2020-051 To Authorize an Agreement wih Grand Valley and District Fire for fire communications servicesTHE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW 2020-051
A BY-LAW to authorize an agreement between the Corporation of the Town of
Tillson burg and Grand Valley and District Fire Department for the provision of fire
communications services.
WHEREAS the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, c. 4, as amended,
authorizes a municipality to provide and/or receive fire protection services to or from
other municipalities;
AND WHEREAS the Town of Tillsonburg operates fire protection services and holds fire
protection assets including fire communications personnel and equipment suitable to
meet municipal responsibilities required by the Fire Protection and Prevention Act,
through a fire department situated within the Town of Tillsonburg;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation of the Town of Tillson burg is desirous of entering into
an agreement with Grand Valley and District Fire Department to provide fire
communications services.
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of
Tillsonburg as follows:
1. THAT the agreement attached hereto as Schedule "A" forms part of this by-law;
2. THAT the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer be hereby authorized to
execute the attached agreement on behalf of the Corporation of the Town of
Tillsonburg;
3. THAT this By-Law shall come into full force and effect upon passing.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 25th day of MAY, 2020.
AIPtu AND FINAL TIME AND PASSED THIS 25th day of MAY, 2020.
THIS AGREEMENT, dated this~ day of~· 2020
BETWEEN
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TlllSONBURG
(hereinafter "d1e Town ofTillsonburg")
-and-
Grand Valley & District Fire Department
(hereinafter "Grand Valley & District Fire Department")
WHEREAS:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act, S.O. 1991, c. 25, as amended, the
parties have enacted By-laws to authorize an agreement between the parties;
2. The Fire Protection and Prevention Act, S.O. 1997, c. 4, as amended, authorizes a
municipality to provide and/or receive fire protection services to or from other
municipalities;
3. The Town ofTillsonburg operates fire protection services and holds fire
protection assets including fire communications personnel and equipment suitable
to meet municipal responsibilities required by the Fire Protection and Prevention
Act, through a fire department situated within the Town ofTillsonburg;
4. The Town of Tillsonburg has agreed to provide such Fire Communications
services to the Grand Valley & District Fire Department
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties agree as follows:
Services Provided:
5. The Town of Tillsonburg shall supply fire commliDications services to the Grand
Valley & District Fire Department the particulars of which are as described in
Schedule 11A 11 to this agreement.
6. The fire commliDications services provided by the Town of Tillsonburg shall
comply with the Standard Operating Guidelines, which regulate the operation and
maintenance of the Tillsonburg Fire & Rescue Services Fire CommliDications.
Consideration:
7. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall pay fees to the Town of
Tillsonburg as described in Schedule 11 B 11 to this agreement.
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8. This agreement shall remain effective for a period of three years from the date of
signature. If not expressly renewed in writing or supplanted by a succeeding
agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been automatically renewed
for a period of indefinite duration unless and until one of the parties provides
written notice of termination as contemplated in paragraph nine below.
9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph eight above, any of the parties may
withdraw from this Agreement upon providing twelve months written notice to
the other parties (hereinafter "the party or parties withdrawing").
Service Commencement Date:
10. The Town of Tillsonburg shall provide fire communications services in
accordance with this agreement effective on August 1, 2020.
Indemnity and Limitation of Liability:
11. The parties agree to indemnifY and save each other harmless, along with their
respective councillors, officers, employees and agents from any liability, action,
claim, loss, damage, payment, cost, fine, fine surcharge, recovery or expense,
including assessable legal fees arising out of the performance of their respective
obligations under this Agreement, save and except in respect of any liability,
action, claim, loss, damage, payment, cost, fine, fine surcharge, recovery or
expense, including assessable legal fees, directly attributable to, arising from, or
caused by the negligence or breach of contractual obligation hereunder by any
party hereto.
12. Notwithstanding that set forth in paragraph eleven above, the parties agree that no
party or parties shall be held responsible for damages caused by delay or failure to
perform its or their undertakings under the terms of the agreement when the delay
or failure is due to fires, strikes, floods, acts of God or the Queen's enemies,
lawful acts of public authorities, or delays or defaults caused by common carriers
which cannot reasonably be foreseen or provided against.
13. Notwithstanding any other provision in this contract or any applicable statutory
provisions, none of the parties shall be liable to any other party for special or
consequential damages or damages for loss of use arising directly or indirectly
from any breach of this contract, fundamental or otherwise, or from any tortious
acts or omissions of their respective employees or agents, save and except when
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such damages or losses are directly attributable to, arise from, or are caused by the
breach of contractual obligation, fundamental or otherwise, or from any tortious
acts, including negligence, by any party or parties hereto, including its or their
respective employees or agents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the parties specifically agree that the Town of Tillsonburg shall not be liable for
any damages arising as a result of any injury or damage caused or sustained by
personnel, apparatus, or equipment of the fire department of the Grand Valley &
District Fire Department while engaged in the provision of fire protection
services. Nothing in this provision shall be interpreted to affect or interfere with
the right of any of the parties to take action to enforce the terms of this
Agreement.
14. The parties hereto agree that no provision herein, or any part thereof, shall be
interpreted or act so as to affect, restrict, prohibit, or interfere with the right of any
party or parties hereto, either individually or in combination, to demand or
otherwise take action or commence proceedings to enforce the terms of this
Agreement.
Amendment:
15. The parties may amend this agreement from time to time by further written
memorandum.
16. Should any of the parties wish to amend the terms of this agreement, it shall
provide a minimum of thirty days written notice to the other party of the proposed
terms of amendment.
Dispute Resolution:
17. In the event that a dispute arises or disputes arise between the parties which
cannot be resolved, the parties shall submit the dispute or disputes to arbitration
using the procedure set out in the Municipal Arbitrations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M-
48, as amended.
18. In the event that a dispute or disputes is submitted for arbitration, the decision or
decisions of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties to this
agreement.
19. In the event that arbitration cannot be conducted using the procedure set out in the
Municipal Arbitrations Act, the parties shall select a single arbitrator, and in the
absence of agreement on an arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be nominated by a
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justice of the Superior Court of Justice of the Ontario Courts under the procedure
set out in the Arbitration Act, S.O. 1991, c. 17, as amended.
General Provisions:
20. This agreement is not assignable without the written consent of the parties. Any
attempt to assign any of the rights, duties or obligations of this agreement without
written consent is void.
21. This agreement shall not be in force, or bind any of the parties, until executed by
all the parties named in it.
22. This agreement shall take effect upon its execution by the authorized
representative or representatives of the Town ofTillsonburg and the Grand Valley
District Fire Department.
23. Any notice under this agreement shall be sufficiently given by personal delivery
or by registered letter, postage prepaid and mailed in a Canadian post office,
addressed, in the case of notice to the Town of Tillsonburg, to the municipal
offices of the Corporation of the Town ofTillsonburg and, in the case of notice to
any of the Grand Valley & District Fire Deparlment, to the respective municipal
office of the Grand Valley & District Fire Department, or to any other address as
may be designated in writing by the parties, and the date of receipt of any notice
by mailing shall be deemed conclusively to be ten days after the mailing.
24. No change or modification of this agreement (including the schedules to this
agreement) shall be valid unless it be in writing and signed by each party.
25. The Town ofTillsonburg and the Grand Valley & District Fire Department agree
that no representation, statement or agreement, other than those set out in this
agreement, shall be binding upon the parties unless expressed in writing, signed
by an authorized representative or by authorized representatives of each and
purporting to be expressed in modification of this agreement.
26. The parties agree that each of them shall, upon reasonable written request of the
other, do or cause to be done all further lawful acts, deeds and assurances
whatever for the better performance of the terms and conditions of this agreement.
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27. It is intended that all provisions of this agreement shall be fully binding and
effective between the parties, but in the event that any particular provision or
provisions or a part of one is found to be void, voidable or unenforceable for any
reason whatever, then the particular provision or provisions or part of the
provision shall be deemed severed from the remainder of this agreement and all
other provisions shall remain in full force.
28. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the Province of Ontario.
29. Subject to the restrictions on transfer and assignment, this agreement shall endure
to the benefit of and be binding on the parties and their respective successors and
assigns.
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IN \\'ITNF.SS VVHEHEOF the parties hereto h<wc allixcd their Corpor.ttc Seals attested
by the hands of their proper oJiiccrs and fmthcr this agreement shall be sigucd in
counterpart nith the parties named below ami a copr of each couutcrpart shall remain
atLadtcd to and form p<u'l of this <lb'l·ccmclll.
THE COili'ORATION OF THE GRAND VALLEY & DISTRICT FIRE BOAilD
~~
Stephen Molnar
May 25,2020
Date
Kyle Pratt
CAO
May 25,2020
Date
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SCHEDULE "A"
The Town ofTillsonburg shall provide dte following services and facilities:
1. A 24 hour, seven days a week, 365 days a year answering service, alert paging service
and base radio communications dispatch service fully integrated with a Computer
Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.
2. A base station manufactured and installed to industry standards complete with the
Grand Valley & District Fire Department Dispatch frequency. The Town of
Tillsonburg shall operate and maintain these services and facilities from two primary
public safety communications consoles located in a municipally owned building at 80
Concession Street, East, Tillsonburg. The building shall be equipped with an
automatic transfer emergency generator. In the event of system maintenance and/or
upgrades, all parties affected shall be granted prior notification when possible.
3. An emergency (third) backup base station manufactured and installed to industry
standards complete with the Grand Valley & District Fire Department Dispatch
frequency. The Town of Tillsonburg shall operate and maintain these services and
facilities from a public safety communications console located in a municipally
owned building at 10 Lisgar Ave, Tillsonburg. The building shall be equipped with an
automatic transfer emergency generator. In the event of system maintenance and/or
upgrades all parties affected shall be granted prior notification when possible.
4. Answering, alerting and radio communications dispatch equipment shall be staffed
continuously by personnel trained to the core competencies outlined in Ontario Fire
Service Communicators Standard and the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) 1061 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Public Safety
Te/ecommunicators.
5. Transmission of information shall be seamless from when the information is received
from the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) until the time an emergency is
terminated by the Incident Commander and shall be provided in accordance with the
time targets specified within NFPA 1221. Seamless is defined to mean without
interruption and continuously from the initial call until the satisfactory resolution of
the incident.
6. All emergency incident information shall be logged on the CAD system by the
communicator and all telecommunications shall be captured on a digital voice
recorder. At the completion of the event a detailed incident report shall be collated
and forwarded to the Grand Valley & District Fire Department via email or other
means as arranged between the parties within four hours of termination of command.
All audio transmissions shall be recorded from licensed dispatch channels and
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dedicated phone lines and shall be available to the Grand Valley & District Fire
Department upon request as arranged between the parties. Recordings shall be made
on non-interruptible, non-erasable media. All records including digital voice
recordings shall be maintained for a period of two years.
7. Upon the request of the Incident Commander for any additional resources or to relay
emergent messaging to other persons, the fire communicator shall relay such requests
in a prioritized fashion via telecommunications equipment and shall report
confirmation of same to the Incident Commander.
8. Testing of paging system equipment shall be provided as arranged by the parties.
9. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall provide the following without
cost to the Town ofTillsonburg:
a. All GIS mapping for its protection area I response zone
boundaries.
b. All radio transmitting and receiving equipment, licensing
and maintenance of same external to the boundary of the
Town ofTillsonburg.
c. Routing of Emergency 911 telecommunications from the
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and the Central
Ambulance Communications Center (CACC) as required to
meet the approved fire protection services provided by the
Municipality for its fire protection area I response zone
boundaries inclusive of all required ANVALI, GIS mapping
and all site location information so that it is seamlessly
transmitted to the Secondary Public Safety Answering
Point (SPSAP) serving the Tillsonburg Fire
Communications Division.
d. The Town of Tillsonburg assumes no responsibility with
respect to quality of the data received in sections 9.a., 9.b.
and 9.c.
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SCHEDULE "B"
FEES TO BE PAID BY THE GRAND VALLEY & DISTRIC'T FIRE
DEPAR1MENTTO THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
1. The Fee Structure contained within this Agreement is predicated upon the contractual
participation of the following municipality for a period of not less than three (3) years
starting August I, 2020:
a. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department
2. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall pay to the Town ofTillsonburg an
annual fee of$3.99 plus tax (if applicable) per resident person residing within the
response area of the Grand Valley Fire Board. Quantification shall be based upon the
most current Canada census report. For 2020, the population dispatched is 3572.
3. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall pay an annual adjustment for
years two (2) and three, effective on April 15 of each year. The adjustment shall be
based on the year to year unadjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI) (CPI Index-All
Items-Ontario) published by Statistics Canada, to a maximum of 5% each year.
4. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall tender payment to the Town of
Tillsonburg in quarterly installments, to be invoiced by the Town ofTillsonburg four
( 4) times each year to the Grand Valley Fire Board.
5. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department may extend the term of this agreement
by one (I) or two (2) years. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department shall pay
an annual adjustment for years four (4) and five (5), effective on April 15 of each
year. The adjustment shall be based on the year to year unadjusted Consumer Price
Index (CPI) (CPI Index-All Items-Ontario) published by Statistics Canada, to a
maximum of5% each year. The index will be from the January posting of the CPI
from the current year.
6. The Grand Valley & District Fire Department agrees to pay for costs associated with
implementing Next Generation 911 services for the Grand Valley Fire Board. These
fees will be based on a cost recovery I per capita model if the Grand Valley & District
Fire Department is under contract when Next Generation 911 is implemented in
Tillsonburg FireComm. The Town ofTillsonburg will work closely with all
stakeholders to keep them apprised of anticipated costs and dates.