1981-61 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Mutual Aid Agreement with PBC for 911 Expanded System
RESOLUTION N0. 61-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE, ON
BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE, A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM BEACH
' COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ALL OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXPANDED 911
SYSTEM FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute
a Mutual Aid agreement between Palm Beach County, Florida, and
all other participants in the expanded 911 System for Palm Beach
County, Florida, copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit 1,
and by reference made a part hereof.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
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upon passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th DAY OF DECEMBER 1981.
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK '
EXHIBIT 1
' A MllTUAL AID AGREEh1r.NT BET4~T:EN P~~L:~t '
BEACH COUNTY, FT,ORIDA. AND A7,T, nTHFR
FOP, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
THIS AGP.EEi~1ENT is made and entered into on this
day of___ __ _ _ 1951, by and bet;aeen PALM BEACH COUNTY, a
political subdivision of the State of Florida, herein re~erred to
as "COtTNTY", and the Municipalities of Atlantis, Belle Glade,
,~ Jupiter, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Lantzna,
Manalapan, North Palm Beach, Ocean P.idge, Pahokee, Palm Beach,
Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Riviera Reach, South Bay,
Tequesta, and [•lest Palm Beach, along with the Municipalities of
Roca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, and
Gulfstream, which have collectively formed the South County
Cooperative Dispatch Center, an intergovenmental entity created
pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, for the purpose
of participating in the E-911 System.
W 1 T N E S S E T H:
WHEP.EAS, the Parties hereto desire to implement
Chapter 365.171, Florida Statutes, relating to a State-wide
Emergency Telephone Numbei "911" System Plan; and
47HEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to ensure that all
of their citizens receive emergency services in time of need;
and
- FTHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to lay a.framecaork
of responsibilities necessary to implement this County-wide
Program,
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual
obligations hereinafter setforth, the Parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. PURPOSE
The primary purpose of this Agreement is to specify
the appropriate actions to be taken by a Participant in the
County-wide E-911 System i.n the event that an emergency call
relating to public safety is manually or electronically
misrouted to the improper Public Safety Anscaering Point.
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Further, this Agreement is in tended .to ensure that E-911
participants cooperate in providing the necessary data per- !
~tairring to changes in municipal boundaries and layouts c:vch occ
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as a result of annexation, deannexation, or land development of any
kind .
2. RELATIONSHIP OF PAP.TIES
Each Party to this Agreement operates as a Public Safety
Answering Point in the E-911 System (hereinafter called PSAP), and
does receive or shall be receiving emergency calls relating to public
safety as those calls are routed through the central E-911 Switching
System operated by the Southern Bell Telephone Company. After re-
ceiving a routed call, each PSAP is charged with the responsibility
for dispatching that call to the appropriate local Public Safety Agency
(fire, police, or ambulance) in the respective PSAP jurisdiction.
3. RECOGNITION OF ERROR
All Parties to this Agreement recognize that there is a
slight possibility that a call for emergency service may be inad-
vertently routed by reason of an electronic or manual error to the
wrong PSAP.
4. RESPONSIBILITY TO DETECT AND TRANSk'ER
MISR UT D C L T APR RI P AP
(A) To ensure that the citizen in need receives
the fastest possible response time, all Parties
herein agree to immediately, upon the determination
that a call for assistance has been misrouted,
transfer such caller to the appropriate PSAP.
(B) In those instances where a determination
that the call is misrouted is not or cannot be
made until after the receiving PSAP has terminated
the phone connection with the caller or has
dispatched one of its public safety units, or both,
that PSAP shall immediately contact the appropriate
PSAP, and provide it with sufficient information to
enable the response initially requested by the caller.
(C) Each PSAP agrees to establish necessary
procedures or enter into necessary agreements
with the Public Safety Agencies operating within
its jurisdiction to facilitate the timely detection of
misrouted calls and facilitate the rerouting of
information to the appropriate PSAP as required by
paragraph 4(B).
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~, 5. EACH PARTY TO BEAR OWN COSTS AND EXPENSES
No Party to this Agreement shall charge another
for rendering the services or actions required by this
Agreement, nor shall there be reimbursement or liability
from one Party to another for any loss or damage of any
kind whatsoever resulting from good faith actions related
to this Agreement. Nothing in this paragraph, however,
is intended to relieve a Party from liability, if any,
which may result from the willful, wanton or reckless
actions of an officer, agent, or employee.
6. MAINTENANCE OF DATA BASE
All Parties agree that the effective operation of the
E-911 System xequires the accurate maintenance of a com-
prehensive locational data base to ensure precise operation
of the master switching equipment. As the County is the
implementing agency responsible for supplying relevant bound-
ary and location data to Southern Bell Telephone Company,
all Parties agree to cooperate fully in this xegard by
supplying to the County on at least a quarterly basis all
relevant information concerning street additions and creations
resulting from new land development, street name changes,
municipal boundary changes, and other pertinent information
as may be reasonably available to the respective Parties.
The County shall also promulgate the data required by this
paragraph with respect to unincorporated areas and the entire
data base shall then be made reasonably available for inspection
and consultation by interested Parties to this Agreement.
Further, each Party agrees to develop and maintain admin-
istrative procedures necessary for the continuous promul-
gation of such data.
7. 911 FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY
Recognizing the potential for interference with the
effective operation of the E-911 System which may result from
unnecessary or non-emergency use, all Parties agree to preserve
the integrity of the 911 System by actively discouraging such
calls through the maintenance of traditional non-emergency
telephone numbers, and the dissemination of public information
as may be necessary to distinguish the two systems.
8. AMENDIrtENT, MODIFICATION, 0?, i:ESCISSi0t
Ibis Agreement may be modified or ~ic!e-ided by Y.ritten
r!ddendum only, effective vnon the joind^r of al] Parties hereto
--. the tLT2 O:~ thy'. pT0`~%SPC' Ch anflP. i:il~ PF: ]'1.V IIlfly hP d15Chr:r ~,ed
fro-n responsi.bi.l ity a^.d e,- thi.^ Cer.tract <^nd no long er be .,
Party hereto, upon the withdrawal of participation :i.n the County-
wide E-911 System:
9. EXECUTION BY KESOLUTION.
The Parties hereto shall join ar.d e>:ecute this
Agreement by the adoption of a formal resolution of the
governing body of each such Party, which incorporates the terms
of this Agreement and attaches a copy thereto.
10. EFFECTIVE DATE: TERM
The effective date of this Agreement shall be upon
the execution and joinder of all parties listed herein, or
upon the official date of implementation of the Palm Beach
County expanded 911 System, whichever occurs sooner_ The term
of this Agreement shall be perpetual, or until such time as
the operating parameters of the E-911 System make such an
Agreement unnecessary.
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