Resolution 008-1983
Reggie Paros
E.M.S. Coordinator
RESOLUTION NO. 008-1983
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF
GOVERNORS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT
NO.2 OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT
NO. 2 AND MARATHON VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE, INC.
TO PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS FOR
EXPENSES RELATING TO SERVICES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF MUNICIPAL
SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT NO.2 OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as
follows:
That the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Municipal
Service Taxing District No. 2 of Monroe County, Florida, is
hereby authorized to execute an Agreement by and between
Special Taxing District No.2 and Marathon Volunteer Fire and
Rescue, Inc., a copy of same being attached hereto, for the
purpose of reimbursing volunteers for expenses related to
services performed by said volunteers.
Passed and adopted by the Board of Governors of Municipal
Service Taxing District No. 2 of Monroe County, Florida, at a
regular meeting of said Board held on the 16th day of December,
A.D. 1983.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF MUNICIPAL
SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT NO. 2
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TillS ,AGREEMENT made and ent ered into this 16th day of
December,
, A.IJ. 198~ bl'th'een Spec ial Taxing District
No.2, hereinafter referred to as the "District" and the
M-arathon Vol. Fire and
Rescue, Inc. Volunteer Fi re Department or Volunteer
Fire Department and Ambulance Corps' (~hatever the case may be),
hereinafter referred to as the "Uepartment".
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lVIIEREAS, the various special taxing districts have been
further organized into departments as a non-profit incorporation
for the purpose of providing fire protection and rescue facilities
to the people and property of the same in ~lonroe County, and
WIIEREAS, such fire protection and rescue protection is for
the furtherance of the common good of Monroe County, and
WIIEREAS, the Department aforesaid and the Special Taxing
District No.2, through the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, as the governing body, have agreed and
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provided by ordinance for the various departments to reimburse
its volunteer personnel and chiefs from funds strictly within
the budget of ,the various special taxing districts, and
WIIEREAS, the various firefighters and ambulance personnel
in the respective special taxing districts arc available and are
on constant alert as firefighters and volunteers in various
lifesaving activities, and
lVIIEflEAS, these parties now desire to formally agree for the
reimbursement of volunteers for expenses relating to said services
and the various volunteer departments do agree thereto, now,
therefore,
BE II' [INDEI/STOOD that In consider;Jtion of the covenants
agreed to herein and nthL'r gODd ;llld \,;1111;11,[(' COllsideraljolls, the
parties hereto do ;Jgrce as foJloh's:
1. lhat the various speei;d taxing districts shall utilize
the services of the volunteers I'oth as firefighters and for rescue
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purposes and that fo!' said services a rel'lIlburSelll"!l'L to . .1
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volunteers shall be in the sum of $50.00 per month, not to exceed
the budgeted funds, with it heing understood that the various
chiefs of the special taxing districts shall be reimbursed in
the sum of $200,00 per ~onth, not to exceed the budgeted funds,
herein with'.a maximum of 25 volunteers and 1 chief.
who shall be reimbursed under this agreement.
2. Thnt insofnr ns the various special taxing districts
have in thei l' budget for the fi sca 1 year 1983-84 funds available
for the reimbursement provided by this agreement that the sar.1e
shall be done uJlon passage of this ordinance when and if said
volunteers have entered .into thl s agreement,
3. 1.lonroe County and/or the special taxing districts
currently maintains and shall provide Worker's Compensation
Insurance for the volunteers specified herein for the duration
of this agreement.
4, Each 00 the volunteers of the Departments described here-
In shall furnish and keep in full force and effect a policy of
liability insurance on his private vehicle(s) in such amounts of
coverage as arc required under I'lorida laH.
~lonroe County and/or the special taxing districts shall keep
In full force and effect a policy of liability insurance on all
emergency vehicles owned by the County and/or special taxing
districts and used by the Departments, Hhich policy shall also
provide secondary, or back-up, coverage on private vehicles only
eluring sLlch times as they are operated in response to a call for
the emergency services of the Department. Such period of operation
shall be deemed to begin at the time a volunteer enters a private
vehicle [or the purpose of responding to a call and to end at such
time as the volunteer returns to Ilis hOJlw or, in the elSc of a
voluntecr ,,110 m:lkes '"' illlerrIll'di:Jte stop Oil Ilis '''I)' to his 1">llIe,
to the first location to which he drivl's after the completion of
his participation in the elllcrgellcy servi.ccs that were thc subject
of the call.
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S. The 11ep"rtlllcnt shall kL"'J' in Cull Coree and el'I'eel"
policy of liability insurance on all emergency vehicles owned
by the Department and used in providing emergency services within
the District. Said policy shall be in the amount of at least
$1,000,000.00 combined single limit and shall als~ name the Monroe
County Board of County Commissioners as insured.
6. Nothing contained in this agreement shall cause the
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volunteers to be deemed or held to be agents or employees of
Monroe County or of the special taxing districts. Monroe County
and the special taxing districts shall have no liability or
responsibility in connection with the subject of this agreement
other than the payment 6f the reimbursement provided In paragraph
1 hereof and the furnishing of insurance as provided In paragraph
4 hereof. ~lonroe County and the special taxing districts assume
no 1 iabi 1 i ty for, and each of the volunteers agrees to hold ,S;l id
County and Districts harmless from, any and all claims that may
arise {rom the actions or the inaction of the volunteer, whether
in the course of his volunteer cCCorts or not, and that arc not
covered by the insurance required under the provisions of paragraph
4 hereof.
Further, it is the understanding and intent of all parties
to this agreement that the provisions of this paragraph do not alter
the leg31 reldtionships of the parties existing immediately prior
to its execution witll regard to the potential vicarious liability.
The purpose for the inclusion of this paragraph is to memorialize
the existing understanding of the parties.
No compensation shall be paid to the volunteers by ~Ionroe
County or the special taxing districts except the reimbursement
provided in this agreement or in any extension or written modification'
of this agreement.
7. The County docs hCI'e!>y aCCirm tl1:it the governing boanl did
3pprove on the 16th d:l)' oC
December
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agreement and did direct and authorize its presiding officer to
enter into said agreement.
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S. That the various speci:t' taxing districts acting as
volunteer [ire <Ind/or rescue departments as is set forth in
Onl i nance No.
did affirm that a duly constituted meeting
of the governing board of the same on the .l6th day of
December
A.D. 198~, the terms of this agreement 1{;IS approv~d and the execution
thereof directed.
9. That each contract or agreement entered into by the
various special taxing districts and the operating corporations
knO\m as Departments shall also be executed by the volunteers prior
to the receipt of reimbursement. A signed roster of all volunteers
and all chiefs shall be provided for the Finance Department. The
signature and agreement bf the individuals as prescribed in this
section is a condition precedent to the disbursement of any
reimbursements provided for in said agreement.
IN WITNESS InIEREOF the part ies hereto executed this agx:eement
on the _ 16th day of
December
] 983.
SPECIAL TAXING nISTRICT CiO. 2
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Chairman
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Attest: .
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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\'OLUNTEER f'T RE DEPARTMENT OR
VOLUNTEER FTllE DEPARHIENT AND
!,~lflULANCE CORPS
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