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ITEM 17.
Public Safety - Consent


AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:	December 18, 2018
DEPARTMENT:	Public Safety
REQUESTER:	Lee Mayfield
TITLE:	Approve Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management

I.	MOTION REQUESTED
	A) Approve the 2018 Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement between Lee County and the Florida Division of Emergency Management. B) Authorize Chair to execute the Agreement on behalf of the Board C) Approve and execute the Resolution to Adopt the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement

II.

ITEM SUMMARY

The Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement (SMAA) allows Lee County to access other government resources when disasters strike and improves the County's ability to recover such expenses. The SMAA has been updated for 2018 to allow use for smaller events without a state of emergency declaration. The Florida Division of Emergency Management is requesting that all counties update their agreements to the 2018 version.

III.

BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION

	A)	Board Action and Other History
		The State of Florida encourages local governments to enter into mutual aid agreements to supplement state and federal disaster aid. Florida Statutes, Chapter 252, The Emergency Management Act, provides each local government the authority to develop and enter into mutual aid agreements within the state for reciprocal emergency aid and assistance in case of emergencies too extensive to be dealt with unassisted. Lee County has entered into such agreements to support local response efforts and to render aid to other communities should they request it.

	B)	Policy Issues

	C)	BoCC Goals

	D)	Analysis
		The State of Florida is vulnerable to a wide range of disasters that are likely to cause the disruption of essential services and the destruction of the infrastucture needed to deliver those services. Such disasters are likely to exceed the capability of any one local government to cope with the emergency with existing services. These agreements assist affected jurisdictions in making emergency repairs and restoring needed services when disasters strike.

	E)	Options

IV.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

A)	Current year dollar amount of item:	No funding required.
B)	Is this item approved in the current budget?	No
C)	Is this a revenue or expense item?	N/A
D)	Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?	N/A
E)	Will this item impact future budgets? If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.	No
F)	Fund: Program: Project: Account Strings:
G)	Fund Type?	N/A
H)	Comments:

V.	RECOMMENDATION
	Approve

VI.	TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION

VII.	FOLLOW UP

ATTACHMENTS:
Description	Upload Date	Type
2018 SMAA Agreement.pdf	11/19/2018	Agreement
SMAA Information Sheet.pdf	11/19/2018	Backup Material
SMAA_Resolution	11/26/2018	Resolution
121818R -C-17-RESO 18-12-16 Adoption-StatewideMutualAidAgr	1/22/2019	Resolution
121818R -C-17-Agr-StatewideMutualAidFLDivEmergMgmt	1/22/2019	Agreement

REVIEWERS:
Department	Reviewer	Action	Date
Public Safety	Mayfield, Lee	Approved	11/21/2018 - 8:44 AM
Budget Services	Henkel, Anne	Approved	11/21/2018 - 9:09 AM
Budget Services	Winton, Peter	Approved	11/21/2018 - 1:21 PM
County Attorney	Fraser, Andrea	Approved	11/21/2018 - 1:50 PM
County Manager	Brady, Christine	Approved	12/10/2018 - 9:15 AM