2001-065 Supports Small Municipal Fire/PoliceRESOLUTION 65-2001
A ItI?SOI,l77'ION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING SMALL MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE
DEPARTMF,NTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR
MUNICIPAL IDENTITY AND SERVICES; AND, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office are
currently contacting many of the small municipalities in Palm Beach County requesting their consideration
to discontinue their individual municipal fire and police departmental services and begin using the services
of the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and the Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office and,
W}71:RI:AS, the small municipalities in Palm Beach County currently serving their residents through their
individual municipal fire and police departments are resisting the attempts to replace services by the Palm
Beach County Fire Rescue and the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office and,
WI IfiREAS, the small municipal fire and police departments in Palm Beach County currently in operation
serve in the best interest of their residents and are dedicated to their municipalities, taking great pride in
giving their residents individual and undivided attention in an immediate response time, and
WI IEKEAS, the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Oflce, which are
located on various sites throughout the County, are responsible for the entire County population and
conceivable would not respond to the residents in the small municipalities as rapidly as the individual fire
and police departments already located and operating within the limits of their municipalities.
BE ]T RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Village Council of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, does hereby support
municipal fire and police departments in Palm Beach County in their efforts to maintain their municipal
identity and services.
• Section 2. The Village Clerk shall furnish a certified copy of this Resolution to the Town of Lake Clarke
Shores and such other municipalities and governmental bodies as the Mayor may direct.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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