20-R-125 - Appointing member to the AACOG regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 20 -R -125
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ALAMO AREA
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER MATTERS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, Membership in AACOG is open to all governmental units in the 13- county
Alamo area planning region. A governmental unit is any county, city, town, village, authority,
district, or other political subdivision of the State of Texas.
WHEREAS, ACCOG members are allowed to appoint a representative to the Regional
Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council ( REPAC); and
WHEREAS, REPAC members meet monthly to review, draft, and approve regional
emergency strategic plans, Threat, Hazard Identification Risk Assessments (THIRA), and the
State Preparedness Report; and
WHEREAS, REPAC members meet annually to set regional homeland security
priorities of funding for projects applying for the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)
grant; and
WHEREAS, the City staff of the City of Schertz (the "City ") has recommended that the
City of Schertz have representation on the Regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory
Committee by appointing members of the Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
appoint appoints Emergency Management Coordinator Summer Hall, as the City's first alternate
representative to serve on Alamo Area Council of Government's Regional Emergency
Preparedness Board ( REPAC). This appointment is for a new employee in the City of Schertz in
a newly created position, Emergency Management Coordinator. Assistant Fire Chief Greg
Rodgers, will be reappointed and remain as the City's second alternate representative to serve on
REPAC. Fire Chief Kade Long, will be reappointed and remain as the primary member to serve
on REPAC.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the appointment of Emergency
Management Coordinator Summer Hall, as the City's first alternate representative to serve on
Alamo Area Council of Government's Regional Emergency Preparedness Board ( REPAC).
Assistant Fire Chief Greg Rodgers, will be reappointed and remain as the City's second alternate
representative. Fire Chief Kade Long, will be reappointed and remain as the primary member to
serve on REPAC. Appointed members are authorized to execute any and all necessary actions on
behalf of the City of Schertz to promote homeland security and "all hazards" preparedness within
the region.
Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 27th day of October, 2020.
ATTEST:
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Ralph Gutierrez
Mayor
October 27, 2020
CITY OF SCH ERTZ
Office of the Mayor
City Hall, Schertz
Ms. Marcela T. Medina Public Safety Director
The Alamo Area Council of Governments
8700 Tesoro Drive
San Antonio TX 78217
Dear Ms. Medina:
This memo appoints appoint Emergency Management Coordinator Summer Hall, as the City's
first alternate representative to serve on Alamo Area Council of Government's Regional
Emergency Preparedness Board (REPAC). This appointment is for a new employee in the City
of Schertz in a newly created position, Emergency Management Coordinator. Assistant Fire
Chief Greg Rodgers will be reappointed and remain as the City's second alternate representative
to serve on REPAC. Fire Chief Kade Long, will be reappointed and remain as the primary
member to serve on REPAC. Appointed members are authorized to execute any and all
necessary actions on behalf of the City of Schertz to promote homeland security and "all
hazards" preparedness within the region.
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Community. Service. Opportunity.
1400 Schertz Parkway Schertz, Texas 78154 210- 619 -1040