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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION | Agenda Item: 9C. |
| Date Prepared: 5/1/2017 | Council Meeting Date: 5/16/2017 |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Carl Swenson, City Manager
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| | | | | | | | THROUGH:
| Jeff Tyne, Deputy City Manager |
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| | | | | | | | | FROM:
| Bobby Ruiz, Fire Chief
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| | | | | | | | SUBJECT:
| Intergovernmental Agreement, City of Glendale and Sun City Fire and Medical Department, Fire and Medical Response Reimbursement |
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| | | | | | | | Purpose:
This is a request for City Council to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Peoria, the City of Glendale, and the Sun City Fire and Medical Department for the reimbursement of fire and medical responses by those agencies to the Desert Diamond Casino and Entertainment, an enterprise of the Tohono O’odham Nation. |
| | | | | | | | Background/Summary:
The City of Peoria has an agreement with Desert Diamond Casino and Entertainment, an enterprise of the Tohono O’odham Nation, to provide Fire and Medical services to its property located at 9431 W. Northern, Glendale, Arizona 85305.
In this agreement there is a section pertaining to fees that the Desert Diamond Casino and Entertainment, an enterprise of the Tohono O’odham Nation will pay the City of Peoria for all services delivered. As part of the existing valley wide Automatic-Aid agreement that Peoria, Glendale and Sun City are members of, they (Glendale and Sun City) will be responding to fire and medical calls to that location when first-due Peoria units are unavailable to respond.
We are requesting that Peoria, as the Agreement holder with Desert Diamond Casino and the Tohono O’odham Nation, to act as the pass-through agency to reimburse Glendale and Sun City for services delivered.
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| | | | | | | | Options:
A: Approve this Intergovernmental Agreement between Peoria, Glendale and Sun City to provide the mechanism for reimbursement to those entities.
B: Do not approve this Intergovernmental Agreement between Peoria, Glendale and Sun City to provide the mechanism for reimbursement to those entities. |
| | | | | | | | Staff Recommendation:
Discussion and possible action to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Glendale and the Sun City Fire and Medical Department for the reimbursement of Fire and Medical responses by those agencies to the Desert Diamond Casino and Entertainment, an enterprise of the Tohono O’odham Nation. |
| | | | | | | | Narrative:
Once the Intergovernmental Agreement is approved it will allow the City of Glendale and Sun City Fire and Medical Department to be reimbursed for fire and medical services provided to the Desert Diamond Casino and Entertainment, an enterprise of the Tohono O’odham Nation. |
| | | | | | | | Contact Name and Number:
Bobby Ruiz, (623)773-7380 |
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