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<br />R-10-27 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE <br />MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND <br />THE CITIES OF CHESAPEAKE, NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK, AND <br />SUFFOLK FOR FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Fire Department has been operating under both <br />formal and informal mutual aid firefighting and emergency medical services agreements <br />with the cities of Chesapeake, Newport News, Norfolk, and Suffolk; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the five subject cities wish to update their agreements and to reduce <br />their commitments to formal agreements; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, agreements such as these are recommended under the National <br />Incident Management System (NIMS). <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute mutual aid <br />agreements for firefighting and emergency medical services with the cities of <br />Chesapeake, Newport News, Norfolk, and Suffolk under such terms as he deems in the <br />best interest of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is further authorized to <br />entednto amended agreements for the same purposes with the aforementioned parties in <br />the future without the nece~sity of further City Council approval ifhe deems said <br />agreement(s) to be in the best interest of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on August 24,2010. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />