HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2017-019 Authorizing the Mayor to Sign an Interlocal Agreement Creating Snohomish County 911, a Countywide Consolidated Public Emergency Communications Agency, and Authorizing other Related Actions ORDINANCE NO. 2017-019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN
AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT CREATING SNOHOMISH COUNTY 911, A
COUNTYWIDE CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
AGENCY, AND AUTHORIZING OTHER RELATED ACTIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington (the "the City of Arlington"), a municipal corporation
formed under the laws of the State of Washington (the "State"), is authorized by State law to
provide emergency communications services to assist with the dispatch of police and/or
fire/emergency management personnel to respond to 911 calls and related services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has for many years contracted with the Snohomish
County Police Staff and Auxiliary Services Center ("SNOPAC"), a municipal instrumentality of
its members,jointly organized by such members as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 24.06
RCW as expressly authorized by RCW 39.34.030(3)(b) for the provision of these emergency
communications services; and
WHEREAS, SNOCOM and SNOPAC have worked for over three years to investigate
the feasibility of a consolidating the two agencies and, in the last year and a half the Boards of
Directors of the two agencies have negotiated terms and conditions for such a consolidation; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of SNOCOM and SNOPAC have determined that it
is in the public interest to consolidate the two agencies in order to improve public safety and
achieve economies of scale; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of SNOCOM and SNOPAC have each approved (by
at least two-thirds affirmative vote) a resolution authorizing the consolidation of SNOCOM and
SNOPAC into a new countywide public safety dispatch agency to be known as Snohomish
County 911, pursuant to a plan of consolidation as required by chapter 24.06 RCW (the "Plan of
Consolidation"); and
WHEREAS, under the Plan of Consolidation, on January 1, 2018 (the "Consolidation
Effective Date"), SNOCOM and SNOPAC will become a single new corporation formed as a
municipal instrumentality of its members pursuant to RCW 39.34.030 and organized as a
nonprofit corporation under chapter 39.34 RCW as authorized by chapter 39.34 RCW, and
SNOCOM and SNOPAC will cease to exist as separate legal entities; and
WHEREAS, all agencies who are members of SNOCOM and SNOPAC may join
Snohomish County 911, either as a full member and co-owner(a"Principal"), or as an associate
agency (an"Associate Agency"), or alternatively may become a subscriber (a"Subscriber") of
contract services; and
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WHEREAS, Snohomish County 911 is created and will be governed by the terms of the
Snohomish County Regional Public Safety Communications Agency Interlocal Agreement,
including all exhibits thereto (the "Agreement") in the form of a governmental nonprofit
corporation as authorized by chapter 39.34 RCW (the Interlocal Cooperation Act), and chapter
24.06 RCW (the Nonprofit Miscellaneous and Mutual Corporations Act); and
WHEREAS, in 2018 emergency communications dispatch operations will remain largely
as they are today, operating out of two existing facilities but under a new unified governance
structure under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington meets the qualifications of a Principal Agency as
further defined in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has been provided forms of the Agreement, the
Articles of Consolidation, the Plan of Consolidation, and other documents related to the
consolidation of SNOCOM and SNOPAC in order to make the determinations set forth herein;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Arlington finds it is in the public interest of
the citizens of the City of Arlington to become a Principal Agency of Snohomish County 911
and to approve other matters related thereto as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Arlington as
follows:
Section 1. Approval of the Agreement; Execution. The City of Arlington hereby
approves the Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated
herein by this reference, and elects to become a Principal of Snohomish County 911. The Mayor
is hereby authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Arlington, the Agreement,
in form substantially similar to that attached as Exhibit A, and to take other steps as necessary
and to execute any related documents in order that the City of Arlington may become a Princpal
of Snohomish County 911. By execution of the Agreement, the City of Arlington hereby
approves the consolidation of SNOCOM and SNOPAC pursuant to the Plan of Consolidation.
Section 2. Election of Services. The City of Arlington will request police and/or
fire/emergency management dispatch services from Snohomish County 911 beginning January 1,
2018, and the Mayor is directed to accordingly complete and submit the certification of service
form attached as Exhibit A to the Agreement.
Section 3. Approval of Assessments. Arlington's assessments payable to Snohomish
County 911 in 2018 as set forth in Exhibit E to the Agreement are hereby approved and are or
will be included within Arlington's 2018 budget.
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Section 4. Severability. If any such provision, section, or part of this ordinance shall
be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the
ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5. Effective Date. A summary of this Ordinance consisting of its title shall be
published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5)
days after the date of publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Arlington and APPROVED by the Mayor this
20 day of November, 2017.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
Barbara Tolbert, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristin field, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
I, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance No.
2017-019 was approved at the November 20, 2017 City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 2017-019
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON,WASHINGTON
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
CREATING SNOHOMISH COUNTY 911,A COUNTYWIDE
CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY,
AND AUTHORIZING RELATED ACTIONS"
A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached.
Dated this 215t day of November, 2017.
Kristin anfield
City Clerk for the City of Arlington