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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R-2002-010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE
PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY FIRE AND RESCUE
SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC;
SUPPORTING TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT
IN THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OUR
CITIZENS; SUPPORTING IMPROVEMENT OF FIRE
RESCUE SERVICES THROUGHOUT BROWARD
COUNTY; SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT OF HOME
RULE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac desires to
provide the highest level fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the
residents, businesses and visitors in our community; and
WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Commission of Tamarac have made this
commitment and have supported the growth of Tamarac Fire Rescue to deliver
these services to our community; and
WHEREAS, all residents of Tamarac and those throughout Broward
County receive high quality fire rescue services from their chosen provider; and
WHEREAS, Tamarac Fire Rescue has provided fire and first responder
emergency medical services since 1975; and
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WHEREAS, Tamarac Fire Rescue has continued to provide high quality
fire services while improving EMS by providing advance life support transport
services since 1996; and
WHEREAS, The City and other Broward County emergency service
providers recognize the need to share resources and assist one another in times
of need; and
WHEREAS, Tamarac and other emergency service agencies have
cooperated in the areas of Mutual Aid, Automatic Aid, Communications, Training,
Logistics, Medical Protocols, Fireground Operations, Hazardous Materials
Response as well as other areas; and
WHEREAS, the City supports the continued improvement in fire rescue
services; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Fire Chief that Tamarac
continue to support improved fire rescue service delivery and cooperation with
other emergency service providers; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida deems it
to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to
support the right of any municipality to determine the system design for the
delivery of emergency services to their community as well as the need to
cooperate with other agencies to ensure the delivery of high quality emergency
services.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Resolution.
SECTION 2: The City of Tamarac supports the provision of high quality
Fire and Rescue services for the residents of Tamarac.
SECTION 3: The City of Tamarac will continue to support Tamara-c Fire
Rescue in the delivery of emergency services to our Citizens.
SECTION 4: The City of Tamarac will continue to support improvements
in the delivery of fire rescue services throughout Broward County.
SECTION 5: The City of Tamarac will continue to support the concept of
Home Rule.
SECTION 6: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 7: If any clause, section, other part or application of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or
invalid, in part or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions or applications of this Resolution.
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SECTION 8: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
passage and adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this 9h day of January, 2002.
ATTEST: -
MARION SW NSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I
have a oved this
RESON as to form.
ITCHELL
CITY ATTS/�CRNE
JOE SCHREIBER
MAYOR
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR SCHREIBER A ev
DIST 1: COMM. PORTNER ,4 er
DIST 2: COMM. MISHKIN Aye,
DIST 3: V/M SULTANOF fl gr
DIST 4: COMM. ROBERTS A e,
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