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CONTRACT FOR FIRE PROTECTION CTION 2015 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMC.SEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA WHEREAS, the City of Little Canada is authorized by law to provide fire protection for all of the property in said City, and WHEREAS, the Kittle Canada Fire Department, Incorporated, is a volunteer fire department, operating as a nonprofit association under the laws of the State of Minnesota and owns certain fire equipment, trucks, eta,, for fighting fires, NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Little Canada and the Little Canada Fire Department, Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as the City and the Fire Department, respectively, in consideration of the following provisions and covenants, do hereby enter into this oontract and agreement on the day and date hereunto subscribed. 1, The City hereby engages the services of the Fire Department to answer fire calls and fight fires, to generally to provide fire protection to public and private property, within the City of Little Canada commencing January 1, 2015 and terminating December 31, 2015. 2, The Fire Department agrees to answer all calls for service directed to it by the public or Ramsey County Dispatch for assistance within the legal limits of the City including those calls involving accidents with injury requiring emergency medical responders, 3. The Fire Department will provide Awareness level services for hazardous materials incidents. Hazardous materials services beyond Awareness level will be provided by the State of Minnesota. 4. The City agrees to pay to the Fire Department for its services during the period above specified, and the Fire Department agrees to accept for its services during the said period. Payments shall be made on the following basis: a, $335,8$4 shall be paid in quarterly installments. The City will issue the first quarterly cheek immediately following the first City Council meeting of the contract year. Subsequent quarterly payments will be issued immediately following the Council meetings preceding April l5, July 151, and October 15`. b. $31,000 or the "required contribution" as calculated pursuant to statutory requirements for deficit retirement associated with the fire relief association, whichever is greater, shall also be paid in quarterly installments for Little Canada Fire Relief funding. The payment of $31,000 is intended to be in place for the years 2015 through 2019 and will be made part of those contracts unless cancelled by either party pursuant to the plan's notice requirements. The Fire Relief Funding Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 1