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Resolution approving the Agreement for participation in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS).
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WHEREAS, Section 66.0301 (formerly Section 66.30), Wis. Stats., authorizes Wisconsin municipalities to contract with other municipalities for the receipt or furnishing of services, such as fire protection and emergency medical services; and,
WHEREAS, Section 166.30, Wis. Stats., allows Wisconsin to enter into interstate agreements for mutual assistance, including supplementary agreements that include provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment, supplies; and,
WHEREAS, an agreement was drafted to provide a mutual aid box alarm system for municipalities providing fire protection and emergency medical services and has been entered into by the counties of Kenosha, Walworth, Rock and parts of Green, Dane, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Jefferson counties in Wisconsin and Lake, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, and Cook counties in Illinois; and,
WHEREAS, in order to comply with Section 66.0301, Wis. Stats., the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin approved the agreement for mutual aid box alarm system (MABAS) between Wisconsin municipalities and municipalities of another state on December 22, 2000; and,
WHEREAS, the MABAS agreement was also approved by the Governor of the State of Wisconsin; and,
WHEREAS, the Common Council believes that intergovernmental cooperation for purposes of public safety and protection should be encouraged and that the MABAS Agreement would afford these benefits to city residents by coordinating fire protection and emergency medical services in the event of a large scale emergency, natural disaster, or man-made catastrophe; and
WHEREAS, part of MABAS includes written instructions for dispatchers to expedite delivery of services where mutual assistance is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West Allis that the Agreement for participation in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, be and is hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City.
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