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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
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Exhibit A
Amended and Restated Intergovernmental Agreement
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