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RESOLUTION #�
• A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION #686 AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
IN HENNEPIN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement are governmental
units of the State of Minnesota. This agreement is made and entered
into pursuant to Minnesota Statutes S471.59.
WITNESSTH:
WHEREAS, the concept of a nationwide emergency telephone
number was first realized in Great Britain more than thirty years
ago with that country' s establishment of "999" on a national scale;
and
WHEREAS, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and
Administration of Justice has recommended that a "single number should
be established for reporting emergencies" ; and
WHEREAS, Nine-One-One (911) is the three-digit telephone
number that has been designated for public use throughout the United
States for reporting an emergency and requesting emergency assistance;
and
• WHEREAS the effective utilization of the public safety radio
frequency resource in Hennepin County requires a plan for the re-
allocation and greater sharing of the frequency channels available and
prompt implementation thereof; and
WHEREAS, it seems feasible to have the several existing
dispatch facilities consolidated into a lesser number, with one
centralized facility possibly providing enhanced public safety services
and the best opportunity for application of current and future tech-
nological developments; and
WHEREAS, police powers are granted to cities and counties in
the State of Minnesota by either statute or charter; and
WHEREAS, command and control of public safety and emergency
service agencies should remain with the chief or director o� said
agency; and
WHEREAS, public safety radio broadcasting stations owned and
maintained by any county are required to be operated under direction
of the sheriff, who is the chief law enforcement officer of the county;
and
WHEREAS, licenses for public safety radio frequencies are
. held by communities that have exPressed interest in participation in
a joint powers communications organization; and
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WHEREAS, the participant communities in a county-wide
system desire to be represented on a user board for that syster:i; and
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED ,by and among the County of
Hennepin and the communi.ties who are signatory to thi� agreement,
in consideration of their mutual convenants and agreements as hereinafter
set forth, to hereby commit themselves to joint participation in the
development of a county-wide integrated emergency communications
network that provides the maximum possible local command, control and
ownership consistent with existing legislation; �and
IT IS FURTHER AGREED by -the parties that this agreement
is intended to be in conformance with Minnesota Statutes Section 373. 041
and in the event that any court of competent jurisdiction shall rule
contrary to this intent, then the entire agreement shall become null
and void.
IT IS FURTHER AGREED to appoint Walter R. Benson, City of
Orono Administrator, as Director and P�el Kilbo, Orono Chief of Police,
as Assistant Director.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orono, Minnesota at a regular �
meeting held November 22, 1976.
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� Acting Mayor
Attest:
� Walter . enson, Clerk-Administrator
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