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