Subject:
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Emergency Interlocal Agreements with three local government agencies for contingency disaster debris collection and removal services for the County and its municipal partners.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval and execution by the County Administrator of the Emergency Interlocal Agreements with three (3) local government agencies for contingency disaster debris collection and removal services for the County and its municipal partners.
• Emergency Interlocal Agreement for participation in the cooperative Emergency Debris and Hazardous Tree, Limb, and Stump Removal Operations Agreement(s).
• Emergency Interlocal Agreement identifies responsibility between the County and participating local agencies as cooperators of the Emergency Debris and Hazardous Tree, Limb, and Stump Removal Operations Agreement(s).
• Local agencies entering the Interlocal Agreements are Town of Kenneth City, City of Oldsmar, and City of Pinellas Park.
• These agreements have no fiscal impact on Pinellas County by themselves. Future actions and decisions within the framework of these agreements may create fiscal impacts that will be managed at those future moments.
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Strategic Priorities:
Resilient Infrastructure and Environment
1.2 Maintain and enhance County infrastructure
1.4 Improve environmental quality
Healthy and Safe Communities
2.1 Improve public health
2.2 Enhance community safety
Summary:
Emergency Interlocal Agreements with three (3) local agencies including the Town of Kenneth City, and City’s of Pinellas Park and Oldsmar. This Interlocal Agreement applies only to debris collected pursuant to County Contract Number 25-00029-E Emergency Debris and Hazardous Tree, Limb, and Stump Removal Operations specific to debris related to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and subject to the State requirements and pricing, allowing the three (3) agencies to participate. The County has emergency agreements in place with five (5) contractors. Entering the Interlocal Agreement with the County ensures compliance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide.
Background/Explanation:
The Interlocal Agreement identifies responsibility between the County and participating local agencies as cooperators of the County Contract Number 25-00029-E Emergency Debris and Hazardous Tree, Limb, and Stump Removal Operations. Each agency is individually responsible to seek their own FEMA reimbursements. Exhibits A.1 and A.2 are provided for use by agencies to enter a contract directly with the County’s contractor(s) as joint participants of the Disaster Debris contracts.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Delegated Authority:
Authority for the County Administrator to sign the Interlocal Agreements is granted under Code Section 2-62 (a)(1).
Staff Member Responsible:
Kelli Hammer Levy, Director, Public Works
Partners:
Town of Kenneth City
City of Oldsmar
City of Pinellas Park
Attachments:
Emergency Interlocal Agreement - Town of Kenneth City
Emergency Interlocal Agreement - City of Oldsmar
Emergency Interlocal Agreement - City of Pinellas Park
Exhibit A.1
Exhibit A.2