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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN:
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ORDINANCE NO. '7!Z!Z _„
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE CITY OF JEFFERSON TO CONTRACT BY ORDINANCE WITH THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA,
FULTON, MEXICO, MOBERLY AND BOONVILLE, MISSOURI, FOR THE OPERATION AND
INTERCHANGE OF COMMON SERVICE OF THE RESPECTIVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF SAID
CITIES IN EVENT OF MAJOR CONFLAGRATION OR MAJOR DISASTER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City of Jefferson, Missouri be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to contract, and does hereby contract with the
respective cities of COLUMBIA, BOONVILLE, FULTON, MEXICO AND MOBERLY,
MISSOURI, to create a pool of Fire Fighting equipment and personnel from
the fire departments of the respective contracting cities and to set up a
plan of mutual assistance in event of a major conflagration or disaster
occurring in any of the respective cities; said contract to be under and
by virtue of the provisions of Section 16, Article VI, of the Constitution
of Missouri, and of Sections 70.210, 70.220, 70.230, 71.370, 71,380,
71.390, 71.400, 71.410, and 71.420 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri,
1959, and which contract is in words and figures as follows:
"THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between the City of
the City of Jefferson, Fulton, Columbia, Mexico, Boonville, Moberly,
Missouri, witnesseth:
WHEREAS, the said cities are empowered by Ordinance duly enacted in
each of said cities to enter into this contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, inconsideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter
mentioned, to be performed by the said respective cities, it is agreed be-
tween said cities as follows:
A joint Fire Department Committee, consisting of One (1) member from
each of the contracting parties, who shall be the Fire Chief of the Fire
Department of the respective city shall be created and directed to make a
survey of the Fire Departments of each of the contracting cities and to
arrange a pool of such Fire Fighting Equipment and personnel that could be
safely spared from each or any of the contracting cities to respond to the
call for assistance from any of the cities in event of a major conflagration
or disaster occurring therein.
The Joint Fire Department Committee shall set up a plan of Mutual
Assistance among the contracting cities and shall correlate the Fire Fight-
ing Facilities of each city for the purpose of mutual safety. In the event
of a call for assistance from any of the cities, all the Fire Departments
from the contracting cities shall be on the alert to come to the assistance
of the city or cities, responding to the call in event of need, and shall
remain on the alert until the emergency is ended.
All the fire equipment and personnel pooled for mutual assistance shall
be stationed in the City owning and operating same and the Chief of the
Fire Department of each city shall be the judge of whether any part of his
equipment and personnel can be safely spared from his city at the time and
under the circumstances in the event of a call for assistance.
The Joint Fire Department Committee shall prescribe such rules and regu-
lations as are necessary and incidental to the efficient operation of the
plan of mutual assistance and shall set up minimum requirements and stan-
dards of maintenance of fire equipment and personnel of each of the contract-
ing cities, and in event any City or Cities shall fail to maintain its
respective Fire Equipment and Personnel up to the minimum requirements, and
standards fixed by the Joint Fire Department Committee the Committee shall
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give noti.co in writing of such failure to such City or Cities so failing
to maintain such requirements and standards, and if such City or Cities
shall not bring up such equipment or personnel to the requirements and
standards within six (6) months from the date of such notice, the Joint
Fire Department Committee may eliminate such City or Cities from the
pool and plan of Mutual Assistance until such requirements and standards
are met.
In case of loss or damage to the Fire Equipment of any of the con-
tracting cities while responding to the call for assistance to any other
city pursuant to this Agreement, such loss or damage shall be borne by
the city owning and operating such equipment.
This contract shall terminate February 19, 1973."
Section 2. The Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, is hereby appointed as a member of the Joint Fire Department
Committee, and is authorized and directed to carry out the terms of the
foregoing contract and is further authorized to send such fire fighting
equipment and personnel owned and operated by the City of Jefferson to
the assistance of the Cities of Columbia, Fulton, Mexico, Moberly and
Boonville, Missouri, in event of a major conflagration or disaster, in
the event of a call for assistance from any of said cities, whenever in
his ,judgment same can be safely spared from the City of Jefferson at the
time and under the circumstances.
Section 3. This Ordinance and contract shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and approval, and as soon as a similar
Ordinance embodying the agreements set forth herein has been passed and
approved by each of the Cities of Columbia, Fulton, Mexico, Moberly and
Boonville, Missouri.
Section 4. Upon passage of this Ordinance the Clerk of the City of
Jefferson, Missouri, shall certify copies of same and shall by mail submit
a copy thereof to the City Clerks of each of the Cities of Columbia, Fulton,
Mexico, Moberly, and Boonville, Missouri.
Passed: Approved: , 4 X J A/1 1/4
ohn G. Christy ohn G. Christy
e ident of the Council Mayor
Attest:
Maigaret Christian
City Clerk
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