00-060CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO.00-060
A RESOLUTION REGARDING TRANSITION
TO EXCELSIOR FIRE DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the cities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood, and Tonka
Bay jointly created an Excelsior Special Fire Review Committee in the Summer of 1998; and
WHEREAS, said Committee provided a final report dated May 25, 1999, containing a
series of recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the cities extended the Special Fire Review Committee, renaming it to the
Special Fire Transition Committee, to begin work on said recommendations, specifically on
producing a joint powers agreement for the governance of an Excelsior Fire District; and
WHEREAS, a final Joint Powers Agreement document is now prepared and ready for
acceptance by the cities; and
WHEREAS, said Joint Powers Agreement creates a Joint Powers Board on September 1,
2000, and provides for turning over the assets of the Department on January 1, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the Transition Committee has recommended that it continue t0 exist and act
during the transitional period, until September 1, 2000, in the place of the Board created in the
Joint Powers Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Shorewood hereby authorizes and directs the following:
1. The Excelsior Fire District Transition Committee is hereby continued with one
voting member from each City, to carry out transition activities required until a
Joint Powers Board is established on September 1, 2000. Said activities are
identified in the Transition Plan document adopted by the Committee.
2. The City's voting member shall be Woody Love, Mayor, and the City's alternate
voting member shall be John Garfunkel, Council member.
3. The Committee shall have the authority to make expenditures and commitments
relating to Fire District Transition expenses to the level of funding set aside by the
cities for transition expenses.
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4. The City of Shorewood shall send to the Fire Transition Fund the amount of
$10,000, which is its proportionate share of $25,000, an amount estimated to be
needed for short term transition expenses including consulting assistance for a
needs assessment and location analysis.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this 12`"
day of June 2000.
ATTEST:
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WOODY LOVE, MAYOR
BRADLEY J. VWSEN, ACTING CITY ADMINISTRATOR
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