4695-18 Rescinding and Replacing Resolution No. 4663-17

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BILL NO. 18-02 RESOLUTION NO. 4695-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 4663-17 AND APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA,ACTING THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT,AND THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, REGARDING INDIANA TASK FORCE ONE WHEREAS,the City of Indianapolis("Indianapolis"),acting through the Indianapolis Fire Department, is the sponsoring agency for Indiana Task Force One (the "Task Force"), an urban search and rescue task force within the National Urban Search & Rescue Response System, by virtue of an agreement between Indianapolis and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA"); and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend ("South Bend"), acting on behalf of the South Bend Fire Department, desires to enter into a cooperative arrangement with Indianapolis to become a participating agency in the Task Force; and WHEREAS, through the cooperative arrangement, South Bend personnel will participate in preparedness activities required by FEMA and in urban search and rescue operations and/or deployment of the Task Force, and South Bend will be reimbursed for expenses incurred in its participation in the cooperative arrangement; and WHEREAS, Indianapolis and South Bend have developed a Memorandum of Agreement (the "MOA"), which is attached as Exhibit A, containing governing provisions for South Bend's participation in the Task Force, which was approved by the City of South Bend Board of Public Works (the "BPW") on January 9, 2018; and WHEREAS, the MOA approved by the BPW in January 2018 supersedes the prior Memorandum of Agreement between South Bend and the now-dissolved Indianapolis Department of Public Safety that was approved by the BPW on August 17, 2017, and by the Common Council on August 28, 2017, through the adoption of Resolution No. 4663-17. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby rescinds Resolution No. 4663-17, and approves the Memorandum of Agreement incorporated herein as Exhibit A between the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, Acting through the Indianapolis Fire Department, and the City of South Bend, Indiana, Regarding Indiana Task Force One.