21-R-109 - Contract Mutual Aid Fire Emergency Services with Secretary of Air Force Joint Base San AntonioRESOLUTION NO. 21-R-109
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A
CONTRACT FOR MUTUAL AID IN FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ AND THE SECRETARY OF THE
AIR FORCE FOR MUTUAL AID WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO
FIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND OTHER MATTERS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Schertz Fire Department is charged with the responsibility of
regional fire suppression, protection, and prevention; and
WHEREAS, in order to fulfill its mandated responsibility as set forth above, the City
has identified a need to enter into mutual aid agreements with surrounding jurisdictions,
including Joint Base San Antonio; and
WHEREAS, the City Emergency Services and Joint Base San Antonio Emergency
Services have enjoyed a long and mutually beneficial relationship; and
WHEREAS, this Mutual Aid Agreement is for a period of five years, thereafter,
automatically renews for an additional 5 years for a total period not to exceed twenty years;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into agreement with the
Secretary of the Air Force to mutually provide fire emergency services as set forth in Exhibit
A,
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any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the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 28"' day of September 2021.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
ka6 Gutierrez, Mayor
ATTEST:
Brenda Dennis, City Secretary