HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 14, 2018CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 14-2018
Series of 2018
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMBER SERVICES AGREEMENT
WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AUTHORITY
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 2016, the City entered into an intergovernmental agreement with several
other Jefferson County municipalities, law enforcement agencies and fire protection districts to
form the Jefferson County Communications Center Authority ("JeffCom"), designed to provide
centralized emergency services reporting, dispatching, communications, coordination and
support services to its members; and
WHEREAS, as JeffCom progresses towards full functionality and assumes
responsibility for these services, the need has arisen for each member agency to enter into a
stand-alone agreement with JeffCom that outlines the particular services to be provided to the
agency; and
WHEREAS, the City and JeffCom have come to an agreement concerning the services
to be provided by JeffCom to Wheat Ridge, and-the City Council wishes to approve the same;
and
WHEREAS, Section 14.2 of the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter authorizes the
Council, acting by resolution or ordinance, to enter into contracts or agreements with other
governmental units.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Wheat Ridge City Council, that:
The attached Member Services Agreement with the Jefferson County Communications
Center Authority is hereby approved. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute the
same.
DONE AND RESOLVED this :it, 1L day of February, 2018.
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