(A) The city finds it desirable and necessary to authorize the Director to dispatch city equipment and personnel to local communities who request aid to combat their emergency, disaster or major incident consistent with § 33.04(E) of this chapter.
(B) The Director, with the consent of the Mayor or the City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer, shall evaluate the internal needs of the city and dispatch appropriate available aid. The Director shall immediately recall, order and terminate the use of any dispatched equipment and personnel when the need for their use no longer exists, or earlier, when it appears in the best interest of the city. Aid requested from outside the Lake Minnetonka regional area, or extended local aid, shall require mutual agreement between the Director and the City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer or their designee.
(C) The Director, with the consent of the Mayor or the City Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer, shall be fully authorized as an act of the city, and all provisions for compensation of personnel, rental of equipment, liability insurance coverage, worker’s compensation insurance and all other safeguards and matters pertaining to the city, its equipment and personnel, shall apply in each case as if specifically authorized and directed at such time, whether or not the governing body or authority of the place in which the disaster, major incident, mutual aid or other occurrence exists, has previously requested and provided for assistance and the use of equipment and personnel under a mutual protection agreement or other type protection agreement within the city.
(Ord. 33, passed 4-23-1998)