2016-20 RESOLUTION 2016 - 20
A RESOLUTION TERMINATING THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT THAT CREATED THE LAKE AND MCHENRY
COUNTIES FIRE DEPARTMENTS SPECIALIZED RESPONSE TEAMS,
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "SRT"
WHEREAS, the SRT was originally organized as the Lake County Fire Departments
Specialized Response Teams through intergovernmental agreement in 1996; and
WHEREAS, the SRT membership was expanded in 2005-06 through a revised
intergovernmental agreement to include fire departments from McHenry County and the SRT
name was changed to the Lake and McHenry Counties Fire Departments Specialized Response
Teams and has operated the SRT since; and
WHEREAS, the SRT is administered by an Executive Committee composed of the Fire
Chiefs (or other representative designated by the member unit of government) of each member
unit of government; and
WHEREAS, various public agencies in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana
and Iowa have federated together to for the Mutual Aid Box Ala rrn System (MABAS); and
WHEREAS, MABAS is divided into operational Divisions, generally based on
geographic regions, to facilitate day-to-day operations and develop local policy and procedures;
and
WHEREAS, MARAS Division 4, comprised generally of fire departments (Units) in
Lake County, Illinois, is duly authorized by MABAS-IL as a Division; and
WHEREAS, MABAS Division 5, comprised generally of fire departments (Units) in
McHenry County, Illinois, is duly authorized by MABAS-11, as a Division; and
WHEREAS, MABAS-11, has agreed to individually recognize SRT related response
teams for both MABAS Divisions 4 & 5 which will provide for insurance coverage, equipment
and training for SRT functions within each respective MABAS Division, increasing the SRT
response capabilities in both Divisions; and
WHEREAS, the SRT Executive Committee has determined that it is in the best interest
of the SRT to transfer apparatus, equipment and funding from the S to the respective MA BAS
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Divisions to take advantage of the insurance, equipment and training available through MABAS-
IL; and
WHEREA'S, the SRT was a trendsetting organization at the time of its original
establishment in 1996, however the SRT response model has shifted throughout the state of
Illinois to a MABAS Division based model; and
WHEREAS, Divisions 4 and 5 have independently determined that it is in their best
interests to accept the apparatus, equipment and funding from the SRT and to establish an
intergovernmental specialized response teams joint administrative council to coordinate training,
response procedures and equipment on behalf of both the MA BAS Division 4 & 5 SRT teams;
and
WHEREAS, the S through or resolution has transferred apparatus, equipment and
funding to MARAS Divisions 4 & 5 through Resolution 2015-2 that has been adopted through
majority vote of the S Executive Committee; and
WHEREAS, the SRT through prior resolution has provided for the tennination of the
SRT operations and responsibilities, transferring said operations and responsibilities to MABAS
Divisions 4 & 5 and the newly created SRT Joint Administrative Council, through Resolution
2015-3 that has been adopted through majority vote of the S Executive Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the covenants
herein contained, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Buffalo Grove do hereby resolve
that:
1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated into this Resolution,
2. It is recognized, and specifically approved by this unit of government and member of the
SRT, that as of January 1, 2016, the intergovernmental agreement as amended which
created the Lake and McHenry Counties Fire Departments Specialized Response Teams
shall terminate, and all responsibilities regarding the routine operation and coordination
of the SRT shall be transferred to the newly formed SRT Joint Administrative Council.
3. All records, reports and information in the possession of the SRT will be transferred to
the newly formed SRT Joint Administrative Council.
4. Future payments for SRT related operations will be directed tote appropriate MA BAS
Division in lieu of the SRT.
5. Upon the conclusion of all required actions to terminate the SRT, the Lake and McHenry
Counties Specialized Response Terns Mutual Aid Agreement shall be considered
terminated, null and void.
6. The invalidity of any provision of this Resolution shall not render invalid any other
provision. If, for any reason, any provision of this Resolution is determined by a Court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed
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severable, and this Resolution may be enforced with that provision severed or as
modified by court order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Resolution has been duly adopted by a majority vote of
a quorum of the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Buffalo Grove this 15 1h day of August,
2016.
By:
I A. Mxs�q
noverly Su'ss-IM ir,Village President
ATTEST:
Janet gi-r-abian, Village Clerk
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