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Marion County commission backs statewide mutual aid agreement to streamline emergency help
Summary
Marion County commissioners voted to adopt a statewide mutual aid agreement template that shifts authorization of mutual aid MOUs to the governing body and clarifies liability protections for emergency and preplanned events; the commission also approved routine minutes, payments and a job posting.
Marion County commissioners agreed to adopt a statewide mutual aid agreement template after a lengthy discussion about authority and liability protections. An unidentified official who introduced the item said recent state changes require the governing body to sign mutual aid agreements and MOUs rather than leaving that authority solely to agency directors. "They the first thing they did is they made it to where the governing body has to sign mutual aid agreements, MOUs, things of that nature," the speaker said.
The presenter told commissioners the statewide agreement applies the same emergency-management functions to emergency and non-emergency events and would allow liability protections and temporary…
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