HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1993-692CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 93-692
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FORMATION OF A PLYMOUTH FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE TEAM
WHEREAS, numerous public and private transportation vehicles carry
hazardous materials and common commodities through the City of Plymouth daily
and thousands of gallons of gasoline and cubic feet of natural gas pass through
pipelines within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth contains numerous manufacturing and
industrial facilities which utilize hazardous chemicals in their operation; and
WHEREAS, an accident involving such conveyancing vehicles, pipelines or
facilities could literally become a community catastrophe; and
WHEREAS, the City of Maple Grove also has exposure to similar catastrophic
occurrences within its city limits; and
WHEREAS, the Councils of the two cities, as well as the officials of their Fire
Departments, have conferred regarding each community forming a hazmat response
team consisting of trained and equipped individuals for the purpose of combating the
disastrous effects of a hazardous materials incident; and
WHEREAS, each city desires to explore a joint working relationship to provide
the two cities the most efficient method of dealing with hazardous materials incidents;
and
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Fire Department is prepared to embark on a
program establishing a hazmat team that would ultimately work with Maple Grove's
hazmat team so as to accomplish the following:
1. Provide a force of specially trained personnel.
2. Limit redundancy of expensive and infrequently used equipment and to
consolidate resources.
3. Enable ongoing training and personnel to be used in the most efficient
manner; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable to proceed toward establishing
a Hazmat team within the Fire Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 93-692
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A. The Fire Chief, Richard C. Kline, together with the supervisory staff of
the Fire Department are authorized to go forward with the formation of
a hazardous materials response team formed within the Plymouth Fire
Department.
B. Said Officials are further authorized to develop a joint powers agreement
with the City of Maple Grove wherein efficient protection for the two
communities will be supplied at a reasonably affordable expense to each.
C. Said Officials shall prepare draft regulations for the Hazmat team so as
to set forth financing methods as well as operational methods for
accomplishing its most efficient manner of operation, all of which shall
be submitted to the City Council for approval.
D. Members of a Hazmat team for the City of Plymouth shall not consist of
more than thirty (30) members of the Fire Department, all of whom shall
be selected based upon their meeting qualifications and standards of the
National Fire Protection Association and OSHA guidelines. Each
member of said response team shall undergo appropriate training as
established by a Hazmat team coordinator selected by the Fire Chief.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCEL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby
does authorize the Mayor and City Manager to execute this resolution authorizing the
formation of a Plymouth Fire Department hazardous material response team, and
approves a joint powers agreement between the City of Plymouth and the City of
Maple Grove.
Adopted by the City Council on November 1, 1993
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on November 1 , 19 93 , with the original
thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City
this 16th day of November 1993.
City Clerk