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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE.
GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
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Augusta-Richmond County
FOR THE USE OF DIGITAL RADIOS
This Agreement is entered into between the Georgia Emergency Management Agency
(GEMA), an agency of the State of Georgia, and Augusta-Richmond County, a political
subdivision of the State of Georgia (Political Subdivision). .
WIT N E SSE T H:
WHEREAS, GEMA is the owner of certain Southern Linc digital radio equipment
programmed in coordination with GEMA and Southern Linc Company.
WHEREAS, GEMA acting under authority conferred to the Governor pursuant to
O.C.G.A. 38-3-25 (a) 92), is authorized to lease or loan personal property, including
digital' radio equipment, to any political subdivision of this State on such terms and
conditions as are deemed necessary to promote the public welfare and promote the
interest of the State; and
WHEREAS, GEMA and Political Subdivision believe that the use of digital radio
equipment will enhance communication capabilities between them, and thereby
promote the public welfare and safety through improved emergency responses;
WHEREAS, Augusta-Richmond County is' identified as a Hurricane Risk/Host
County or is a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) County;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED by and between GEMA and Political
Subdivision that upon execution of this Agreement, GEMA shall loan or transfer a
digital radio to Political Subdivision, subject to the following terms and conditions:
1,
GEMA will deliver certain digital radio equipment to Political Subdivision upon
execution of this agreement.
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Only employees and volunteers of Political Subdivision who are assigned
emergency response or emergency management responsibilities shall be allowed to
use the digital radio equipment.
3,
Upon execution of this Agreement Political Subdivision agrees to maintain the
digital radio equipment in proper working order and agrees to pay the monthly digital
radio service charge after the first six months. GEMA will agree to purchase radio
airtime for the first six months of service. No telephone airtime will be provided by
GEMA.
4.
This Agreement may be terminated if:
a) Political Subdivision fails or refuses to pay service fees, as assessed by
Southern Linc, or to maintain the digital radio equipment in proper working
order;
b) Southern Linc should discontinue digital radio services for Political
Subdivision due to non-payment of service fees; and
c) Either party of this Agreement gives 24 hours notice of termination to the
other.
In the event of termination pursuant to this paragraph or otherwise, Political
Subdivision shall return all digital radio equipment received under this Agreement to
GEMA in proper working order or remit to GEMA the fair market value of any digital
radio equipment that is not returned in proper working order as of the time of
termination.
In the event of loss of a digital radio prior to termination, Political Subdivision
shall reimburse GEMA for the value of the digital radio as of the date of loss, provided
nothing herein shall be construed to prevent GEMA from waiving such right of
reimbursement if an incident report is submitted and GEMA concludes that the loss was
unavoidable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their signatures to be set out
below.
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Gary .~ell
Director
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
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Pamela P. Tucker
Director
Augusta-Richmond County Emergency
Management Agency
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