worth Fire Department will be reimbursed at a rate of$2,000.00 per response into the area known as LeTara for an estimated 50 responses per year. This project will serve ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Director of Finance certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and execution of the amendment to the contract, funds will be deposited into the General Fund. The Fire Department (and Financial Management Services) is responsible for the collection and deposit of funds due to the City. TO Fund Department Account Project Program Activity Budget Reference# Amount ID ID Year ChartField 2 FROM Fund Department Account Project Program Activity Budget Reference# Amount ID ID Year ChartField 2) http://apps.cfwnet.org/council_packet/mc_review.asp?ID=2923 0&councildate=9/14/2021 10/20/2021 M&C Review Page 2 of 2 Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Valerie Washington (6199) Originating Department Head: Jim Davis (6801) Additional Information Contact: Mark Rauscher(6803) ATTACHMENTS http://apps.cfwnet.org/council_packet/mc_review.asp?ID=2923 0&councildate=9/14/2021 10/20/2021