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File #: 16898    Version: Name: Village of Shorewood Hills - Fire Services to U.W. Hospital and Clinics
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/15/2009 In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
On agenda: 2/23/2010 Final action: 2/23/2010
Enactment date: 2/26/2010 Enactment #: RES-10-00128
Title: SUBSTITUTE. Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Village of Shorewood Hills for the provision of fire and police services to the UW University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics located at 600 Highland Ave. and the Waisman Center.
Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz
Attachments: 1. Shorewood Hills Resolution - Fire Service.pdf
Fiscal Note
The intergovernmental agreement authorized in this substitute resolution describes the longstanding arrangement for the provision of Fire and Police services to the UW Hospital complex and other University facilities located in and near Shorewood Hills.  Documenting the existing arrangement at this time fulfills a new requirement of the State's Municipal Services Payments program and will allow the City to continue receiving partial State reimbursement for the cost of providing those services in future years.
Title
SUBSTITUTE.  Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Village of Shorewood Hills for the provision of fire and police services to the UW University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics located at 600 Highland Ave. and the Waisman Center.
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WHEREAS, the UW University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority complex (hereinafter "UWHC"), located at 600 Highland Ave., is located in both the City of Madison (hereinafter "Madison") and the Village of Shorewood Hills (hereinafter "Shorewood Hills"); and,
WHEREAS, the Waisman Center, located at 1500 Highland Ave., is in Shorewood Hills; and,
WHEREAS, Shorewood Hills has a volunteer fire department that does not have the capability of adequately responding to all calls for fire service at UWHC; and,
WHEREAS, because Madison has sufficient capacity, the Madison Fire Department has been the primary responder to calls for fire service at UWHC for many years, while the Shorewood Hills Fire Department has not provided any service to UWHC; and,
WHEREAS, because Shorewood Hills has a volunteer fire department that does not have the capability of adequately responding to all calls for fire service at UWHC and the Waisman Center while Madison does have sufficient capacity to respond to said calls, the Madison Fire Department has been the primary responder to calls for fire service at UWHC and the Waisman Center for many years, while the Shorewood Hills Fire Department has not provided any service to UWHC or the Waisman Center; and,
WHEREAS, due to its capacity, the Madison Police Department has historically served the UWHC and the Waisman Center in a backup capacity to the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD), or when the need for service is otherwise greater than that able to be provided by UWPD, while the Shorewood Hills Police Department has not provided any service to UWHC or the Waisman Center; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of recent changes in November, 2009 by the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration to the Municipal Services Payments Program Program Guidelines, it is now necessary for the Parties to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement to document this ongoing service arrangement so that Madison is properly reimbursed for the municipal fire and police services provided to the Waisman Center and that portion of UWHC that resides is in Shorewood Hills;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to Eenter Iinto an Aagreement with the Village of Shorewood Hills for the provision of fire and police services to the UW University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics located at 600 Highland Ave. and the Waisman Center.