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RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
PROMOTING THE USE OF INTRASTATE MUTUAL -AID AGREEMENTS
* WHEREAS, Chapter 12, Section 12.331 allows for Intrastate Mutual Aid, and direct, timely assistance between
jurisdictions is critical; and
WHEREAS, the possibility of the occurrence of natural and other disasters of major size and destructiveness exists and is
increasing; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that preparations of the City of Oak Park Heights will be adequate to deal with
disasters; generally protect the public peace, health, and safety; and preserve the lives and property of the people of the
state; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the rendering of mutual aid among the political subdivisions of the state and to
cooperate with the federal government with respect to carrying out emergency management functions; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of Minnesota that all emergency response functions of this state be coordinated to the
maximum extent with the comparable functions of the state government, including its various departments and agencies,
of other states and localities, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective preparations and uses
may be made of the state's labor supply, resources, and facilities for dealing with any disaster that may occur; and
WHEREAS, the director of each local organization for emergency management may, in collaboration with other public
and private agencies within this state, develop or cause to be developed mutual -aid arrangements for reciprocal
emergency management aid and assistance in an emergency or disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. These
arrangements must be consistent with the local emergency operations plan and, in time of emergency, each local
organization for emergency management and its members shall render assistance in accordance with the provisions of the
O utual -aid arrangements; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that City of Oak Park Heights promotes the efficiency and effectiveness of
intrastate mutual aid by designating the City administrator, manager, public safety director, police chief, fire chief, public
works director, or other officer who, exercising discretion and considering the needs of the political subdivision and its
inhabitants, to dispatch equipment and personnel as considered necessary if a danger of fire, hazard, casualty, or another
similar occurrence exists outside the political subdivision and by its suddenness it would be impractical for the governing
body of the City itself to authorize the dispatch of equipment and personnel to combat that emergency or disaster.
Adopted by the City Council this day of December, , 2006
l
or David Beaudet
Attest:
is Jo son, City Administrator