HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2008-06-04 Approving Interjurisdictional Mutual Aid Agreement.pdfCITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-08-04
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING
CITY TO ENTER INTO AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
BETWEEN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND
ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER GROUPS PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES WITHIN
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas ("City Council"), recognizes that
Collin County, Texas ("Collin County') and its municipalities and volunteer
organizations, have a shared interest in the protection of the citizens of Collin County
from threats to public health and safety whether man-made or natural disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas's ("City") corporate boundaries are located wholly
within Collin County; and
WHEREAS, Texas Government Code §418.109(d) authorizes a local government entity
or organized volunteer group to provide mutual aid assistance on request from another
local government entity or organized volunteer group; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that in order to afford such protection and
allow for better coordination of effort, it is in the best interests of the City and its citizens
for the City to participate in an Interjurisdictional Mutual Aid Agreement ("the
Agreement") among local and volunteer organizations within Collin County;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANNA, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. The City authorizes the City Manager to execute on behalf of the City the
Interjurisdictional Mutual Aid Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this resolution
as Exhibit 1.
Section 2. City personnel are hereby instructed to take all steps necessary for the
implementation of the Agreement, including but not limited to ongoing communication
with county, city and volunteer organizations, attendance at any meetings or workshops
relating to matters in the Agreement, providing for any additional funding requirements
or allocation of personnel, equipment, etc. related to the implementation of the
Agreement, creating an emergency management plan for the City, and requesting the
Anna Fire and Rescue, Inc. to enter into the Agreement in accordance with the City's
contract with the Anna Fire and Rescue, Inc.
PASSED AND APPROVED by a majority of the full membership of the City Council of
the City of Anna, Texas this the -aY§ay of J w, A 4, 2008.
,Keffneth Pelham
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INTER.IURISDICTIONAL
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS §
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COUNTY OF COLLIN §
This Mutual Aid Arreemeat ("Agreement') is entered into by, between and among Collin
County, Texas ("County'); local government entities; and organized volunteer groups providing
emergency response services located within or partially within the County (collectively, "the Parties').
The Parties recognize the vulnerability of the people and communities located within the County to
damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from Emergencies, Disasters and/or Civil
Emergencies and recognize that such incidents may present equipment and personnel requirements beyond
the capacity of each individual Party; and
The Partes must confront the threats to public health and safety posed by possible terrorist actions
and weapons of mass destruction and other incidents of man-made origin, and the threats to public health
and safety from natural emergency or disaster incidents, all capable of causing severe danger to life and
damage to property; and
The Parties to this Agreement recognize that Mutual Aid has been provided in the past and have
determined that it is in the best interests of themselves and their citizens to create a plan to foster
communications and the sharing of resources, personnel and equipment in the event of such Emergency,
Disaster or Civil Emergency incidents; and
Texas Government Code Section 418.109.(d), Authority to Render Mutual Aid Assistance, states
in part that "A local government entity or organized volunteer group may provide mutual aid assistance on
request from another local govemment entity or organized volunteer group"; and
The governing officials of the Parties desire to secure for each Party the benefits of Mutual Aid for
the protection of life and property in the event of an Emergency, Disaster and/or Civil Emergency; and
The Parties wish to make suitable arrangements for furnishing Mutual Aid in coping with
Emergencies, Disasters and/or Civil Emergencies and are so authorized and make this Agreement pursuant
to Texas Government Code Chapter 791.027. Emergency Assistance of the Interlocal Cooperation Act;
Texas Government Code Chapter 418.11 Ile) Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System of the Emergency
Management Chapter, also known as the Texas Disaster Act of 1975; and Local Government Code
Chapter 362.002(6), Law Enforcement Assistance of the Law Enforcement Services Provided Through
Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties and Certain Other Local Governments Chapter; Local
Government Code Chapter 352.019, Cooperation With Other Fire Protection Agencies; Greater Dallas -
Fort Worth Regional Law Enforcement Interlocal Assistance Agreement; and
The Parties recognize that a formal agreement for Mutual Aid would allow for better coordination
of effort, would provide that adequate equipment and personnel is available, and would help ensure that
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Mutual Aid is accomplished in the minimum time possible in the event of an Emergency, Disaster or Civil
Emergency and thus desire to enter into an agreement to provide Mural Aid.
It is expressly understood that any Mutual Aid extended under this Agreement and the operational
plan adopted pursuant thereto, is f unished in accordance with the "Texas Disaster Acf' and other
applicable provisions of law, and except as otherwise provided by law that the responsible local official in
whose jurisdiction an incident requiring Mutual Aid has occurred shall remain in charge at such incident
including the direction of such personnel and equipment provided him/her through the operation of such
Mutual Aid plans.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are true and correct
2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms listed below will have the following
meanings:
A. AGREEMENT - this Interjurisdictional Mutual Aid Agreement, duty executed.
B. CIVIL EMERGENCY - an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting
consequences thereof within the geographic limits of a given jurisdiction that calls for immediate
action or for which there is an urgent need for assistance or relief to protect the general citizenry.
C. DESIGNEE OF THE REQUESTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR
ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER GROUP (DESIGNEE) - Designee(s), as approved by the
Emergency Management Director or the Authorized Official of a Local Governmental Entity or
Organized Volunteer Group, include:
• Emergency Management Coordinator
• Fire Chief
• Chief of Police
• Incident Commander
• City Manager or Assistant City Manager
• Town Administrator
• Dispatcher or other member of the requesting organization on behalf of one of the above
designees.
D. DLSASTER - the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or
loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including five, flood,
earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or other water contamination, volcanic activity,
epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, hostile military or
paramilitary action, energy, emergency (as that term is defined in Chapter 418 of the Texas
Government Code), acts of terrorism, and other public calanity requiring emergency action.
E. EMERGENCY -any occurrence, or threat thereof, whether natural or caused by man, in war
or in peace, which results in substantial injury or harm to the population, or substantial damage to
or loss of property.
F. MUTUAL AID - includes, but is not limited to, such resources as facilities, equipment,
services, supplies, and personnel.
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G, PARTY or PARTIES — means the local governmental entity(ies) or organized volunteer
group(s) that are signatories to and have agreed to adopt this mutual agreement.
R. RESPONDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER
GROUP (RESPONDING PARTY)— means a local governmental entity or organized volunteer
group providing mutual aid assistance in response to a request under the agreement, i.e. furnishing
equipment, supplies, facilities, services and/or personnel to the Requesting Party.
1. REQUESTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY OR ORGANIZED VOLUNTEER
GROUP (REQUESTING PARTYI means a local governmental entity or organized
volunteer group requesting mutual aid assistance under this agreement for emergency work
resulting from a fire, emergency, civil emergency or disaster within its legal jurisdiction.
3. PARTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN TEMPI. Each Party shall prepare and keep
current an emergency management plan for its jurisdiction to provide for emergency and/or disaster
mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, in accordance with Chapter 418 of the Texas Government
Code or be a signatory to the Collin County Emergency Management Plan. The emergency management
plan shall incorporate the use of available resources, including personnel, equipment and supplies,
necessary to provide and/or receive Mutual Aid. The emergency management plan shall be submitted to
the Governor's Division of Emergency Management.
At minimum, each Party must document either in their EMP or separately, if a signatory of the Collin
County Emergency Management Plan, the following:
• Chain of Command
• Continuity of Operations Plan
• Response Capabilities and Plan
• Mutual Aid Request Procedures, and
• Recovery/Recall Process?rocedumss
4. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. The County Judge of the County and the
Mayor of each participating municipality in this Agreement shall serve as the Emergency Management
Director for his/her respective jurisdiction and shall take all steps necessary for the implementation of this
Agreement.
!i. ACTIVATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement may be activated by
(a) The Emergency Management Director of the affected Party after signing:
(1) A declaration of a local state of Disaster pursuant to Chapter 418 of the'rexas Government
Code; or
(2) A finding of a state of Civil Emergency;
,Or
(b) A determination by the Designee of the Party having jurisdiction that the incident, emergency, disaster
or imminent threat of an emergency or disaster is such that local capabilities are or are predicted to be
exceeded.
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The activation of the Agreement shall continue, whether or not a local Disaster declaration or state of Civil
Emergency is still active, until the services of the Responding Party are no longer required or the
Responding Party determines that its resources are needed within its own jurisdiction and officially
recalled.
6. PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTS AND PROVISION OF MUTUAL AID. The Emergency
Management Director or the Designee of the Requesting Party may request Mutual Aid assistance by:
(1) submitting a written Request for Assistance to an Responding Party;
or
(2) orally communicating a request for Mutual Aid assistance to a Responding Party following a
mutually acceptable procedure.
Mutual Aid shall not be requested by a Party unless it is directly related to the Emergency, Disaster or Civil
Emergency and resources available from the normal responding agencies to the stricken area are deemed to
be inadequate, or are predicted to be expended prior to resolution of the situation. All requests for Mutual
Aid must be transmitted by the Emergency Management Director of the Requesting Party or by the
Designee of Requesting Party.
A. REQUESTS DIRECTLY TO RESPONDING PARTY: The Requesting Party may directly
contact the Emergency Management Director of the Responding Party or the Designee of the
Responding Party and provide the necessary information as prescribed in Section 6.B. hereto.
B. REQUIRED INFORMATION BY REQUESTING PARTY. Each request for assistance shall
be accompanied by the following information, to the extent known:
1) A general description of the incident, emergency, disaster, damage or injury sustained
or threatened;
2) Identification of the emergency service function or functions for which assistance is
needed (e.g. fire, law enforcement, emergency medical, search and rescue, transportation,
communications, public works and engineering, building, inspection, planning and
information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and other medical services,
etc.), and the particular kind and type of assistance needed;
3) The amount, kind and type of personnel, equipment, materials, supplies, and/or
facilities needed and a reasonable estimate of the length of time that each will be needed;
and
4) The location or locations to which the resources are to be dispatched and the specific
time by which the resources are needed; and
5) The time and contact information of a representative of the Requesting Party to meet
the personnel and equipment of any Responding Party at each location to which resources
are dispatched
This information may be provided on a forth designed for this purpose or by any other available
means.
C. ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES AND ABILITY TO RENDER
ASSISTANCE. When contacted by a Requesting Party, the Emergency Management Director of
the Responding Party or the Designee of the Responding Party agrees to assess local resources to
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determine availability of personnel, equipment and other assistance based on current in anticipated
needs. All Parties shall render assistance to the extent personnel, equipment and resources are
deemed available. No Party shall be required to provide Mutual Aid unless it determines that it
has sufficient resources to do so based on current or anticipated events within its own jurisdiction.
D. INFORMATION REQUIRED OF THE RESPONDING PARTY. An Emergency
Management Director or the designee of the Responding Party who determines that the
Responding Party has available personnel, equipment, or other resources, shall so notify the
Requesting Party and provide the following information, an the extent known:
1) A complete description of the personnel and their expertise and capabilities,
equipment, and other resources to be furnished to the Requesting Party;
2) The estimated length of rime that the personnel, equipment, and other resources will be
available;
3) The time of the person or persons to be designated as supervisory personnel; and
4) The estimated time of arrival for the assistance to be provided to arrive at the
designated location.
This information may be provided on a form designed for this purpose or by any other available
means.
E. SUPERVISION AND CONTROL: When providing assistance under the terms of this
agreement, the personnel, equipment, and resources of any Responding Party will be under the
operational control of the Requesting Party. These response operations shall be NIMS compliant
and as well as being organized and functioning within an Incident Command System (ICS),
Unified Command System (UCS), or Mufti -Agency Coordination System (MACS). Direct
supervision and control of personnel, equipment and resources and personnel accountability shall
remain with the designated supervisory personnel of the Responding Party. The designated
supervisory personnel of the Responding Party shall: maintain daily personnel time records,
material records, and a log of equipment hours; be responsible for the operation and maintenance
of the equipment and other resources famished by the Responding Party; and shall report work
progress to the Requesting Party. The Responding Party's personnel and other resources shall
remain subject to recall by the Responding Party at any time, subject to reasonable notice to the
Requesting Party.
It shall be the responsibility of each Party to this agreement to achieve and maintain NIMS
compliance and to operate according to the Incident Command System at all emergency incidents,
joint training exercises and special events. All responding personnel must be qualified and
certified to perform the tasks assigned during mutual aid operations as determined by the current
NIMS compliance criteria.
F. MUTUAL AID PLAN. By their signatures below, each Party hereto certifies that it will
provide available Mutual Aid assistance under this Agreement in accordance with the North
Central Texas Multi -Agency Coordination Centre (Regional Disaster Resource Coordination
System) and the Texas Statewide Mutual Aid System. Additionally, each Party will develop a
continuity of government plan or continuity of operations plan (COOP) which specifies those
positions authorized to activate this Agreement.
G. FOOD, HOUSING, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY: Unless specifically instructed otherwise, the
Requesting Party shall have the responsibility of providing food and housing for the personnel of
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the Responding Party from the time of their arrival at the designated location to the time of their
departure. However, Responding Party personnel and equipment should be, to the greatest extent
possible, self-sufficient while working in the Emergency or Disaster area The Requesting Party
may specify only self-sufficient personnel and resources in its request for assistance.
H. COMMUNICATIONS: Unless specifically instructed otherwise, the Requesting Party shall
have the responsibility for coordinating communications between the personnel of the Responding
Party and the Requesting Party. Responding Party personnel should be prepared to famish thein
own communications equipment sufficient only to maintain communications among thein
respective operating units, if such is practicable. Upon arriving at the designated incident check-in
location, Responding Parties shall ensure that interoperable communications is coordinated or
facilitated by the Requesting Party. This includes confirmation of frequencies, talk group
assignments and radio protocols to be used on the incident. Radio protocols and procedures shall
be NIMS compliant.
I. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES: Personnel who are assigned, designated or ordered by proper
authority to perform duties pursuant to this Agreement shall continue to receive the same wages,
salary, pension, and other compensation and benefits for the performance of such duties, including
injury or death benefits, disability payments, and workers' compensation benefits, as though the
service had been rendered within the limits of the jurisdiction where the personnel are regularly
employed.
J. TERM OF DEPLOYMENT: The initial duration and special conditions of a request for
assistance will be specified by the Requesting Party, to the extent possible by the situation.
K. SUMMARY REPORT: Within ten working days of the return of all personnel deployed under
this Agreement, the Requesting Party will prepare a Summary Report of the incident, and provide
copies to each Responding Party. This may be a copy of the Incident Report completed by the
Requesting Party. The report shall, at a minimum, include a chronology of events and description
of personnel, equipment and materials provided by one Party to the other.
7. COSTS. All costs associated with the provision of Mutual Aid, including but not limited to
compensation for personnel; operation and maintenance of equipment; damage to equipment, medical
expenses; and food, lodging and transportation expenses shall be home by the Responding Party for the
fust eight (8) hours that assistance is provided. Thereafter, all costs associated with the provision of
Mutual Aid, including but not limited to compensation for personnel; operation and maintenance of
equipment; damage to equipment; medical expenses; and foal, lodging and transportation expenses shall
be paid for by the Responding Party and reimbursed by the Requesting Party at a reasonable and
documented cost. Requests for reimbursement for reasonable and documented expenses must be
submitted within ten (10) working days of the return of all personnel deployed under this Agreement.
Such request shall identify with specificity each service, labor, or equipment provided and the unit and
total costs associated with each. The Responding Party shall be responsible for creating and maintaining
fur a period of three years a record of all costs incurred, both reimbursed and unreimbursed costs, in
providing aid under this Agreement. Such costs and reimbursements shall be paid from current funds of
The respective Parry. All Parties acknowledge that unreimbursable costs incurred will act be subject to
reimbursement with any available federal funds.
S. INSURANCE
A. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE: Each Party shall be responsible for its own
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actions and those of its employees and is responsible for complying with the Texas Workers'
Compensation Act
B. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY COVERAGE: Each Party shall be responsible for its own actions
and is responsible for complying with the Texas motor vehicle financial responsibility laws.
C. GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
LIABILITY: To the extent permitted by law and without waiving sovereign immunity, each Party
shall be responsible for any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, and causes for action
related to or arising out of or in any way connected with its own actions, and the actions of its
personnel in providing Mutual Aid assistance rendered or performed pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement Each Party agrees to obtain general liability, public official's
liability and law entrou mem liability, if applicable, or maintain a comparable self-insurance
program.
D. OTHER COVERAGE: The Responding Party shall provide and maintain their standard
packages of medical and death benefit insurance coverage while their personnel are assisting the
Requesting Party.
9. WAIVER OF CLAIMS AGAINST PARTIES: IMMUNITY RETAINED. Except as
specifically stated in this agreement, each Party hereto waives all claims against the other Parties hereto for
compensation for any Ions, damage, personal injury, or death occurring as a consequence of the
performance of this Agreement, except those caused in whole or in part by the negligence of an officer,
employee, or agent of another Party. No Party waives or relinquisbes any immunity or defense on behalf
of itself, its officers, employees and agents as a result of the foregoing sentence or its execution of this
Agreement and the performance of the covenants contained herein.
10. EXPENDING FUNDS. Each Party that perforans services or furnishes aid pursuant to this
Agreement shall do so with funds available from current revenues of the Party. No Patty shall have any
liability for the failure to expend funds to provide aid hereunder.
I.I. TERM. This Agreement shall become effective as to each Party on date of adopted as indicated
on the signature pages for each Party and shall continue in force and remain binding on each and every
Party for twelve (12) months from the effective date. This Agreement shall renew automatically for a
Period of one year upon the completion of the initial term and each subsequent term unless and until such
time as the governing body of a Party terminates its participation in this Agreement pursuant to Section 20
of this Agreement Termination of participation in this Agreement by a Party or Parties shall not affect the
continued operation of this Agreement between and among the remaining Parties.
112. ENTIRETY. This Agreement contains all commitments and agreements of the Parties with
respect to the Mutual Aid to be rendered hereunder during or in connection with an Emergency, Disaster
and/or Civil Emergency. No other oral or written commitments of the Parties with respect to Mutual Aid
ander this Agreement shall have any force or effect if not contained herein, except as provided in Section
18 below.
13. RATIFICATION. Each Party hereby ratifies the actions of its personnel and the rendering and/or
receiving of Mutual Aid taken prior to the date of this Agreement.
t4. OTHER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS. It is understood that certain Parties may have
heretofore contracted or may hereafter contract with each other for Mutual Aid in Emergency, Disaster
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and/or Civil Emergency situations, and it is agreed that, to the extent there is a conflict between this
Agreement and any other such Mutual Aid agreement, the provisions this Agreement shall be superior to
any such individual or previously adopted Mutual Aid Agreement or contract. To assist each other in the
process of Mutual Aid response planning, each Party agrees to inform the other Parties of all Mutual Aid
Agreements that each Party has with other municipalities, entffies, counties, and state or federal agencies.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that County may be a party to Mutual Aid
agreements similar to this Agreement with other counties, which counties have Mutual Aid agreements
with municipalities within thein respective jurisdictions. The Parties hereto agree to provide Mutual Aid to
such other counties and municipalities upon request so long as there is a reciprocal agreement to provide
Mutual Aid to the parties to this Agreement and so long as the requesting county or municipality agrees to
reimbursement of the reasonable and documented costs of the Responding Party that provided Mutual Aid.
15. INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT. The Parties agree that Mutual Aid in the context
contemplated herein is a "governmental function and service" and that the Parties are `local governments"
as that term is defined herein and in the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 791.
16. SEVERABILITY. If a provision contained in this Agreement is held invalid for any reason, the
uwalidity does not affect other provisions of the Agreement that can be given effect without the invalid
provision, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are severable.
17. VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY. If any current or future legal limitations affect the
validity or enforceability of a provision of this Agreement, then the legal limitations are made a part of this
Agreement and shall operate to amend this Agreement to the minimum extent necessary to bring this
Agreement into conformity with the requirements of the limitations, and so modified, this Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect.
18. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may be amended only by the mutual written consent of the
Parties.
19. AGREEMENT REVIEW. The Collin County Fire Marshal shall cause a review of this
agreement every five (5) years unless other circumstances warrant a more frequent review.
20. TERMINATION. Any Party may at any time by resolution or notice given to all the other Parties
decline to participate in the provision of Mutual Aid. The governing body of a Party which is a signatory
hereto shall, by resolution, give notice of termination of participation in this Agreement and submit a
certified copy of such resolution to all other Parties. Such termination shall become effective not culler
than 30 days after the filing of such notice. The termination by one or more of the Parties of its
participation in this Agreement shall not affect the operation of this Agreement as between the other
Parties hereto.
21. THIRD PARTIES. This Agreement is intended to roam only to the benefit of the Parties hereto.
This Agreement is not intended to create, nor shall be deemed or construed to create any rights in third
parties.
22. NOTICE. Any notice required or permitted between the Parties must be in writing, addressed to
The attention of each respective Chief Elected Official or authorized official of an organized volunteer
organization, and shall be delivered in person, or mailed certified mail, return receipt requested, or may be
imosmitted by facsimile (fax) transmission.
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23. WARRANTY. The Agreement has been officially authorized by the governing or controlling
body or agency of each Party hereto by order, ordinance or resolution and each signatory to this Agreement
guarantees and warrants that the signatory has full authority to execute this Agreement and to legally bind
the respective Party to this Agreement.
zk GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. The laws of the State of Texas shall govem this
Agreement In the event of an Emergency or Disaster physically occurring within the geographical limits of
only one county that is a Patty hereto, venue shall lie in the county in which the Emergency or Disaster
occurred. In the event of an Emergency or Disaster physically occurring in more than one county that is a
Party hereto, venue shall be determined in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
25. READINGS. The headings at the beginning of the various provisions of this Agreement have
been included only in order to make it easier to locate the subject covered by each provision and
are not to be used in construing this Agreement
26. SIGNATORIES. The Collin County Fire Marshat's Office shall be the official repository of
original signature pages of the Parties to this Agreement and will maintain an up-to-date list of those
Parties. Each Party will retain a copy of their own originally signed document and copies of signed
documents from every other Party to this Agreement
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EXECUTED by the Parties hereto, each respective entity acting by and through its duly authorized official
as required by law, on multiple counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original, on the date
specified on the multiple counterpart executed by such entity.
Collin County, Terms:
TAME: Keith Self Date:
Signature:
County Judge
Local Government Entity or Organized Volunteer Group:
NAME: Date:
Signature:'_.-----
,AOffic ax1 ofthe F,ntuy or t.,roup
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