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R-24-10 <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID FIRE AND <br />RESCUE SERVICES AMONG THE LOCALITIES OF HAMPTON ROADS. <br />WHEREAS, Sections 27-1 et seq. and 44-146.20 of the Code of Virginia authorize <br />localities to enter into agreements to provide mutual aid in situations involving fire and rescue <br />services and emergency medical services; and <br />WHEREAS, the Cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, <br />Norfolk, Poquoson, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, and the Counties of Gloucester, <br />James City, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and York have collectively crafted a proposed <br />mutual aid agreement; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an Agreement for Mutual Aid <br />Fire and Rescue Services with the other Hampton Roads localities in substantially the form <br />attached hereto as Exhibit A; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is further authorized to enter into <br />amended or new agreements with the other localities of Hampton Roads for the same purposes in <br />the future without the necessity of further City Council approval if she deems said agreement[s] <br />to be in the best interest of the City of Portsmouth. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on <br />March 26, 2024. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />