Health Deparbnent of Northwest Michigan 

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) FOR USE OF THE STATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE 

IN THE EVENT OF A MASS MEDICAL EMERGENCY 

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan and the Little Traverse Bay Band ofOdawa Indians agree that: 

In the event ofa mass medical emergency in the State ofMichigan, local and state health and medical 

infrastructure and associated resources will be quickly committed to providing the necessary treatment and/or 

prophylaxis to effectively respond. Resources .from fue state, federal, and private sector will be mobilized and deployed to 

augment local medical and health resources and support the management and distribution. Such an event may require the use ofthe 

Little Traverse BayBand's Commodities Building facility to support the distribution and/or other similar assets. 

The Health Deparbneut of Northwest Michigan and the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians enter into this 

partnership as follows: 

1. Facility Space: The Health Department ofNorthwest Michigan accepts designation of the Little Traverse Bay Band's 

Commodities Building located in the city of Petoskey, as the Emergency Mass Dispensing Site, in the event that the need 

arises. 

2. Use of the Facility: Request to use the facility as a Dispensing Site will occur as soon as possible through the Health 

Department ofNorthwest Michigan's Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. Designation and use oftbe Little Traverse Bay 

Band's Commodities Building will be mutually agreed upon by both parties to this agreement 

3. Modification or Suspension of Normal Facility Business Activities: The Commodities Building agrees to alter normal 

operations in support as needed. 

4. Use of Facility Resources: The Little Traverse Bay Band ofOdawa Indians agrees to authorize the use offacility equipment 

such as buildings, communications equipment, computers, Internet services, copying equipment, fax machines, etc. Facility 

resources and associated systems will only be used with the Little Traverse Bay Band's authorization and oversight to include 

appropriate orientation/training as needed. 

5. Costs: AH reasonable and eligible costs associated with the emergency and the operation ofthe Dispensing Site that include 

modifications or damages to the facility structure, equipment and associated systems directly related to their use in support of 

the Dispensing Site facility operations will be submitted for consideration and reimbursement through established disaster 

assistance programs. 

6. Liability: Emergency Management Public Act 390. as amended (part 30.41 l.Sec. 11 (2). (6) addresses immunity from 

liability for services rendered voluntarily and without compensation in support ofemergency operations during a local 

emergency or disaster declared by the Governor. Public Health Code Act 368 of 1978 addresses immunity from liability for 

employees and volunteers during free vaccination clinics conducted by Health Department. 

7. Contact Information: The Little Traverse Bay Band's Commodities Building staff will provide the Health Department 

appropriate facility 24 hour/7 day contact information, and update this information as necessary. 

8. Duration of Agreement: The minimum term ofthis MOU is five years from the date ofthe initial agreement. Subsequent 

terms may be longer with the concurrence of all parties. 

9. Agreement Review: A review will be initiated by the Health Department and conducted following an event or within five 

years after the effective date ofthis agreement. At that time, this agreement may be negotiated for renewal. Any changes at 

the facility that could impact the execution ofthis agreement will be conveyed to the identified primary contacts or their 

designees of this agreement as soon as possible. All significant communications between the Parties shall be made through 

the primary contacts or their designees. 

10. Amendments: This agreement may be amended at any time by signature approval ofthe parties' signatories or their 

respectiv,~ designees. 

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11. Termination of Agreement: Any Party may withdraw at any time from this MOU, except as stipulated above, by 

transmitting a signed statement to that effect to the otl:ier Parties. This MOU and the partnership created thereby will be 

considered terminated thirty (30) days from the date the non-withdrawing Party receives the notice ofwithdrawal from the 

withdrawing Party~ 

12. Capacity to Enter into Agreement: The persons executing this MOU on behalf of their respective entities hereby represent 

and warrant that they have the right, power, legal capacity, and appropriate authority to enter into this MOU on behalfofthe 

entity for which they sign. 

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Little Traverse Bay Band ofOdawa Jndians1Representative' 

To authorize facility use, call: 

Name 

Daytime phone number 

After-hours/emergency phone number 

To open facility, call: 

Name 

Daytime phone number 

After-hours/emergency phone number 

Alternate contact to open facility, call: 

Name 

Daytime phone number 

After-hours/emergency phone number 

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