Fire district may enter Joint Powers Authority with non-profit organization
by Apache Junction Independent
The Superstition Fire and Medical District Governing Board is slated to discuss at a work session today starting a Joint Powers Authority or JPA.
“Arizona Revised Statutes 11-952 allows public entities to enter into an agreement or form a separate legal entity (SLE), including a non-profit organization, to perform powers that are held by all the contracting parties. Since the fire districts and fire departments are authorized to provide fire protection, EMS and other lifesaving services a fire authority, which is an SLE, may be formed to provide these services for the fire agencies that want to contract with each other,” according to http://www.azfiredistricts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Arizona-Fire-Dist-Guide-to-JPAs-Final-7-7-14.pdf.
The meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at the Superstition Fire and Medical District’s Administrative Office, 565 N. Idaho Road. An agenda is at http://sfmd.az.gov/the-district/sfmd-board-of-directors/board-agendas-packets-and-meeting-minutes/.
