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APRIL 28, 2015 15-208 RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE: AUTHORIZE RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE
PERSONNEL TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN STRUCTUAL
COLLAPSE TEAM
INITIATED BY: FIRE DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh has participated with the State Office of
Emergency Management since 2012 to provide personnel to respond to incidents involving
structural collapses; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh has had a formal agreement to provide such
services in the past; and
WHEREAS, the City and State continued to participate in the Agreement while
issues were resolved related to the prior renewal of this agreement and it is therefore
necessary to retroactively approve the prior agreement together with the current
agreement for services through 2016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to enter into and take those
steps necessary to implement appropriate agreements with the Wisconsin Department of
Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management for Statewide Structural Collapse
Team Members, for years 2014 through 2016.
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Tim Franz, Fire Chief
DATE: Apri121, 2015
RE: Request to Renew Agreement to Provide Personnel to the State of
Wisconsin Structural Collapse Team
BACKGROUND
The City of Oshkosh has had an agreement with the State Office of Emergency
Management since 2012 to provide personnel to respond to incidents involving structural
collapses from incidents such as tornadoes, explosions and terrorist incidents. The State
has developed a statewide team made up of inembers from career fire departments
throughout the state. This agreement outlines the responsibilities and provisions of our
participation in this State sponsared team. We have had some administrative and
reporting issues with the previous contract that have been worked out, so the contract is
in arrears to 2014 and will be in effect though 2015 fiscal year.
ANALYSIS
This agreement allows for eight of our personnel to receive training and be available to
respond as a member of this team. The State of Wisconsin provides the direction,
equipment and training for this team and we through this agreement supply our
personnel. The State assumes all liability in operating and Workmen's compensation for
our personnel and reimburses the City $45.00 per hour for their service. Funding for
training is directly from the State, in the event of a response, the State would pursue
disaster declaration funds, a responsible party or State funds for reimbursement. The
trained personnel would respond on or off duty and we retain the right to refuse their
response if it negatively impacts the emergency response capability of the City at the
time.
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed rate of reimbursement at $45.00 per hour will cover the City's cost of our
personnel when they are on overtime. The State will cover all training cost and they do
this do this as a reimbursement after the fact and have been historically prompt. There
could be a delay of months to receive reimbursement in the event of a response and a
very low possibility of no reimbursement if there is not a disaster declaration, responsible
party declared or State funds allocated. There is no other cost or liabilities for the City
with this program.
RECCOMENDATION
I recommend that we renew our agreement and supply personnel to the State Structural
Collapse Team. In the event of large scale disasters we can provide and receive the
appropriate resources to adequately respond. This is a resource that no single city or fire
department can develop and sustain on their own, but together working through the State
we can provide this valuable resource. In addition to this we will have personnel receive
this special training at no cost to us that they can share with the rest of our department
and enhance the level of service we are providing locally. Please direct any question
regarding this matter to the Fire Chief.
Respectfully S bmitted, Approved:
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Timothy Franz City Manager
Fire Chief