HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 - RESO 20 - community crisis pilot programCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 20
SERIES OF 2025
TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING CONCERNING
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE PILOT
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.12 of the Home Rule Charter, C.R.S. §§ 29-1-
201 and 203, and Colo. Const. Art. XIV, § 18(2)(a), the City of Wheat Ridge, acting by and through its City Council, is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with other
governmental entities to provide any function, service or facility each is authorized to undertake; and
WHEREAS, within Jefferson County, multiple law enforcement agencies are
responsible for response to mental health, behavioral health, homelessness, economic hardship and substance abuse/addiction crisis response calls; and
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes the importance of a coordinated response to such calls; and
WHEREAS, the Council supports the creation of a pilot program among identified
Jefferson County agencies to achieve this coordination.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado:
Section 1. The Memorandum of Understanding among the City and the Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office, the West Metro Fire Protection District, the Town of Mountain
View, the City of Edgewater, Intermountain Health, Jefferson Center for Mental Health
and Jefferson County Public Health, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved.
Section 2.
This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 14th day of April 2025
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk