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Council authorizes city attorney to draft automatic mutual-aid agreement with Powder River Fire
Summary
Council agreed to pursue an automatic mutual-aid deployment agreement with Powder River Fire for structure fires and asked staff and the city attorney to draft terms for return to council. Motion to authorize drafting passed by voice vote.
The Sumpter City Council voted to authorize staff and the city attorney to draft an automatic mutual-aid agreement with Powder River Fire for structural-fire response.
The fire report (presented by the fire department representative) described recent mutual responses and noted that Powder River’s chief asked the city to consider automatic mutual aid so each department would respond automatically to the other’s structure fires. "Automatic mutual aid on structure fires," the fire department representative said. Council members discussed drafting an agreement and having city staff prepare a written draft for review.
Committee member (Speaker 5) moved to authorize an automatic deployment agreement with Powder River for structural fire response; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. Council directed staff and the city attorney (Paige) to draft an agreement and bring it back to the council for final approval.
Council members also discussed practical issues raised in the report, including repair needs for an older fire truck and differences in revenue streams between nearby departments, which informed the discussion about mutual support and cost-sharing.
The council did not adopt a final intergovernmental agreement at this meeting; it authorized preparing a written agreement for later consideration.
