Resolution - #80-001a - 01/08/1980

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Councilman Mickelson introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION 80-la RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A TRI-CITY FIRE COI~MITTEE TO ]IIPLEMENT RECOI~ND- ATIONS OF THE TRI-CITY FIRE SERVICE STUDY COI~MITTEE REPORT OF FEBRUARY, 1979. WHEREAS, the Cities of Anoka, Champlin and Ramsey established a Tri-City Fire Service Study Committee which presented a report in FeBruary of 1979, and WHEREAS, the recommendations of that report indicate that there is a need to study the possibility of organizing a Tri-City Fire Protection Bureau, and WHEREAS, other recommendations of the report should also be reviewed, and WHEREAS, the Anoka City Council, the Champlin City Council and the Ramsey City Council are of the opinion that a Joint Committee should be formed to implement the recommendations of the Tri-City Fire Service Study Committee Report. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA as follows: 1) A committee be formed to examine the possibility of of organizing a Tri-City Fire Protection Bureau and also study other recommendations in the Tri-City Fire Service Study Committee Report of February, 1979. The committee shall be made up of seven members (two individuals from each community and the Anoka Fire Chief). 3) Each City shall appoint its Chief Administrative Officer as one of its appointments. The other appoint- ment will either be a member of its City Council or a resident. 4) The first meeting of the Tri-City Fire Committee shall be called by the Chief Administrative Officers and shall be held no later than February 29, 1980. The agenda for the first meeting will be to elect a chair- man and other organizational matters.