2012-207 Agreement for Fire Dispatch-City of OrilliaTHE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
BY-LAW NO. 2012-207
Being a By-law to Authorize the Execution of an Agreement
for Fire Dispatch Services between the Township of Oro-Medonte
and the City of Orillia
and to Repeal By -Law No. 2009-175
WHEREAS Section 20(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, R.S.O. 2001, c.25, as amended,
provides that municipalities may enter into an agreement with other municipalities for
joint undertakings;
AND WHEREAS Section 116(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, R.S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, provides that a municipality may establish, maintain and operate a
centralized communication system for emergency response purposes;
AND WHEREAS Section 2(5) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, S.O.
1997, c.4 provides that a municipality may, under such conditions as may be specified
in the agreement, enter into an agreement to receive such fire protection services as
may be specified in the agreement from a fire department situated outside the territorial
limits of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte declared by Motion No.
C121128-23 to enter into an agreement for Fire Dispatch Services between the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the City of Orillia;
AND WHEREAS the Township of Oro-Medonte and the City of Orillia are desirous of
entering into a renewal agreement for Fire Dispatch Services;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte
hereby enacts as follows:
That the Township of Oro-Medonte enter into an agreement with the City of
Orillia for Fire Dispatch Services, a copy of which is attached hereto and forms
part of this By-law as Schedule "A".
2. That the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the agreement on
behalf of the Corporation.
3. That this agreement comes into effect on the 1St day of January, 2013 and shall
continue in force until the 31St day of December, 2015.
4. That By -Law No. 2009-175 is hereby repealed in its entirety effective January, 1,
2013.
5. That this By-law shall come into full force and effect on its final passing thereof.
BY-LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME, AND PASSED THIS 5T" DAY
OF DECEMBER, 2012.
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
Schedule "A" to By-law No. 2012-207
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT DATED IN TRIPLICATE THIS Jr DAY OF
Q A.D. 20 \3,
BETWEEN:
AND:
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ORILLIA
hereinafter called the "City"
OF THE FIRST PART
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
hereinafter called the "Township"
OF THE SECOND PART
WHEREAS Section 116(1) of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25
authorizes the municipality to establish, maintain and operate a centralized
communication system for emergency purposes;
AND WHEREAS Section 2(5) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act,
S.O. 1997, c.4 provides for the entering into of agreements to provide fire protection
services as may be specified in the agreement to lands and premises that are situated
outside the territorial limits of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Township and the City are desirous of entering into
an Agreement for the City to provide certain fire dispatch services to the Township;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and conditions herein
contracted, the Parties hereto do mutually covenant and agree as follows:
1. The Township agrees to install and maintain in the City's fire dispatch
centre at the Township's expense all radio equipment necessary to enable all Township
fire fighters to receive radio communications from the City's fire dispatch centre and to
enable two-way radio communications between all Township fire vehicles and the City
fire dispatch centre.
2. The Township agrees to supply its fire fighters with radio equipment
designed to receive fire call communications from the City's fire dispatch centre.
3. FIRE CALLS: The City agrees to answer fire calls for the Township and
to transmit such fire calls to the Oro-Medonte Township Fire Department.
4. OTHER FIRE SERVICE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS: The City
agrees to transmit fire department related messages as required.
Schedule "A" to By-law No. 2012-207
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5. The Township agrees to pay the City $ 1 • gy ($1.83 in 2012) per capita
beginning January 1, 2013 for the service of dispatching the Township fire fighters and
fire apparatus based on the population shown in the current Statistics Canada
Community Profile and updated annually during the term of this contract. Adjustments
will be made each subsequent January 1St as per the Consumers Price Index for
Ontario (annual average published by Statistics Canada each preceding November)
until the expiry of the contract on December 31, 2015.
6. The Township agrees that should fire calls come in simultaneously from
the City and the Township to the City's Communications Centre, the City's call shall
have preference.
7. The Township and the City shall each add the other party as an
"additional insured" on their respective General Liability Policies with respect to and
arising out of the operations and responsibilities undertaken by either party under this
agreement.
8. The Township covenants and agrees that it will at all times indemnify and
save harmless the City and the members of the Orillia Fire Department or any other
person who may render or attempt to render assistance in the spirit of the Agreement
from all and any liability, claims, actions, suits or demands for damages or otherwise for
or by reason of or arising in any way from delivery of the fire service communications to
the Township.
9. The Township agrees that if any Communicator is subpoenaed for Court
as a result of a call that has been dispatched for the Township, or if a Communicator is
required to attend any meetings related to litigation stemming from any incident
response in the Townships dispatch area, the City will be reimbursed for any related
staffing and out of pocket costs.
10. The Township agrees that any cost of any modifications to City
dispatching hardware, the radio equipment, radio transmissions tower, or City
telephone systems which are required to satisfy the needs of the Township shall be
assumed by the Township.
11. In the event that the territory that the fire dispatch services are provided to
in the Township is expanded or reduced, the rates contained in this agreement will be
renegotiated accordingly.
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Schedule "A" to By-law No. 2012-207
12. The Township agrees to provide a large detailed scale map, street
directory, new subdivision layouts, etc. along with copies of all fire protection
agreements made between other municipalities and ambulance for fire and first aid
protection coverage. The map will be coloured so that the coverage areas agreed to
under the various fire protection agreements mentioned above can be easily identified.
This will be updated as required.
13. The Township agrees to supply in writing the method and level that is
required to page fire calls, practices, ambulance assistance or tiered response or other
required dispatch protocol.
14. This agreement may be terminated by either party upon 90 days written
notice with fees charged to the end of the month concluding the 90 -day notice period.
This agreement comes into effect on the 1St day of January, 2013 and
shall continue in force until the 31St day of December, 2015.
Dated at the City of Orillia this 11-6 day of L1J , 20 j_
THE C(IRPOF�4TION V THE CITY OF ORILLIA
MA
200 CITY LERK
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-
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