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REPORT T0: Councillor C. Weylie and Members of the Development and
Technical Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING: December 7, 2009
SUBMITTED BY: Tim Beckett, Fire Chief
PREPARED BY: Tim Beckett, Fire Chief
WARD(S) INVOLVED: None
DATE OF REPORT: November 23, 2009
REPORT NO.: DTS-09-176
SUBJECT: voolwich Fire Dispatch Agreement
RECOMMENDATION:
"That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute an agreement with the Corporation of
the Township of Woolwich to provide fire dispatch service to Woolwich for a term of two
years commencing January 1, 2010, said agreement to be satisfactory to the City
Solicitor"
REPORT:
This agreement is a renewal of a previous 5 year agreement. The two year term allows the fire
department to bring all dispatch agreements in line for renewal in 2012.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The agreement provides for an annual fee for service of $34,276.46 based upon the previous
2009 contract rate, plus a 2010 rate increase of 3.00%. The annual fee for the remaining year
of the two year term shall be the annual fee for 2010 adjusted and at the commencement of
each year to reflect the percentage increase in call volume of the previous year (1 % rate
increase for each 10% in call volume increase) or by any increase during the previous expiring
year in actual dispatch operating costs or the CPI (Consumer Price Index), whichever is greater.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Jeff Willmer, Interim General Manager, DTS
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