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RESOLUTION N0. 88- 23 INTRODUCED BY: MAYOR CARMEN AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AN ffiMERGENCY RFSOLUTION AUTHORIZING TH6 POLICE AND FIRE DSPARTMEN TO RESPOND TO ENISRGENCY CALLS OUTSIDE THS LIliITS OF MAYFffi.D VILI.AGE WFiHRF.AS, Ohio law has authorized municipal carporations to provide police and fire protection services to other municipalities, townships, counties or the State of Ohio without the necessity o£ a contract; and WHER EAS, such police and £ire protection services may be provided only upon the authorization of the legislative body of the municipal corporation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of Mayfield Village, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, that: SECTION 1: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 9.60 and 737.041, as amended, this Council hereby authorizes the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Departments, and the Officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Departments, to render the services of those departments to other munici- palities, townships, counties or the State in times of emergency, whether or not Mayfield Village has entered into mutual aid contracts for police or fire services with any of those political subdivisions or the State. The determi- nation of "times of emergency" shall be made only by the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Departments, or the Officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Departments, upon a call for emergency police or fire protections services by the State or another political subdivision o£ this State. SECTION 2: The personnel of the Police and Fire Departments rendering emergency services to other political subdivisions shall, as provided by State law, be entitled to all of their usual wages and benefits, shall be covered by Workers' Compensation and shall be immune from any liability arising from the reasonable, good-faith rendering of emergency police and fire protection services. SBCTION 3: The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution has been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its Committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all the statutory requirements, including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. SECTION 4: This Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the health, safety and welfare of