Resolution 081-1989
Janes R. Pares, ACA
Division of Public Safety
RESOLVI'ION NO. 081 -1989
A RESOLUl'ICN CF THE BOARD OF COUNTY CC!+ITSSIamRS OF
M<::NroE COON'lY, FIDRIDA, AtJ'I'OORIZIN; THE CFfAIRMAN ro
EXECUrE AN ~ BE'IWEEN THE :KEY LAROO var..uNl'EER
AMBt.1L1\NCE CORPS, INC. AND SPB:IAL TAXING DISTRICT
NO. 6 crncE:RNnX; THE REIMBtJRSE1.1ENT OF VOLUNTEERS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY CCMo1ISSIONERS OF Mlffi()E COUNTY,
FLORIDA, that the Mayor/Chairman is hereby authorized to execute an
Agreenent beb.een the Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. and
Special Taxing District No.6, copies of San'e being attached. hereto and
made a part trereof, concerning the reimburserrent of volunteers.
PASSED AND AIXPTED by the Board of County Comnissianer of funroe
Colmty, Florida, at a regular neeting of said Board held on the 4ih- day
of J;h~IAQ."j , A.D. 19.11.
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BOARD OF COON'lY C(M.{[SSIOOERS
OF M:NIDE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By ////dit! ~
Mayor Cha
(Seal)
Attest:DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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Clerk .
Approved as to fom and legal
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County Attorney's Office
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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this
14/J
day of
~~~ ' A.D., 19~ between Special Taxing District
No.6, l1e~einafter referred to as the "District" and the Key
Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc., hereinafter referred to
as the "Department",
WIT N E SSE T H:
WHEREAS, the various special taxing districts have been
further organized into departments as nonprofit corporations for
the purpose of providing fire protection and rescue facilities
in Monroe County, and
WHEREAS, such fire and rescue protection is for the
furtherance of the common good of Monroe County and
WHEREAS, the Department and the Special Taxing District
No.6, through the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida as the governing body, have agreed and provided
by ordinance for the various departments to reimburse their
volunteer personnel and chiefs from funds strictly within the
budget of the various special taxing districts, and
WHEREAS, the various firefighters and ambulance personnel
in the respective special taxing districts are available and are
on constant alert as firefighters and volunteers in various
life-saving activities, and
WHEREAS, 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 IT UNDERSTOOD, that in consideration of the covenants
agreed to herein and other good and valuable considerations, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Assuming
the
availability
of
budgeted
funds,
volunteers shall serve both fire fighting and rescue purposes in
their districts and shall be reimbursed at the rate of $100.00
per month1 chiefs shall be reimbursed at the rate of $250.00 per
month.
2. No payments shall be made as provided above until the
volunteers and chiefs have signed the master list which is to be
attached hereto.
3. Monroe 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 of the volunteers of the Departments described
herein 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 are required under Florida law.
Proof of
insurance in a form acceptable to the District shall be provided
by each volunteer.
5. Monroe 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, which
policy shall also provide secondary, or back-up, coverage on
private vehicles only during such 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 for the purpose
of responding to a call and to end at such a time as the
volunteer returns to his home or, in the case of a volunteer who
makes an intermediate stop on his way to his home, to the first
location to which
he drives after the completion of his
participation in the emergency services that were the subject of
the call.
6. The Department shall keep in full force and effect a
policy of liability insurance on all emergency vehicles owned by
the Department and used in providing emergency services wi thin
the District.
Said policy shall be in the amount of at least
,
$300,000.00 combined single limit and shall also
name the
Monroe County Board of County Commissioners as insured.
Proof
of insurance in a form acceptable to the District shall be
provided by each Department.
7. Nothing contained in this agreement shall cause the
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 of the reimbursement provided in
paragraph 1 and the furnishing of insurance as provided in
paragraph 4.
Monroe County and the special taxing districts
assume no liabili ty for, and each of the volunteers agrees to
hold said County and District harmless from any and all claims
that may arise from the actions or the inaction of the
volunteer, whether in the course of his volunteer efforts or
not, and that are not covered by the insurance required under
the provisions of paragraph 4. The provisions of this paragraph
shall not alter the legal relationships of the parties existing
before the execution of this agreement with regard to the
potential vicarious liability. The purpose for the inclusion of
this paragraph is to memorialize the existing understanding of
the parties.
8. No compensation shall be paid to the volunteers by
Monroe County or the special taxing districts except the
reimbursement provided in this agreement or in any extension or
written modification.
9. This is a three-year agreement, beginning on the
I Sf'" day of l}.-UW , 1989 and ending on the
301P day of Ilp~ , 1992.
10. Either party may cancel this agreement by giving a
sixty (60) day written notice.
11. Each contract or agreement entered into by the
special taxing districts and the Departments shall also be
executed by the volunteers before reimbursement is made. A
signed roster of all volunteers and all chiefs shall be provided
for the Finance Department.
The signature and agreement of the
individuals as prescribed in this section is a condition
precedent to the disbursement of any reimbursements provided for
in said agreement on this
1~ day of ..J~
, 19~.
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12. The governing board of the County has approved this
agreement and has authorized its presiding officer to sign it on
the ~/fJ day of ~ , 1989.
13. The special taxing districts, acting as volunteer
fire/rescue departments, as set forth in Ordinance No. /o,/9iz..
execution
was
directed
on
the
approved and its
1.;b day of
affirm that the terms of this agreement were
~~(1'
, 1989.
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT NO. 6
By
Chairman
(SEAL)
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, Clerk
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS
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( SEAL)
Attest:
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