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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 2020-21 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 insures a MedStar
EMS response if all four Benbrook ambulances are unavailable due to other Benbrook EMS responses. MedStar may utilize Benbrook EMS
if an incident occurs that requires a multi-agency response. Unifying local participation is particularly important during a natural disaster
or other major catastrophe. The term of the agreement is for one year, with automatic annual contract renewal with the mutual consent of
both parties. There is no cost to participate. Each entity is responsible for all matters of loss, property damage, personal injury, or death
related to its services.

Interlocal Cooperation Contract with North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council

In April 2016, the City Council approved the Interlocal cooperation contract with the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council
(NCTTRAC). The NCTTRAC administers a grant program on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide evacuation
trailers to strategic public safety partners. Participation in this program provides Benbrook with a fully equipped and stocked evacuation trailer
for use in the event of a catastrophic incident.

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