Meeting: County Council Regular Meeting - 27 Feb 2020 County

Council

Title: Town of Onoway Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement

PREPARATION DETAILS Department Of: Emergency Management Proposed Actions: Action Item Severed in Accordance with FOIP: Yes

POLICY & BUDGET INFO Expenditure Required: No

RECOMMENDATION:

That County Council authorize the Reeve and the County Manager to execute the Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement between Lac Ste. Anne County and the Town of Onoway.

SUMMARY/BACKGROUND:

As part of the Lac Ste. Anne County Strategic Plan 2018 - 2021, Objective 2.6 outlined regional response planning for Emergency Management, recognizing this as an integral objective in ensuring that the County has the ability both to request Emergency Management assistance and to provide that assistance to neighbouring municipalities in the event of a disaster or emergency.

In the Spring of 2018, Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreements were created and forwarded out to the following municipalities:

• Town of Mayerthorpe, • Town of Onoway, • Village of Beach, • Ste. Anne Summer Villages Regional Emergency Management Agency, • , • , • Town of Barrhead, • Barrhead County, • , and • .

To date, the following Agreements have been executed:

• Town of Mayerthorpe, • Village of Alberta Beach, • Yellowhead County, and • Woodlands County.

Director of Emergency Management Carole Marciszyn-Peacock approached the Town of Onoway on February 10, 2020, after a discussion with the County's Alberta Emergency Management Agency Field Officers recommending initiating another conversation regarding the County's proposed Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement with the Town from 2018.

On February 21, 2020, a responding email was received indicating that the Town of Onoway Council approved the proposed Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement at their February 20, 2020 Council meeting.

This quick response was welcomed and a decision to bring this Item forward to County Council as soon as possible was made on February 21, 2020. Upon execution of this proposed Agreement by County Council, the Agreement will be provided to the Town of Onoway to complete execution.

Work on the remaining four (4) neighbouring municipalities and the Summer Village Regional Emergency Management Agency, and consideration for a sixth being the Town of Whitecourt, will continue throughout the Spring of 2020 to conclude Objective 2.6 of the 2018 - 2021 Strategic Plan.

A copy of the initiating email, and the proposed Agreement with Schedules A and B, are attached for review.

OPTIONS:

That County Council authorize the Reeve and the County Manager to execute the Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement between Lac Ste. Anne County and the Town of Onoway.

That County Council defer the Emergency Management Mutual Aid Assistance Agreement between Lac Ste Anne County and the Town of Onoway.

PREPARED BY: Carole Peacock

ATTACHMENTS: Town of Onoway EM Agreement Email - Feb.27.20 Town of Onoway EM Agreement - Feb.27.20 . -"I'A'--?l-1‘W|_'?Iiuj!

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