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RESOLUTION NO. 12,036
3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A
4 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
5 LITTLE ROCK, AND THE CITIES OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND
6 CONWAY, AND PULASKI AND FAULKNER COUNTIES, TO
7 COMBINE RESOURCES AND FY 03 PART I STATE HOMELAND
8 SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING TO COORDINATE AND
9 PARTICIPATE IN FULL SCALE WMD/TERRORISM EXERCISES TO
10 TEST EQUIPMENT PURCHASED UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM;
11 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Conway, and
14 Pulaski County and Faulkner County desire to conduct a coordinated exercise to test
15 equipment purchased with federal grant funds for use in emergency WMD/ terrorism
16 situations; and
17 WHEREAS, the jurisdictions have drafted a Memorandum of Agreement which
18 sets forth the agreement between them; and
19 WHEREAS, a budget for the exercise has been prepared which allocates
20 funding responsibility among jurisdictions, a copy of which is attached; and
21 WHEREAS, funds will be utilized for a contractor to assist in the coordination of
22 the exercise and write the required reports, for overtime pay, and for expendable
23 supplies; and
24 WHEREAS, the work product will be an "After Action Report" for submission
25 to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.
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Resolution
lnterlocal Agreement between the City of Little Rock, Arkansas
and Conway
I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
2 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
3 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter
4 into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Cities of North Little Rock and Conway,
5 and Pulaski and Faulkner Counties for a joint full scale, WMD /Terrorism exercise as set
6 forth in the attached Memorandum of Agreement and budget.
7 Section 2. This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into pursuant to Ark.
8 Code Ann. X25- 20- 104(h), and shall expire March 31, 2006.
9 Section 3. Severability. In the event any portion of this resolution is declared or
10 adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not
11 affect the remaining portions of this resolution, which shall remain in full force and
12 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not
13 originally a part of this resolution.
14 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which
15 are in conflict with any provision of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of
16 such conflict.
17 ADOPTED: July 12, 2005
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19 ATTEST:
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22 Na ;Woo VC ity Clerk
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24 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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27 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci Attorney
Resolution
Interlocal Agreement between the City of Little Rock, Arkansas
and Conway
APPROVED:
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-�& h 1,9/, - A /9 '?, Barbara Graves, Vice Mayor
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Memorandum of Agreement
Metro HSEEP TALON
The following entities: Pulaski County, the City of Little Rock, the City of North Little
Rock, the City of Conway and Faulkner County enters into this Memorandum of
Agreement as attested below:
Purpose. The purpose of this agreement is for the above - listed agencies to combine
resources and FY 03 Part I State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to
participate in a joint full scale, WMD /Terrorism exercise that will adequately test the
equipment purchased under these programs. The City of Little Rock and City of Conway
through Faulkner County will also combine FY 02 Homeland Security Grant Program
funding in order to exercise and evaluate the explosive ordinance equipment that was
purchased under this program. This exercise will meet Office of Domestic Preparedness
(ODP) funding requirements and be evaluated in accordance with Homeland Security
Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines.
Scope. The scope of this project will be to work with Little Rock as the lead agency to
hire a contractor to assist in coordination of the exercise, provide evaluators and complete
the necessary After Action Report to submit to the Arkansas Department of Emergency
Management (ADEM) for evaluation using HSEEP.
Powers. Each agency will follow their respective finance procedures to legally enter into
this agreement and commit funding provided by the FY 03 Part I State Homeland
Security Grant Program and FY 02 funding in the cases of Little Rock and Faulkner
County.
Rights. Pulaski County, the City of Little Rock, City of North Little Rock, City of
Conway and Faulkner County will be in charge of their equipment and personnel at all
times during the execution of this exercise under a Unified Command Incident
Management System.
Obligations. _ Each agency listed above will participate in this exercise scheduled for
September 19, 2005, until their respective objectives have been completed for the
purpose of ODP requirements and HSEEP evaluation.
Responsibilities. Each agency will attend planning meetings and complete all local
procedural and legal requirements for committing their FY 02 State Homeland Security
Grant Program funds, if allocated, and FY 03 Part I State Homeland Security Grant
Program funds allocated for the purpose of this exercise.
Duration. This agreement will remain in effect until the project is completed in full to
include that all required information be provided by each agency for the After Action
Report in accordance with HSEEP guidelines and payment of contractor hired by the City
of Little Rock not to exceed March 31, 2006.
Financing. Each jurisdiction has been allocated additional FY 03 Part I State Homeland
Security Grant Program funding to assist in meeting the ODP exercise requirements and
evaluate using HSEEP guidelines. The City of Little Rock and City of Conway through
Faulkner County have been allocated additional FY 02 Homeland Security Grant
Program funding to test and evaluate their respective explosive ordinance teams. This
project will be financed with the combination of these funds with the provision that each
jurisdiction will apply their respective grant funds to meet ODP exercise requirements.
Each jurisdiction will be responsible for the overtime of their respective players in the
exercise with the understanding that these costs will be reimbursed by the grant funds. In
addition, each jurisdiction will contribute to the funding of the contractor to act as a
HSEEP evaluator and controller and to pay for expendable supplies. The contractor will
be required to invoice each jurisdiction individually for their pro rated share. The level of
contribution will be based on a pro rated amount of the funding allocated to each
jurisdiction for accomplishing their respective ODP exercise requirements, as outlined in
the attached budget.
Administration. A request for Proposal will be completed and advertised by the City of
Little Rock in accordance with state law, concerning the hiring of a contractor to
complete the objectives of coordinating the exercise, meeting ODP guidelines and
completion of the After Action Report to meet HSEEP guidelines for each jurisdiction.
Each jurisdiction will be responsible for meeting with the contractor to ensure that ODP
guidelines are met with respect to their equipment and respective responsibilities and to
provide the necessary assistance to complete the After Action Report using HSEEP.
Signed:
Pulaski County Judge
City Manager, City of Little Rock
Mayor, City of North Little Rock
Faulkner County Judge
Mayor, City of Conway