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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 14 - 2022 - West Metro Drug Task Force WMDTF IGA CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 14 Series of 2022 TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE WEST METRO DRUG TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City), acting through its City Council (“Council”) is a home rule municipality with statutory and constitutional authority to enact ordinances and enter into agreements for protection of the public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 29-1-203 authorizes Colorado local governments to cooperate and contract with one another to provide any function, service or facility lawfully authorized to each; and WHEREAS, in 1995, the City and a number of other area jurisdictions with law enforcement and criminal justice authority entered into an intergovernmental agreement establishing the West Metro Drug Task Force, to be utilized in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals and groups involved with the trafficking of illegal drugs and associated criminal enterprises, which Agreement was amended and restated in 2018; and WHEREAS, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office has requested the Agreement be amended to clarify the obligations of that office as the Financial Host for the Task Force; and WHEREAS, the City of Arvada wishes to withdraw from the Task Force; and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore desires to approve the amendment to the current intergovernmental agreement by resolution, as required by Section 14.2 of the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: The amended and restated intergovernmental agreement for the West Metro Drug Task Force, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved. DONE AND RESOLVED this 28th day of March 2022. Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST: Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk 2 Exhibit A Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement [attached]