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C. GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY: To the extent permitted by law and without without waiving sovereign immunity, each member political subdivision shall be responsible for any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, and causes for action related to or arising out of or in any way connected with its own actions, and the actions of its personnel in providing mutual aid assistance rendered or performed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this resolution. Each member political subdivision agrees to obtain general liability, public official's liability, and law enforcement liability, if applicable, with minimum single limits of no less than one million dollars. SECTION 5. ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MAN- AGEMENT The Department shall, during normal operations, provide staff support to political subdivisions officers and author/zed agencies, serve as the central depository for agreements, resolutions, ordinances and executive orders, maintmn a current listing of member political subdivisions, and provide a copy of this listing to each on an annual basis. The State Eec shall. during emergency operations, (1) request mutual aid on behalf of a member political subdivision, under the circumstances identified in this Agreement, (2) keep a record of all Requests for As- sistance and Acknowledgments, (3) report on the status of ongoing emergency or disaster-related mutual aid as appropriate, and assist participants in meeting all procedural and other requirements including those penmning to federal and state cost reimbursement. SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY AND THE EFFECT'ON OTHER RESOLUTION Should any portion, section, or subsection of this resolution be held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that fact shall not affect or invalidate any other portion, section or subsection, and the remaining portions of this resolution shall remain in full force and effect without regard to the section, portion, or subsection or power invalidated. In the event that any parties to this resolution have entered into other mutual aid agreements, those parties agree that said agreement will remain in effect unless they conflict in nrincinte with this resolution, in which case they are superseded by this resolution. in the event that two or more parties to this resolution have not entered into another agreement, and the parties wish to engage in mutual aid, then the terms and conditions of this resolution shalI apply between those parties. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on July 10, 2001. Teste: City Clerk