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Council renews Arizona DPS lease
By Carol Broeder/Arizona Range News
The City of Willcox has once again renewed its lease agreement with the Arizona Department Public Safety.
Since July 1, 1998, the city has allowed the state DPS to use an acre of land at the west end of the Cochise Visitors Center, 1101 North Circle I Road.
In the consent agenda at its June 7 meeting, the Willcox City Council approved the lease agreement renewal and a resolution to use the city's land at that location.
"All provisions of the contract have been met by the Department of Public Safety," said Ruth Graham, the city's finance director.
"As part of the agreement, the city provides water and refuse services to the property," which is not a part of the city sewer system, she said.
"The city pays for one-half of the refuse container located at the Chamber and used by DPS, and the Chamber of Commerce pays for the other half of the container," said Graham.
The agreement extends the lease for one year - from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
In June 2008, City Attorney Hector Figueroa pointed out that in the original lease agreement, DPS agreed to indemnify the city "from any claims, demands, suits or actions of every kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with the operations carried out by tenant on the premises, or by the use of the tenant of any or all of the property or improvements covered by the lease..."
The original agreement also stated "the tenant is self-insured and shall provide landlord with a certificate of self- insurance upon written request."
Upon Figueroa's recommendation, City Council at that time voted to change the indemnification language back to the original language contained in the July 1, 1998 lease agreement.
In other action, the council voted recently to spend nearly $12,000 on new fire hoses, replacing those that are older, defective, or both.
"The Willcox Department of Public Safety Fire Division is requesting council approval for the capital purchase of new fire hose to replace outdated hose and to meet NFPA (National Fire Protection Administration) standards," said Chief of Police Jake Weaver in his March 16 letter to council.
NFPA recommends replacing fire hose after 10 years of service due to increased potential of failure, which could cause "damage to fire apparatus pumps that would be costly to replace/repair," he said.
That could take the truck out of service for an extended period of time until it could be replaced, "thus reducing the effectiveness of the fire department's ability to manage large or multiple fire scenes," Weaver said.
"Additionally, failure of older fire hose could result in additional property damage and or loss of affected structures due to down time to replace failed fire hose on scene," he said.
"Failure of older fire hose could result in injury or death of firefighters engaged in firefighting activities due to rupture and/or loss of water supply."
About 70-percent of the fire hose currently in the department's inventory is more than 20 years of age, said Weaver, adding that the other 30-percent is also aging - with 15-percent being 15 years old and the other 15-percent less than 10 years old.
The capital purchase, total $11,834.92, had been budgeted in the fiscal year 2009-10 budget.
Weaver had recommended the hoses be bought from Frontier Emergency Products, "which has provided the most desirable quote and includes a 10-year warranty."
Since July 1, 1998, the city has allowed the state DPS to use an acre of land at the west end of the Cochise Visitors Center, 1101 North Circle I Road.
In the consent agenda at its June 7 meeting, the Willcox City Council approved the lease agreement renewal and a resolution to use the city's land at that location.
"All provisions of the contract have been met by the Department of Public Safety," said Ruth Graham, the city's finance director.
"As part of the agreement, the city provides water and refuse services to the property," which is not a part of the city sewer system, she said.
"The city pays for one-half of the refuse container located at the Chamber and used by DPS, and the Chamber of Commerce pays for the other half of the container," said Graham.
The agreement extends the lease for one year - from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
In June 2008, City Attorney Hector Figueroa pointed out that in the original lease agreement, DPS agreed to indemnify the city "from any claims, demands, suits or actions of every kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with the operations carried out by tenant on the premises, or by the use of the tenant of any or all of the property or improvements covered by the lease..."
The original agreement also stated "the tenant is self-insured and shall provide landlord with a certificate of self- insurance upon written request."
Upon Figueroa's recommendation, City Council at that time voted to change the indemnification language back to the original language contained in the July 1, 1998 lease agreement.
In other action, the council voted recently to spend nearly $12,000 on new fire hoses, replacing those that are older, defective, or both.
"The Willcox Department of Public Safety Fire Division is requesting council approval for the capital purchase of new fire hose to replace outdated hose and to meet NFPA (National Fire Protection Administration) standards," said Chief of Police Jake Weaver in his March 16 letter to council.
NFPA recommends replacing fire hose after 10 years of service due to increased potential of failure, which could cause "damage to fire apparatus pumps that would be costly to replace/repair," he said.
That could take the truck out of service for an extended period of time until it could be replaced, "thus reducing the effectiveness of the fire department's ability to manage large or multiple fire scenes," Weaver said.
"Additionally, failure of older fire hose could result in additional property damage and or loss of affected structures due to down time to replace failed fire hose on scene," he said.
"Failure of older fire hose could result in injury or death of firefighters engaged in firefighting activities due to rupture and/or loss of water supply."
About 70-percent of the fire hose currently in the department's inventory is more than 20 years of age, said Weaver, adding that the other 30-percent is also aging - with 15-percent being 15 years old and the other 15-percent less than 10 years old.
The capital purchase, total $11,834.92, had been budgeted in the fiscal year 2009-10 budget.
Weaver had recommended the hoses be bought from Frontier Emergency Products, "which has provided the most desirable quote and includes a 10-year warranty."
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