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Home My WebLink AboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 22_5/13/2021Agenda Item #22. Regular Council STAFF MEMO Meeting: Regular Council - May 13 2021 Staff Contact: James Trube, Fire Chief Department: Fire 11 First Amendment to Emergency Services Agreement for Mutual Assistance, Automatic Aid, Dispatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services Between Palm Beach County and the Village of Tequesta SUMMARY: im' Please find attached First Amendment to Emergency Services Agreement for Mutual Assistance, Automatic Aid, Dispatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services Between Palm Beach County and the Village of Tequesta. This agreement seeks to add Section 6. ISO Training. Each party shall endeavor to provide the other party with at least three hours of training opportunities, for at least one engine company per quarter to meet ISO requirements for automatic aid training. For full details, please see contract. This document and any attachments may be reproduced upon request in an alternative format by completing our Accessibility Feedback Form, sending an e-mail to the Village Clerk or calling 561-768-0443. First Amendment to Emeraencv Services Aareement for Mutual Assistance. Automatic Aid. DISDatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and ReDair Services Between Palm Beach Countv and the Villaae of Teguesta.ada First Amendment Agreement.ada Page 468 of 496 Agenda Item #22. To: From: Date: Re: V"111age 4 345 Tequesta Drive Tequesta,, FL 33469 �►IL, bk Village Mayor 5 1-768-0700 www.tequesta.org Jeremy Allen, Village Manager Lori McWilliams, Village Clerk Keith Davis, Village Attorney James Trube, Fire Chief May 13, 2021 First Amendment to Emergency Services Agreement for Mutual Assistance, Automatic Aid, Dispatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services Between Palm Beach County and the Village of Tequesta Please find attached First Amendment to Emergency Services Agreement for Mutual Assistance, Automatic Aid, Dispatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services Between Palm Beach County and the Village of Tequesta. This agreement seeks to add Section 6. ISO Training. Each party shall endeavor to provide the other party with at least three hours of training opportunities, for at least one engine company per quarter to meet ISO requirements for automatic aid training. For full details, please see contract. Vice -Mayor Kyle Stone Mayor Abby Brennan Council Member Laurie Brandon Council Member Frank D'Ambra Council Member Bruce Prince Village Manager Jeremy Allen Page 469 of 496 Agenda Item #22. FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, AUTOMATIC AID, DISPATCH AND FIRE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES BETWEEN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, AUTOMATIC All DISPATCH AND FIRE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES is made and entered into this day of 12021, by and between PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, a political subdivision of the State of Florida (hereinafter the "County"'), by and through its Board of County Commissioners and the VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, a Florida municipal corporation located in Palm Beach County, Florida (hereinafter the "'Village"'). WHEREAS, the parties entered into an Emergency Services Agreement for Mutual Assistance., Automatic Aid,, Dispatch and Fire Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services (R2012- 1303) ("Agreement") for a term of ten (10) years through September 30, 2022; and WHEREAS, the parties each provide automatic aid to each other pursuant to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Insurance Services Office (ISO)1s an independent organization that rates fire departments; and WHEREAS, fire departments that have automatic aid arrangements with other departments can improve their ISO score by participating in three hours of training exercises per quarter with their automatic aid partner departments; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to provide each other with such training opportunities. NOW,, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein and the benefits following from each to the other, the County and the Village do hereby agree as follows: L Article 1: MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND AUTOMATIC All is hereby amended to add Section 6. IS Training to read as follows: As part of the automatic aid between the parties under this Agreement, each party Page 470 of 496 Agenda Item #22. shall endeavor to provide the other party with at least three hours of training opportunities, for at least one engine company, per quarter that meet ISO requirements for automatic aid training. The provision of training opportunities under this paragraph shall not be mandatory; however, training opportunities that are provided from one party to another are intended to be mutual and reciprocated by the other party with training opportunities that provide a substantially similar amount of training that meets ISO automatic aid training criteria. In the mutual interest of promoting ISO training, each party agrees that it shall not require or request from the other party 13 s on -duty personnel any type of release, indemnification or assumption of risk agreement, acknowledgment or other statement, relating to the ISO training provided under this paragraph, provided that such employee is identified and scheduled by the employing party to attend the training on -duty as a part of his or her official. duties with said employing party. 2. Article V: GENERAL CONTRACT TERMS, Section 11. Equal Opportunity is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows: Nondiscrimination. Each party represents and warrants that all of its employees are treated equally during employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or genetic information. 3. Article V: GENERAL CONTRACT TERMS is hereby amended to add Section 33. E- Verify - Employment Eligibility to read as follows: Each party warrants and represents that it is in compliance with section 448.095, Florida Statutes, as may be amended. Each party has registered with and uses, and. shall continue to use, the E- Verify System (E-Verify.gov), to electronically verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. If either party has a good faith belief that the other party has knowingly violated Section 448.09(l), Florida Statutes, as may be amended, said party shall terminate this Agreement with the violating party. 4. This First Amendment shall take effect upon approval by both parties. 5. All other provisions of the Agreement are hereby confirmed and, except as provided herein, are not otherwise altered or amended and shall remain in full force and effect. 2 Page 471 of 496 Agenda Item #22. 6. A copy of this First Amendnient shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County. [REMAINDER OF PAGE LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY] 3 Page 472 of 496 Agenda Item #22. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Parties have caused these presents to be signed by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first written above. ATTEST: PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA BY ITS Joseph Abruzzo, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller By: Deputy Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY By: County Attomey ATTEST: By: Village Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY By: Village Attorney B y -. Dave Kerner., Mayor APPROVED AS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS By: Palm Beach County Fire -Rescue VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA By: Mayor APPROVED AS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS B y -0 Village of Tequesta Fire -Rescue 2 Page 473 of 496