ADOPTED -
Agenda Item No. 25
Introduced by the
INGHAM
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN THE MID-MICHIGAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
RESOLUTION #04-251
WHEREAS, information
technology is increasingly important to the services that we provide to our
citizens; and
WHEREAS, information
technology adds flexibility to respond to unplanned events; and
WHEREAS, the loss
of information technology resources can significantly degrade organizational
productivity, hinder the ability to
provide required day to day services, and impair the ability to respond
to a variety of non-routine events; and
WHEREAS, individually,
it is virtually impossible for any community to plan and prepare for all given
incidents that may result in loss of, or necessity for, specific information
technology resources; and
WHEREAS, a group
of communities can more effectively plan for, and respond to a larger variety
of events; and
WHEREAS, information
technology resources are not directly incorporated in any existing Mutual Aid agreements;
and
WHEREAS, regional
information technology operation managers are proposing the creation of an
Information Technology Master Mutual Aid Agreement (ITMMAA); and
WHEREAS, the
primary goal of the ITMMAA is to create a framework that allows the
participants to voluntarily combine their resources and expertsexpertise to provide mutual aid; and
WHEREAS, the
ITMMAA would allow
Participants
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable
that a cooperative agreement be executed for the exchange of such mutual aid on a local,
countywide, and regional basis.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, in consideration of these facts, the County
1. Each
participant
agrees to provide mutual aid on a voluntary basis in the form of staff,
hardware, software, network connections, access to participant building
facilities, internet access to any other p articipant when a request for mutual aid has been
received, provided that in no event will any participant be liable for not providing such aid.
ADOPTED –
Agenda Item No.
25
RESOLUTION
#04-251
2.
In the event that mutual
aid is received, the requesting
3. Each
participant agrees that a request for mutual aid shall be made by the
information technology manager or other local government official identified in
Section 11 .
4. Each
participant agrees
to assume financial responsibility for its own actions upon responding to a request for mutual aid.
5. All
participants
agree to periodically meet and review what resources that they are able to provide in an information
technology/disaster.
6. Participants agree to
work together to find ways to increase the reliability of technology,
create redundant systems, and if agreed share in the cost for disaster preparation.
7. When
an agency borrows a resource from a participant
agency,
they accept the resource will be returned as quickly as possible.
8. The
loaning agency may request the return of the resource at anytime, however, they
accept the fact the resource may remain
with the loaned to agency for up to seven days from the time, which the request
for return is made.
9. This
agreement shall become effective as to each party when approved or executed by
the party, and shall remain operative and effective as between each party that
approved or executed this agreement, until participation in this agreement is
terminated by the party. The termination by one or more of the parties of its
participation in this agreement shall not affect the operation of this
agreement as between the other parties thereto.
10. Any
participant may
terminate this agreement by giving thirty (30 ) days written notice from the information technology
manger/director of that agency.
11. In
addition to the information technology manager, the following officials shall
also be permitted to request assistance from the Participating agencies:
·
Highest Ranking
Elected Official
·
Highest Ranking
Appointed Official
·
Emergency Services
Coordinator
· Other IT Staff specifically authorized by the Participating Agency’s Information Technology Manager.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board
Chairperson and
Nays: None Absent: Severino Approved