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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025 - RESO 26 - IGA for RCJRMSCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 26 SERIES OF 2025 TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF A REGIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 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, the City is authorized to establish, maintain, and provide law enforcement services; and WHEREAS, the City’s Police Department is engaged in emergency response and other public safety functions that rely on an effective and efficient criminal justice records management system; and WHEREAS, an effective criminal justice records management system functions to enhance the ability to identify and manage crime and other incidents, to streamline management of intelligence information, and to ease preparation for trials and other courtroom proceedings; and WHEREAS, the City previously maintained its own individual criminal justice records management system ("RMS"); and WHEREAS, on or about January 1, 2015, the City entered into an amended and restated intergovernmental agreement with the cities of Arvada, Edgewater, Golden, Lakewood and the Town of Mountain View (the “Previous Agreement”) to combine their RMSs to standardize workflow processes, support more robust crime analysis, better identify crime trends, and ensure continuity of criminal justice records management services; and WHEREAS, the parties have partnered in the creation and maintenance of a combined, or regional, RMS ("Regional RMS”) through a Second Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement which allows each of the parties to enhance its ability to consistently utilize and manage criminal justice records; and WHEREAS, the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Police Chief, wishes to approve the Second Amended and Restated IGA. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Section 1. The Second Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement among the Cities of Arvada, Edgewater, Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and the Town of Mountain View for the Use and Maintenance of a Regional Criminal Justice Records Management System, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved. Section 2. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption. DONE AND RESOLVED this 12th day of May, 2025 Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST: Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk