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<br />R-11-18 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A <br />REGIONAL MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE CITIES OF <br />CHESAPEAKE, FRANKLIN, HAMPTON, NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK, <br />POQUOSON, SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA BEACH, WILLIAMSBURG, AND THE <br />COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, ISLE OF WIGHT, JAMES CITY, <br />SOUTHAMPTON, SURRY, AND YORK FOR FIRE FIGHTING AND RESCUE <br />SERVICES. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Fire Department has been operating under both <br />formal and informal mutual aid firefighting and rescue agreements with the various <br />member cities and counties of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission <br />(HRPDC); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the HRPDC localities wish to reduce their commitments to a formal <br />regional mutual aid agreement; 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 a regional <br />mutual aid agreement for firefighting and services with the cities of Chesapeake, <br />Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, <br />Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, <br />Surry, and York under such terms as he deems in the best interest of the City of <br />Portsmouth. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is further authorized to <br />enter into amended agreements for the same purposes with the aforementioned parties in <br />the future without the necessity of further City Council approval if he 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 June 28,2011. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />