2018-074 Approving Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement CITY OF HOPKINS,MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-074
RESOLUTION APPROVING PUBLIC WORKS JOINT POWERS
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement will allow the City
of Hopkins to request aid from other cities in the event the City does not have the necessary
resources to respond to an event or situation, and
WHEREAS, there is no membership or other fixed cost to participate in this agreement and the
decision to invoke mutual aid or respond to another city's request for mutual aid is left to the
discretion of the requesting or sending party, and
WHEREAS, Hennepin County Emergency Management has volunteered to serve as the
administrative coordinator of the mutual aid pact between cities, and
WHEREAS, each party is responsible for its own personnel and equipment and for injuries or
death to any such personnel or damage to any such equipment, and
WHEREAS, the mutual aid requesting party is obligated, if agreed to with responding party, to
reimburse the responding party for all actual equipment use, material, labor, and operational
costs accrued as a result of a response.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Hopkins City Council approves entering into
the Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement.
ADOPTED by the Hopkins City Council on September 18, 2018.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
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