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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 45 - Detox Services IGACITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 45 Series of 2022 TITLE: A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO REFLECT THE APPROVAL OF A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $31,273 FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING CRISIS AND WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (DETOX) BY AND BETWEEN JEFFERSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF ARVADA, EDGEWATER, GOLDEN, LAKEWOOD, WHEAT RIDGE AND WESTMINSTER WHEREAS, each participating Local Government Member, as defined in the IGA, independently possesses the power and authority to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its residents; and WHEREAS, for many years, the Local Government Parties have each depended upon Jefferson Center Crisis and Recovery Center, located at 4643 Wadsworth Boulevard, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, to provide 24/7 crisis walk in and mobile services, as well as intoxication and withdrawal management, to the community; and WHEREAS, to ensure provisions of the Services, the Parties previously entered into that certain Memorandum of Understanding concerning Withdrawal Management Services date January 1, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Local Government Members have decided it would be in the best interest of their residents for the Intoxication and Withdrawal Management Services to continue into the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, Jefferson Center for Mental Health (Jefferson Center) has agreed to provide the Crisis and Withdrawal Management Services at the existing Wheat Ridge, Colorado location; and WHEREAS, the Parties agree that each Local Government Member should contribute to funding the Crisis and Withdrawal Management Services on an ongoing basis, as it continues to be in the best interest of health, safety and welfare of their residents to administer the Services; and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to establish this IGA to provide funding to Jefferson Center, for continuation of Crisis and Withdrawal Management Services; and WHEREAS, establishment of this IGA will serve a public purpose and will promote the health, safety and general welfare of inhabitants in and around Jefferson County. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council, that: The Intergovernmental Agreement concerning Crisis and Withdrawal Management Services is hereby approved. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute the same. DONE AND RESOLVED this 12th day of December 2022. Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST: Steve Kirkpatrick, City Clerk