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Home My WebLink About1981-61 Authorizing the Mayor to Execute a Mutual Aid Agreement with PBC for 911 Expanded SystemRESOLUTION NO. 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 upon passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS loth DAY OF DECEMBER , 1981. ATTEST: (X:9Z1-0 #n VILLAGE CLERK MAYOR • EXHIBIT 1 A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM ' BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND AT,T, OTHER FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA. TIIIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into on this day of , 1981, by and between PALM BEACH COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of. Florida, herein referred to as "COUNTY", and the Municipalities of Atlantis, Belle Glade, Jupiter, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Lantana, Manalapan, North Palm Beach, Ocean Ridge, Pahokee, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, South Bay, Tequesta, and West Palm Beach, along with the Municipalities of Boca 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 I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to implement Chapter 365.171, Florida Statutes, relating to a State-wide Emergency Telephone Number "911" System Plan; and WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to ensure that all of their citizens receive emergency services in time of need; and WHEREAS, the Parties hereto desire to lay a.framework 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 in the event that an emergency call relating to public safety is manually or electronically misrouted to the improper Public Safety Answering Point. Further, this Agreement is intended to ensure that E-911 participants cooperate in providing the necessary data per- :twining to changes in municipal boundaries and layouts which occu=1 i, as a result of annexation, deannexation, or land development of any kind. • . 2. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES 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 TRANSFER MISROUTED CALL TO APPROPRIATE PSAP (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). -2- 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 requires 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 regard 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. -3- 8. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, OR RESCISSION Ibis Agreement may be modified or amended by written addendum only, effective upon the joinder of all Parties hereto the tlridt of the r)rc;:i:scd chant:e. An) :-IrtV may be discharged from responsibility under this Contract and no longer be Party hereto, upon the withdrawal of participation in the County- wide E-911 System. 9. EXECUTION BY RESOLUTION. • The Parties hereto shall join and execute 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. -4-