09/10/2024 Resolutions 2024-204 RESOLUTION 2024-204
HEREAS,historically,electric utilities provide emergency assistance to one another
in the event of damage as the result of storms; and
WHEREAS,Grand Island Utilities has responded to emergencies in the past,sending
crews to Florida in 2023 to assist after hurricane Idalia,and to Omaha and Lincoln in July,2024,in
response to severe wind damage; and
WHEREAS, Grand Island Utilities has requested emergency assistance in the past
after the 1980 tornados; and
WHEREAS, public power utilities deem it prudent to set the rules for emergency
assistance into a formal written agreement, and have developed a Mutual Aid Agreement.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA, that the APPA Mutual Aid Agreement between
the City of Grand Island and other electric utilities,is hereby approved,and the Utilities Director is
authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the City of Grand Island.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, September 10, 2024.
Ro &r G. Steele, ayor
Attest:
G ,t
J Granere, City Clerk