HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2008-27 Fire ConsolidationRESOLUTION N0.2008-27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS FLORIDA, INDICATING ITS INTENT
TO CONSOLIDATE FIRE SERVICES WITH SEMINOLE
COUNTY CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS
OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS AND SEMINOLE COUNTY; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, economic conditions are making it progressively more difficult for the City to fund
the level of fire and emergency medical services that our residents desire, and
WHEREAS, the consolidation of the Winter Springs' Fire Department with the Seminole County
Fire Department appears to provide a more efficient method of continuing the current level of fire and
emergency medical services the residents of the City currently enjoy, and the long term stabilization of
the cost of fire and emergency medical services provided to Winter Springs' residents, and
WHEREAS, the City Commission recognizes that the City of Altamonte Springs has previously
successfully consolidated its fire department with Seminole County and that a similar consolidation in
Winter Springs may be beneficial to Winter Springs and Seminole County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS, that the City intends to pursue consolidation of fire and emergency medical
services under the authority of Seminole County, subject to negotiating an interlocal agreement mutually
acceptable to the City and the County.
NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY shall expedite and prepare a draft
interlocal agreement to present to Seminole County no later than fifteen (15) days from the adoption of
this Resolution.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption
DONE AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, on this
the 2151 day of May, 2008.
J N F. BUSK, Mayor
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AND EA LORENZO-LUACES, City Clerk
Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for
the City o ter Springs only:
ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney