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items directly to the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center; approximately 180 households participate each year. The City of Fort Worth
charges Benbrook on a per household basis; the current rate is $47.00 per household.

Since 1999, the City of Benbrook has contracted with the City of Fort Worth for the processing, shipping, and testing of suspected rabid
animals. When services are needed, specimens are transported to the City of Fort Worth Animal Control Office to pack and ship the specimen
to the laboratory. The results are returned directly to the Benbrook Animal Control Officer. The current cost is $200 per animal. On average,
six animals are tested each year.

Interlocal Agreements and Contract between City of Benbrook and Tarrant County

Tarrant County Precinct Number One has assisted the City of Benbrook with its annual street overlay program for over twenty years. Under
the ILA, the County furnishes labor and equipment necessary to overlay various streets throughout Benbrook with two inches of asphalt. The
City pays for the asphalt, prepares the streets for overlay, and provides traffic control.

The City of Benbrook participates in the Tarrant County Cooperative Purchasing Program. Each year, the County contracts with local and
national suppliers of products, equipment, and services. The City is allowed to benefit from these negotiated contracts.

In April 2016, the City of Benbrook entered into an Interlocal agreement with Tarrant County for participation in the Inter-Jurisdictional
Emergency Management Program (I-JEMP). I-JEMP allowed Benbrook to join a group of Tarrant County cities for emergency management
planning and coordination under the leadership of the Tarrant County Emergency Management Office. For many years, City staff wrote and
maintained a separate emergency management plan. Through the I-JEMP, Tarrant County and other member cities established similar
programs for comprehensive emergency management including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Joining I-JEMP eliminated
redundant annual updates performed by City staff saving significant time and resources.

Mutual Aid Agreement with MedStar

The City of Benbrook and MedStar entered into a mutual aid agreement for 2019-20 at no cost to the City of Benbrook. This agreement
was made because population growth in Benbrook and Southwest Tarrant County resulted in an increase in emergency medical services
(EMS) response call volumes. In addition, bariatric patient transports are more common due to the national rise in obesity. General
population growth heightens the possibility of a large-scale incident requiring multiple simultaneous EMS transports.

The mutual aid agreement between MedStar and the City of Benbrook helps address these emerging issues by leveraging the response
capabilities of both participating entities. The agreement allows Benbrook to utilize MedStar’s bariatric unit for large patients that pose
a loading problem for Benbrook’s ambulances. In addition, the agreement provides access to the MedStar Ambus in the event of large-
scale incident. The Ambus can provide patient care and transport up to twenty-two patients at a time. The agreement also insures a
MedStar EMS response if all four Benbrook ambulances are unavailable due to other Benbrook EMS responses. MedStar may utilize

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