HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2008-08-11 #H• AGENDA STAFF REPORT
DATE: July 28, 2008
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: David Carmany -City Manager
FROM: Jeff Kirkpatrick -Chief of Police
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT ~ TO JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
AGREEMENT -INTEGRATED LAW AND JUSTICE
AGENCY FOR ORANGE COUNTY (ILJAOC)
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Staff requests the City Council receive and file the signed amendment to the Integrated
Law and Justice Agency for Orange County, joint powers authority's most recent
Memorandum of Understanding amendment adding new voting members to the II.JAOC-
• JPA. City Council at its May 14, 2007 Council Meeting authorized the City Manager to
execute amendments to the Agreement from time to time as necessary for the continued
operation of the Agency as recommended by the Chief of Police, approved by the City
Attorney, and determined to be non-substantive in nature. This amendment is non-
substantive in nature.
BACKGROUND:
On February 27, 2006, the Seal Beach City Council ~on behalf of the City was one of the
cities in the County to adopt the proposed Joint Powers Authority Agreement to form the
Integrated Law and Justice Agency for Orange County (IIJAOC). Although numerous
City Attorneys had reviewed the proposed Agreement prior to final distribution, turnover
in that representation caused additionally redundant review of the proposed language to
occur after several of the cities passed the JPA Agreement. As a result, signatories had to
return to their City Councils every time ari amendment was required. As you might
expect, the effort to reach concurrence between over a dozen different City Attorneys
regarding appropriate language in such an Agreement was challenging.
Because of those challenges, the signatories recommended to their respective City
Councils to provide continuing authorization to the City Manager to execute amendments
to the Agreement from time to time as necessary for the continued operation of the
Agency as recommended by the Chief of Police and approved by the City Attorney and
• determined to be non-substantive in nature. The ILJAOC anticipated this particular
amendment after formation of the Agency because of language proposed by one of the
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City Attorneys and the General Counsel of the State Courts, resulting in a negotiated •
agreement to modify the governance language within a certain timeframe, which is now
upon us. That regiurement was stipulated to as part of Council approval in several cities
represented by that particular contract City Attorney's Office. Since the original
adoption by all the cities and the Court, this particular amendment also reflects the
addition of another member of the JPA -the County of Orange which includes the
Orange County Sheriff s Department, the Orange County Probation Department, and the
Orange County District Attorney's Office. All of the language changes have already
been determined to be non-substantive in nature by our own City Attorney's Office and
by the JPA Legal Counsel. A redline version of the JPA document showing the changes
is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk.
In summary, the Agency is performing as anticipated and the requested modifications
have been anticipated.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No increases.
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Receive and file this amended JPA Agreement.
J atrick, Chief of Poli e
NOTED AND APPROVED:
David Carmany City Manager
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 5771
- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH APPROVING AMENDED INTEGRATED LAW
AND JUSTICE AGENCY FOR ORANGE COUNTY (ILJAOC)
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the amended ILJAOC
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) adding new voting members to the
ILJAOC's Joint Powers Authority (JPA).
Section 2. The Council hereby directs the City Manager to execute the
amendment to the agreement.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Seal Beach, at a
meeting hereof held on the 11th day of August , 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 5771 on
file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Seal Beach, at a regular meeting held on the 11th day
of AuQUSt , 2008.
City Clerk
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• AMENDED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
FOR
INTEGRATED LAW & JUSTICE AGENCY FOR ORANGE COUNTY
(I LJAOC)
This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the listed cities,
other entities, and County of Orange collectively referred to as "Member Agencies."
This Agreement is dated , 2008 for reference purposes.
Member Agencies
Anaheim
Brea
Buena Park
Costa Mesa
County of Orange
• Cypress
Fountain Valley
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Huntington Beach
Irvine
La Habra
La Palma
Laguna Beach
Los Alamitos
Newport Beach
Orange
Placentia
Santa Ana
Seal Beach
Superior Court of CA, County of Orange
Tustin
Westminster
University of CA, Irvine Police Department
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies have and possess the power and
authorization to finance, organize, and establish a public agency to facilitate the
integration and sharing of criminal justice information for the benefit of the lands
and inhabitants within their respective boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies propose to join together to establish,
operate, and maintain an agency for the benefit of their respective lands and
inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to provide a means by which other
public agencies may request services for the benefit of their lands and inhabitants.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained herein the parties hereto agree as follows:
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PURPOSE
1.01 The purpose of the Integrated Law and Justice Agency for Orange
County (ILJAOC), is to cooperate with each Member Agency in the exercise of
some or all of their powers to establish a separate agency to facilitate the
integration and sharing of criminal justice information/data in the manner set forth in
this Agreement.
1.02 Each Member Agency expressly retains all rights and powers to
finance, plan, develop, construct, equip, maintain, repair, manage, operate, and
control equipment, facilities, properties, projects, and information that it deems in its
sole discretion to be necessary or desirable for its own information system needs,
and that are authorized by the laws governing it. This Agreement shall not be
interpreted, and the ILJAOC created herein, shall not have authority to impair or
control any of the Member Agencies' respective rights, powers, or title to such
equipment, facilities, properties, information, and projects, nor shall any Member
Agency be required to provide additional personnel, equipment, or services to the
ILJAOC, which are not already a part of the Member Agency's current operational
costs, or which requires them to modify their non-ILJAOC systems or services,
without their consent and full cost reimbursement from other Member Agencies or
other revenue sources.
1.03 Each Member Agency expressly retains all rights and powers to use •
other funds or funding sources to finance, plan, develop, construct, equip, maintain,
repair, manage, operate, and control equipment and facilities for their information
services. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require a Member
Agency (i) to disclose any information that the Member Agency determines, in its
sole discretion, it does not have the ability or authority to disclose, or (ii) to do any
act that the Member Agency determines, in its sole discretion, is contrary to law or
public policy.
1.04 The ILJAOC is intended to provide criminal justice and law
enforcement officials who have a need and right to know, with comprehensive,
timely, and accurate information about a criminal suspect or offender, including
identity, criminal history, and current justice status. In addition, it is intended to:
a) Allow criminal justice practitioners to maintain legacy databases
and share only information that has been agreed upon in advance
by a majority vote of the Board or the individual agency affected.
b) Reduce redundant document preparation, data entry, transmission,
and storage.
c) Strive to identify and achieve common interests to enhance public •
safety and due process.
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• d) Maintain individual privacy rights, presence protections agencies
have for public records and promote appropriate access controls
and security.
e) Support the development of effective criminal justice policy in
keeping with the objectives of the Orange County Integrated Law &
Justice Strategic Plan ("Strategic Plan") adopted by the Orange
County Chiefs & Sheriff's Association in April of 2001, and any
amendments to that plan as approved by a majority vote of the
Board.
f) Strive for the compatibility of automated systems and processes
among the various components of the Orange County Criminal
Justice System.
g) Acknowledge that each Member Agency is responsible for internal
agency security for their records, technical support, etc.
h) Recognize that in order to achieve overall success, resources
(personnel, software, hardware, etc.), will be shared willingly and in
some cases unequally by the Member Agencies, as long as that
• cooperation does not adversely impact the mission of the sharing
member.
i) Allow the Member Agencies to work together to implement the
adopted Strategic Plan (and subsequent amendments to that
plan), for an Integrated Law & Justice System through the
information sharing which will result from that collaborative effort.
1.05 Member Agencies are not required to seek approval from the
ILJAOC to purchase, install, or modify their own (non-ILJAOC owned) equipment,
services, or work performed in conjunction with any legislative mandate/authority
granted to or required of Member Agencies in order to carry out their respective
responsibilities. Furthermore, the ILJAOC has no power or authority to control,
interfere with, or inhibit Member Agencies from conducting their own internal
business and/or providing their own (non-ILJAOC owned) resources or services to
other entities, which may or may not be members of or served by the ILJAOC. Any
changes to software or additional hardware that have been integrated into a
Member Agency's existing infrastructure as part of a requirement to implement the
initiatives as approved by the JPA Advisory Board, will become the sole property of
that Member Agency, when without those enhancements, the agency could no
longer operate their systems independent of the JPA.
• 1.06 Member Agencies may modify, upgrade, or otherwise alter any of
their internal systems or processes without approval of the ILJAOC, as long as
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those modifications do not inhibit the exchange of offender data and systems •
implemented and/or funded by the prior action of the ILJAOC. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, a Member Agency shall have no obligation to seek
approval from the ILJAOC for any modification to that Member Agency's internal
systems or processes that is mandated by the State, or by any law or regulation
governing the affected member Agency.
1.07 In gathering and sharing information, and in all other respects in
performing acts related to this Agreement, the parties will comply with all applicable
laws, rules, and regulations.
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CREATION OF THE INTEGRATED LAW & JUSTICE AGENCY OF ORANGE
COUNTY
2.01 By this Agreement, the Member Agencies hereby create a separate
legal entity to be known as the Integrated Law & Justice Agency of Orange Countv
("ILJAOC"). The Member Agencies may agree on a different name for the ILJAOC.
2.02 The ILJAOC shall possess in its own name and the Member
Agencies delegate to it, the following enumerated powers:
a) To make and enter into contracts consistent with this •
Agreement, including, but not limited to, contracts to purchase
and/or dispose of supplies and equipment to carryout the
implementation of the Strategic Plan and any adopted
amendments to that plan.
b) To receive compensation, gifts, contributions, and donations of
property, funds, services, and other forms of financial
assistance from persons, firms, corporations, and any
governmental entity.
c) To sue and be sued in its own name.
d) To apply for an appropriate grant or grants under any Federal,
State, or local programs for assistance in developing any of its
programs or providing services to other public entities.
e) To appoint committees, adopt rules, regulations, policies, by-
laws, and procedures governing the operation of the ILJAOC.
f) To add Member Agencies to the ILJAOC as approved by the
ILJAOC Board and the existing Member Agencies, and
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• execute agreements and resolutions consistent with the terms
of this Agreement.
g) To appoint/hire officers, employees, or agents.
2.03 Said powers shall be exercised in the manner provided by California
law, including, without limitation, the Joint Exercise of Powers provisions of
Government Code section 6500, et seq., and, except as expressly set forth
herein, the Treasurer/Controller shall be subject to the restrictions upon the
manner of exercising such powers as are imposed upon the Member Agency
whose employee or officer is designated as the ILJAOC Treasurer/Controller
pursuant to section 3.13 below. The Member Agency's Treasurer/Controller
appointed by the Governing Board shall serve a minimum three-year term at the
discretion of the Board, so as to minimize any disruptions in carrying out his/her
responsibilities.
2.04 Except as provided herein, the member agencies agree that all
supplies and equipment purchased by the ILJAOC shall be owned and controlled
by the ILJAOC as its sole and separate property and not as property of any
Member Agency.
2.05 The ILJAOC shall operate as a separate legal entity and incur debt,
• separate and apart from the Member Agencies, and that its debts, obligations,
and liabilities are its own and not that of the Member Agencies, except as
specifically provided for herein.
III
ORGANIZATION
3.01 The membership of the ILJAOC shall be the original Member
Agencies, and any additional Agencies as approved by the Members which have
executed this Agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, and that have
not withdrawn from the ILJAOC.
3.02 The ILJAOC shall be governed by a Board consisting of six (6)
Member Police Chiefs each elected for athree-year term by the Orange County
Chiefs' & Sheriffs Association along with one designated alternate, to represent
those Member Agencies with Police Departments. In addition to the Police Chief
representatives, other voting members will be the Sheriff, District Attorney, Chief
Probation Officer, Public Defender, (1) representative from the County Executive's
Office who will serve at the CEO's pleasure, Presiding Judge of the Orange County
Superior Court, the Chief Executive Officer of the Court, and three (3) City Manager
representatives elected for three-year terms by the Orange County City Managers
• Association, with at least one (1) of those representatives being from a "contract
city" in the County. Each Board member, or in the absence of a Board member, an
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alternate designated in advance by each said Board Member, shall have one vote •
on all matters before the Board. Such alternate members may be replaced from
time to time at the appointing Board Member's discretion. All Board Members may
be removed without cause by their respective appointing authorities.
3.03 Each voting Board member shall hold office until a successor is
selected, elected, hired or appointed, as the case may be, under the powers of
this Agreement and each Member Agency. The term of a Board member or
alternate (both voting and non-voting) who is a public official or employee of a
Member Agency shall terminate upon such Board Member leaving his or her
position with the Member Agency. The vacancy of such a member who has left
his or her position shall automatically be filled by selection, election, or
appointment, as the case may be; according to the selection process adopted
by this Agreement and the Member Agency whose representative has left his or
her position.
3.04 Board members and alternates shall not receive compensation for
their service on the ILJAOC Board, but may be reimbursed by the ILJAOC for
reasonable expenses incurred in conducting the business of the ILJAOC, as
provided in this Agreement, when the expenses are not paid or reimbursed by the
employing Member Agencies.
3.05 The principal office of the ILJAOC shall be established by the •
Board and shall be located within the County of Orange. The Board may change
the principal office from one location to another within the County of Orange. Any
change of address shall be noted by the Board but shall not be considered an
amendment to this Agreement.
3.06 The Board shall meet at a location as may be designated by the
Board. The time and place of regular meetings of the Board shall be determined by
resolution adopted by the Board. A copy of such resolution shall be furnished to
the Member Agencies. All meetings of the Board, including regular, adjourned, and
special meetings, shall be called and held in a manner as provided in the Ralph M.
Brown Act, Chapter 9, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code
commencing with section 54950 et seq., as amended.
3.07 All of the powers and authority of the ILJAOC shall be exercised by
the Board unless specifically delegated to the extent permitted by law or reserved
to the Member Agencies under this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided herein,
each Board Member shall be entitled to one (1) vote. Except as otherwise provided
herein, a majority of the full membership of the Board or their alternate present at a
properly noticed meeting, shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting
business. A majority vote of that quorum may adopt any motion, resolution, or
order and take any other action appropriate to carry forward the objectives of the
ILJAOC pursuant to this Agreement, with the exception of the adoption of the •
budget or other appropriations in excess of the adopted budget as outlined in
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• Section 4.04 of this agreement, when atwo-thirds majority of the entire
membership or their alternates is required for approval.
3.08 The Board shall designate a recording secretary to establish,
distribute, and post agenda notices as required by law, keep the minutes of all open
meetings of the Board, and cause a copy of such minutes to be forwarded to each
Member Agency within a reasonable time after each meeting.
3.09 The Board may adopt from time to time policies, rules, and
regulations for the conduct of its administrative affairs and that of the ILJAOC as
may be required and consistent with this Agreement.
3.10 Where this Agreement requires an approval of a resolution by any
Member Agencies in any matter, the approval shall be evidenced by a certified
copy of the resolution or ordinance of the governing body of such Member Agency
filed with the ILJAOC. It shall be the responsibility of the Board to provide certified
copies of said actions.
3.11 On an annual basis, the Board shall elect two Board members to act
as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Agency for the purpose of conducting the Board
meetings and performing other duties as required. The Vice-Chair may carry out all
the duties of the Chair in his/her absence.
• 3.12 The Board shall appoint an officer or employee of a Member Agency
to hold the offices of Treasurer and Controller ("Treasurer/Controller"), whose
duties shall be in conformance with Government Code sections 6505 and 6505.5
and whose salary, if any, shall be established by the Board. The
Treasurer/Controller shall also administer all contracts subsequent to the Board's
approval and shall contract with a certified public accountant to make an annual
audit of the accounts and records of the ILJAOC as provided in Government Code
section 6505. The annual audit shall be submitted to the Board and each Member
Agency when completed. The budget, covering a budget cycle set by the Board,
shall be prepared by the Treasurer/Controller for the approval by the Board. The
ILJAOC's investment policies shall be the policies of the Member Agency of the
Treasurer/Controller as those may be modified by the Board of the ILJAOC. The
cost of the Treasurer/Controller in carrying out his/her duties, including, with
limitation, any outside professional services, shall be reimbursed by the ILJAOC.
3.13 The Board shall have the power to appoint/hire additional officers,
employees, or agents. Any officer, employee, or agent of the ILJAOC who is an
officer, employee, or agent of any of the Member Agencies will continue to be
subject to the Member Agency's personnel system. However, the ILJAOC may hire
employees that are subject to the personnel system of the ILJAOC and said
employees would not be employees of any Member Agency. Any person from any
• Member Agency appointed by the Board to fulfill a staff position with the ILJAOC
shall possess appropriate qualifications to carry out his or her responsibilities.
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3.14 The City Attorneys, County Counsel or their Deputies of the Member •
Agencies may generally serve as counsel to the ILJAOC, to the extent agreed to by
the respective Member Agency and permitted by such waivers of conflicts of
interest to authorize such representation as may be executed by such Member
Agency and the ILJAOC Board. The specific and ongoing duties_of legal counsel to
the ILJAOC may be rotated no less than annually; however, preferably for a term
consistent with the Treasurer/Controller appointment and shall be on a voluntary
basis. The assignment of one of those individuals to perform the required duties
shall be solicited from the legal counsels of the Member Agencies, and is subject to
the final approval of the ILJAOC Board.
3.15 The officers shall perform all duties customary and appropriate to
their respective offices and:
a) After approval by the ILJAOC Board, the presiding officer shall
sign all contracts on behalf of the ILJAOC Board.
b) The secretary shall perform such duties as assigned by the
Board and shall keep minutes of the Board meetings.
c) The Treasurer/Controller shall be bonded in the amount to be
determined by the Board and the bond fee shall be paid by the •
ILJAOC. The Treasurer/Controller shall perform the duties as
set forth in Sections 3.12, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.09, 4.10
and 4.11.
3.16 The Board may appoint a Project Manager by contract or otherwise
to oversee day-to-day operations of the ILJAOC. The Project Manager shall
manage the daily operations of the ILJAOC and supervision of any other ILJAOC
employees.
3.17 All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from
laws, ordinances and rules, all relief, pension, disability, worker's compensation,
and other benefits which apply to the activities or omissions of officials, officers,
employees, volunteers, or agents of .any of the Member Agencies when
performing their respective functions for their respective Member Agency shall
apply to such person(s) to the same degree and extent while they are assigned
to the ILJAOC to perform and are performing any of the functions and other
duties of the ILJAOC pursuant to authority granted by this Agreement. None of
the officials, officers, agents, volunteers, or employees of a Member Agency
appointed to the Board or performing services at the direction of the ILJAOC
shalt be deemed by reason of their appointment or service to be employed by
any ,of the other Member Agencies or the ILJAOC or be subject to any of the
requirements of the other Member Agencies. •
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• IV
BUDGET AND DISBURSEMENTS
4.01 The Board shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year(s)
pursuant to procedures developed by the Board. At the conclusion of each fiscal
year, the Treasurer/Controller shall make a report to the Board regarding the
excess or deficiency of revenues over (or under) expenditures. Such report shall
include "budget to actual" comparisons based upon the previously adopted
budget. Upon receipt of the report, the Board shall determine what extent, if any,
unexpended budgetary appropriations shall be re-appropriated or whether any
excess of revenues over expenditures shall be allocated or expended.
4.02 The Treasurer/Controller shall draw warrants upon the approval
and written order of the Board or the Board's Project Manager. The Board shall
requisition the payment of funds only upon approval of such claims or
disbursements and such requisition for payment in accordance with rules,
regulations, policies, procedures, and by-laws adopted by the Board.
4.03 All funds received by the Treasurer/Controller for services provided
by the ILJAOC, will be placed in object accounts, and the receipt, transfer, or
disbursement of such funds during the term of this Agreement shall be accounted
• for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
governmental entities. There shall be strict accountability of all funds. All
revenues and expenditures shall be reported to the Board on a quarterly basis,
unless otherwise required by the Board.
4.04 All expenditures within the approved budget shall be made upon
the approval of the Treasurer/Controller in accordance with the rules, policies,
and procedures adopted by the Board. No expenditure in excess of those
budgeted shall be made without the two-thirds majority approval of the entire
Board and the budget shall thereafter be revised and amended.
4.05 The records and accounts of the ILJAOC shall be audited annually
by an independent certified public accountant and any cost of the audit shall be
paid by the ILJAOC. The minimum requirements shall be those prescribed by
the State Controller under California Government Code section 26909 and in
conformance with generally accepted auditing standards. Copies of such audit
report shall be filed with each Member Agency no later than fifteen (15) days
after receipt of said audit by the Board.
4.06 The Member Agencies have agreed by resolution through their
respective Governing Authorities to fund on a shared basis, the costs of the
ILJAOC operations, and capital in excess of any grant funds, through annual
• budget appropriations. Each Member Agency's agreement to provide such funds
in fiscal years after the fiscal year in which this Agreement is executed, is
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contingent upon appropriation by the governing body of that Member Agency of •
sufficient funds for that purpose. The subject resolutions shall not limit the
authority of each Member Agency to cease appropriations for the ILJAOC
operations as determined by their respective Governing Authorities, provided,
however, that a decision to cease appropriations shall be subject to the terms of
Section 6.02 below. In addition, where the ILJAOC has an obligation under the
terms of this agreement to reimburse a Member Agency for providing personnel,
equipment, and/or services to the ILJAOC, the Member Agency providing such
personnel, equipment, and/or services may waive its right to reimbursement.
When a Member Agency incurs costs eligible for reimbursement under the terms
of this agreement, those costs shall include only those, which are not part of the
Member Agency's pre-existing infrastructure/operation, prior to the effective date
of this Agreement. They also shall not include overhead charges. Costs for the
ILJAOC operations referenced in accordance with Section 4.06 shall be shared
as follows:
a) Member Agencies with Municipal Police Departments and the
Sheriff's Department which serves the unincorporated area of the
County as well as their "contract cities" as determined on a per
capita basis; an amount not to exceed 80%.
b) County of Orange; an amount not to exceed 15%.
c) The Superior Court of California, County of Orange; an amount not •
to exceed 5%.
d) The University of California Police Department; an amount not to
exceed 1
4.07 The Member Agencies acknowledge and agree that the ILJAOC
will act as a conduit for the management, direction, and provision of integrated
services to the Member Agencies and to other public agencies that contract with
ILJAOC for such services.
4.08 Based on information provided by the Project Manager or other
designated representative of the ILJAOC, the Treasurer/Controller shall keep a
written account of any services provided to other public agencies by the ILJAOC.
All revenues received from other public agencies contracting or receiving
services from the ILJAOC for services shall be used to offset the costs incurred
by the ILJAOC. The Governing Board shall determine whether those funds shall
be placed in a Capital Reserve or otherwise allocated in the Agency's Budget
and/or projected costs to Member Agencies.
. 4.09 In establishing rates for services to public agencies, the Board shall
assure that the contracts for such services provide for the reimbursement of the •
actual expenses of providing all services of the ILJAOC, including insurance
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• coverage for the ILJAOC's personnel and equipment. Payment for the ILJAOC
services by contracting public agencies shall be made on a monthly basis, or no
less frequently than on a quarterly basis (unless paid in advance) to the
Treasurer/Controller of the ILJAOC. The Treasurer/Controller shall provide a
written monthly account to the Board of all revenues and expenses of the
ILJAOC services to other public agencies.
4.10 The ILJAOC budget shall include the provision for a Capital
Replacement fund that will provide for, among other things, the replacement of
the equipment owned and operated by the ILJAOC. The ILJAOC Board annually
shall recommend to the Member Agencies amounts needed for Capital
Replacement. The amount of the provision for Capital Replacement in each
ILJAOC annual budget will depend on the amounts appropriated by the Member
Agencies for such purposes during each fiscal year. Said funds shall be
transferred to the ILJAOC monthly by the Member Agencies for deposit in the
ILJAOC's Capital Replacement fund. The actual purchase of new equipment
and disposal of unneeded equipment shall be done whenever determined
appropriate and justified by the Board.
4.11 All revenues derived from service contracts with other public
agencies shall be maintained in a separate revenue account for the ILJAOC.
The Treasurer/Controller shall be responsible for accounting for all such revenue.
• The Board shall be responsible for determining the appropriate allocation of such
funds as part of the budget adoption process.
V
LIABILITIES
5.01 Except as provided in Section 8.05, the ILJAOC and the Member
Agencies agree, to the extent allowed by law, that the Member Agencies shall be
fully protected from any loss, injury, liability, damage, claim, lawsuit, cost, or
expense arising out of, or in any way related to, the performance of this
Agreement by the ILJAOC. Accordingly, the provisions of this Agreement should
be broadly construed in favor of protection for the Member Agencies and
interpreted to provide the fullest possible protection to the Member Agencies and
Member Agency's officials, officers, agents, volunteers, and employees. ILJAOC
acknowledges that the Member Agencies would not have entered into this
Agreement in the absence of the commitments of the ILJAOC as specified in this
Article V.
5.02 The Member Agencies acknowledge that each Member Agency
. may be assigning its own personnel to a cooperative pool of personnel to provide
service to the ILJAOC. The ILJAOC shall be solely responsible for and retain all
• debts, liabilities, and other obligations for all activities of the ILJAOC, and shall
maintain sufficient insurance coverage in effect at all times to cover any such
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claim, loss, liability, or obligation, as recommended by the ILJAOC Risk Manager •
and approved by the Board.
5.03 Except as provided in Section 8.05, the ILJAOC shall protect,
defend, indemnify, and hold free and harmless the Member Agencies and their
respective elected and appointed boards, officials, officers, agents, volunteers,
and employees from and against any and all liabilities, damages, loss, cost,
claims, expenses, actions, or proceedings of any kind or nature caused by
ILJAOC employees or employees of Member Agencies who are performing
ILJAOC functions, including, but not by way of limitation, injury or death of any
person, injury or damage to any property, including consequential damages and
attorney's fees and costs, resulting or arising out of or in any way connected with
the negligent acts or failure to act in the course and scope of carrying out their
responsibilities in the performance of their duties to the ILJAOC. In addition, and
without limiting the foregoing indemnification obligation, the ILJAOC will maintain
sufficient insurance coverage in effect at all times as recommended by their Risk
Manager, to cover any such damage claim, loss, cost, expense, action,
proceeding, liability, or obligation.
5.04 Any contract with anon-member public agency ("non Member
Agency") receiving services pursuant to this Agreement shall include a mutual
indemnification provision wherein the non Member Agency and the ILJAOC shall
mutually agree to defend and indemnify the other in an amount equal to its •
proportionate share of liability on a comparative fault basis. The contract shall
also provide: 1) That the indemnity obligation shall exist with respect to any
claim, loss, liability, damage, lawsuit, cost, or expense that arises out of, or is in
any way related to, the performance of services pursuant to the contract; and 2)
The obligation of the non Member Agency and the ILJAOC pursuant to the
indemnification provision will extend, without limitation, to an injury, death, loss,
or damage which occurs in the performance of the contract and that is sustained
by any third party, any agent, or contractor of the non Member Agency or the
ILJAOC.
5.05 Member Agencies shall be responsible for the continued provision
of worker's compensation coverage for the officers or employees of the Member
Agencies that are assigned to provide services to the ILJAOC and/or serve as
officers or employees of the ILJAOC. In~this regard, each Member Agency shall
defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the ILJAOC and any other Member
Agencies, and their respective officials officers, employees, contractors, agents,
and representatives with respect to any claim, loss, liability, damage, lawsuit,
cost, or expense, including attorney's fees and costs, that arises out of, or is in
any way related, to any industrial/worker compensation injury sustained by an
officer or employee of the indemnifying Member Agency during the performance
of service to the ILJAOC or the other Member Agencies under this Agreement.
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• 5.06 ILJAOC shall employ the principles of sound risk management in its
operations. Risks of loss shall be identified, evaluated, and treated in a manner
that protects the ILJAOC and each Member Agency from adverse financial
consequences. This may be accomplished in part through the purchase of
appropriate commercial insurance.
The Risk Manager, or his/her designee, of one Member Agency shall be
designated by the Board, with the consent of the Member Agency, as the
"ILJAOC Risk Manager" and shall act in an advisory capacity to the ILJAOC
Board to provide guidance in the area of risk management, loss control,
insurance procurement, and claims management. The ILJAOC Risk Manager
will be responsible for maintaining the original insurance policies and other risk
management and insurance documents.
During the term of this Agreement, the ILJAOC shall purchase and
maintain sufficient amounts of commercial insurance coverage at the equally
shared cost to the Member Agencies. The types, limits, retention levels,
deductibles, policy forms, and carriers providing the above required insurance
coverage's shall be recommended by the ILJAOC Risk Manager- to the Board for
its approval, consistent with this agreement.
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ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF PARTIES
6.01 Additional public agencies may become Member Agencies of the
ILJAOC upon such terms and conditions as are determined by the Board and
upon the unanimous consent of the existing Member Agencies as evidenced by
approval of resolutions therefore and the execution of a written amendment to
this Agreement by all of the Member Agencies, including the additional Member
Agency.
6.02 Member Agencies have the right to withdraw from the ILJAOC.
Such withdrawals, either voluntarily or involuntarily shall be conditioned as
follows:
a) Involuntary withdrawal shall mean those circumstances
where a Member Agency must withdraw due to fiscal or
budgetary impact of that Member Agency that results in the
discontinuance or reduction of the funding for personnel,
services, or equipment by that Member Agency.
b) In the case of a voluntary withdrawal, written notice shall be
given one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the end of a
• fiscal year except that such notice requirement may be
shortened (i) by unanimous approval of the Board members
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present at the meeting at which the Board considers •
shortening the notice requirement., or (ii) upon breach of this
Agreement by the ILJAOC or any Member Agency, in which
case the withdrawing Member Agency may withdraw
effective at any time.
c) Neither voluntary nor involuntary withdrawal shall relieve the
withdrawing Member Agency of its obligations for its
proportionate share of any debts or other liabilities incurred
by the ILJAOC prior to the effective date of the Member
Agency's withdrawal (with the exception of new purchases of
capital equipment after the date of the Member Agency's
notice of withdrawa(), nor any liabilities imposed upon or
incurred by the Member Agency pursuant to this Agreement
prior to the effective date of the Member Agency's
withdrawal.
d) The withdrawing Member Agency shall retain all rights and
claims relating to revenues received by the ILJAOC during
the time period that the Member Agency provided personnel,
services, or equipment under the ILJAOC direction.
e) The withdrawing Member Agency shall be entitled to remove •
its personnel and any equipment whose title was not
transferred in writing to the ILJAOC from the possession and
control of the ILJAOC, regardless of the impact on the
ILJAOC or its continued operation. The withdrawing
Member Agency may also recover any other equipment no
longer needed by the ILJAOC, including equipment it
previously transferred to the ILJAOC, according to the terms
and conditions determined by the Board in its sole discretion
to be fair and equitable. The ILJAOC Board may choose to
exempt a Member Agency from any of the listed conditions,
but may not impose any conditions other than those listed.
VII
TERMINATION AND DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
7.01 The ILJAOC shall continue to exist and exercise the powers herein
until this Agreement is terminated by a vote of two-thirds of the entire Board;
provided, however, that no termination shall be complete and final until the
ILJAOC has satisfactorily disposed of all financial obligations and claims,
distributed all assets, and performed all other functions deemed necessary by
the Board to conclude the affairs of the ILJAOC.
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a) The written consent of all Member Agencies; or
b) Upon the withdrawal from the ILJAOC of a sufficient number of the
Member Agencies that results in a lack of effectiveness as
determined by atwo-thirds vote of the remaining Board Members;
and
c) Full satisfaction of all outstanding financial obligations of the
ILJAOC; and
d) All other contractual obligations of the ILJAOC have been
satisfied.
7.03 In the event ~of the termination of this Agreement, ~ any funds
remaining following the discharge of all obligations shall be disposed of by
returning to each current Member Agency of the ILJAOC immediately prior to
the termination of this Agreement, a share of such funds proportionate to the
contribution made to the ILJAOC by said Member Agency, to the extent
determined by the Board in its sole discretion to be fair and equitable.
• 7.04 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, the
Member Agencies agree to abide by the following procedure for selling of
equipment in the event the Agreement is terminated. The equipment shall be
given a fair market value by an appraiser agreed upon by the Board. Before the
equipment is sold on the open market, the Member Agencies each shall have
the right to purchase the equipment at a price and under terms as agreed upon
by the Board which may include a financing arrangement for the purchaser to
allow for a transition period after the termination of this Agreement. If an
agreement cannot be reached concerning a purchase of the equipment, then it
shall be so{d on the open market. Proceeds from the sale of equipment upon
termination of the Agreement shall be distributed to the Member Agencies in a
manner consistent with the cost-sharing format outlined in Paragraph 4.06 (a),
(b), and (c) of this Agreement, and any modifications to that formula adopted by
the Board.
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MISCELLANEOUS
8.01 Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended with the unanimous approval of all
Member Agencies; provided, however, that no amendment may be made that
• would adversely affect the interests of the owners of bonds, letters of credit, or
other financial obligations of the ILJAOC.
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8.02 Notices. •
Any notice or instrument required to be given or delivered by depositing
the same in any United States Post Office, registered or certified, postage
prepaid, addressed to the Member Agencies, shall be deemed to have been
received by the Member Agency to whom the same is addressed at the
expiration of five (5) days after deposit of the same in the United States Post
Office for transmission by registered or certified mail as aforesaid.
8.03 Effective Date.
This Agreement shall be effective at such time as this Agreement has
been executed by the majority of the voting Member Agencies enumerated in the
introduction of this Amended Agreement.
8.04 Conflicts of Interest.
No official, officer or employee of the ILJAOC or any Member Agency shall
have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the ILJAOC. Nor shall any such
officer or employee participate in any decision relating to the ILJAOC that affects
his or her financial interests or those of a corporation, partnership, or association
in which he or she is directly or indirectly interested, in violation of any State law
or regulation.
8.05 Mediation. •
a) Any controversy or claim between any Member Agencies, or
between any such Member Agency or Member Agencies and the
ILJAOC, with respect to the ILJAOC's operations, or to any claims,
disputes, demands, differences, controversies, or
misunderstandings arising under, out of, or in relation to this
Agreement, shall be submitted to and determined by mediation.
b) The Member Agency desiring to initiate mediation shall give
notice of its intention to every other Member Agency and the
ILJAOC. Such notice shall designate such other Member
Agencies as the initiating Member Agency intends to have
bound by any award made therein.
c) Each Member Agency involved in the mediation shall bear
its own legal costs, including attorney fees.
8.06 Partiallnvalidity
If any one or more of the terms, provisions, sections, promises, covenants
or conditions of this Agreement shall to any extent be adjudged invalid,
unenforceable or void for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent
jurisdiction, each and all of the remaining terms, provisions, sections, promises,
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covenants and conditions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and
shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.07 Successors
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
successors of the Member Agencies hereto.
8.08 Assignment
A Member Agency shall not assign any rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the written consent of all other Member Agencies.
authorized signatures below, respectively.
8.09 Execution
The Governing Authorities of the Member Agencies enumerated herein
have each authorized execution of this Agreement, as evidenced by the
8.10. Entire Agreement
This Agreement, supersedes any and all other agreements whether oral or
written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
contains all of the covenants and agreements between the parties with respect to
said matter, and each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no
representations, inducements, promises, or agreements, orally or otherwise, have
been made by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, which are not
embodied herein, and that any other agreement or modification of this Agreement
shall be effective only if executed in writing and signed by the ILJAOC and all
Member Agencies. On the effective date of this Agreement, this Agreement
supersedes and terminates the "SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING
COPLINK SERVICES AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THE
COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE INTEGRATED LAW AND JUSTICE AGENCY
FOR ORANGE COUNTY" dated February 6, 2007.
Dated:
CITY OF: SEAL BEACH
By:
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
City Attorney
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AMENDED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
FOR
INTEGRATED LAW & JUSTICE AGENCY FOR ORANGE COUNTY
(ILJAOC)
This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the listed cities,
other entities, and County of Orange collectively referred to as "Member Agencies."
This Agreement is dated , 200Q,for reference_purposes. °~~` ~
Member Agencies
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Anaheim
Brea
Buena Park
Costa Mesa
County of Orange
Cypress
Fountain Valley
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Huntington Beach
Irvine
La Habra
La Palma
Laguna Beach
Los Alamitos
Newport Beach
Orange
Placentia
Santa Ana
Seal Beach
Superior Court of CA, County of Orange
Tustin
Westminster
University of CA, Irvine Police Department
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies have and possess the power and
authorization to finance, organize, and establish a public agency to facilitate the
integration and sharing of criminal justice information for the benefit of the lands
and inhabitants within their respective boundaries; acid
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WHEREAS, the Member Agencies propose to join together to establish,
operate, and maintain an agency for the benefit of their respective lands and
inhabitants; and
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WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to provide a means by which other
public agencies may request services for the benefit of their lands and inhabitants.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained herein the parties hereto agree as follows:
PURPOSE
1.01 The purpose of the Inteorated Law and Justice Aoency for Oranoe
Countv (ILJAOC). is to cooperate with each Member Agency in the exercise of
some or all of their powers to establish a separate agency to facilitate the
integration and sharing of criminal justice information/data in the manner set forth in
this Agreement.
1.02 Each Member Agency expressly retains all rights and powers to •
finance, plan, develop, construct, equip, maintain, repair, manage, operate, and
control equipment, facilities, properties, projects, and information that it deems in its
sole discretion to be necessary or desirable for its own information system needs,
and that are authorized by the laws governing it. This Agreement shall not be
interpreted, and the ILJAOC created herein, shall not have authority to impair or
control any of the Member Agencies' respective rights, powers, or title to such
equipment, facilities, properties, information, and projects, nor shall any Member
Agency be required to provide additional personnel, equipment, or services to the
ILJAOC, which are not already a part of the Member Agency's current operational
costs, or which requires them to modify their non-ILJAOC systems or services,
without their consent and full cost reimbursement from other Member Agencies or
other revenue sources.
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1.03 Each Member Agency expressly retains all rights and powers to use
other funds or funding sources to finance, plan, develop,. construct, equip, maintain,
repair, manage, operate, and control equipment and facilities for their information
• services. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require a Member
Agency (i) to disclose any information that the Member Agency determines, in its
sole discretion, it does not have the ability or authority to disclose, or (ii) to do any
act that the Member Agency determines, in its sole discretion, is contrary to law or
public policy.
1.04 The fLJAOC is intended to provide criminal justice and law
enforcement officials who have a need and right to know, with comprehensive,
timely, and accurate information about a criminal suspect or offender, including
identity, criminal history, and currentjustice status. In addition, it is intended to:
a) Allow criminal justice practitioners to maintain legacy databases
and share only information that has been agreed upon in advance
by a majority vote of the Board or the individual agency affected.
b) Reduce redundant document preparation, data entry, transmission,
and storage.
c) Strive to identify and achieve common interests to enhance public
• safety and due process.
d) Maintain individual privacy rights, preserve protections agencies
have for public records and promote appropriate access controls
and security.
e) Support the development of effective criminal justice policy in
keeping with the objectives of the Orange County Integrated Law &
Justice Strategic Plan ("Strategic Plan°) adopted by the Orange
County Chiefs 8~ Sheriffs Association in April of 2001, and any
amendments to that plan as approved by a majority vote of the
Board.
f) Strive for the compatibility of automated systems and processes
among the various components of the Orange County Criminal
Justice System.
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g) Acknowledge that each Member Agency is responsible for intemal
agency security for their records, technical support, etc.
h) Recognize that in order to achieve overall success, resources
(personnel, software, hardware, etc.), will be shared willingly and in •
some cases unequally by the Member Agencies, as long as that
cooperation does not adversely impact the mission of the sharing
member.
i) Allow the Member Agencies to work together to implement the
adopted Strategic Plan (and subsequent amendments to that
plan), for an Integrated Law & Justice System through the
information sharing which will result from that collaborative effort.
1.05 Member Agencies are not required to seek approval from the
ILJAOC to purchase, install, or modify their own (non-ILJAOC owned) equipment,
services, or work performed in conjunction with any legislative mandate/authority
granted to or required of Member Agencies in order to carry out their respective
responsibilities. Furthermore, the ILJAOC has no power or authority to control, .
interfere with, or inhibit Member Agencies from conducting their own internal
business and/or providing their own (non-ILJAOC owned) resources or services to
other entities, which may or may not be members of or served by the ILJAOC. Any
changes to soflware or additional hardware that have been integrated into a •
Member Agency's existing infrastructure as part of a requirement to implement the
initiatives as approved by the JPA Advisory Board, will become the sole property of
that Member Agency, when without those enhancements, the agency could no
longer operate their systems independent of the JPA.
1.06 Member Agencies may modify, upgrade, or otherwise alter any of
their intemal systems or processes without approval of the ILJAOC, as long as
those modifications do not inhibit the exchange of offender data and systems
implemented and/or funded by the prior action of the ILJAOC. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, a Member Agency shall have no obligation to seek
approval from the ILJAOC for any modification to that Member Agency's intemal
systems or processes that is mandated by the State, or by any law or regulation
governing the affected member Agency.
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1.07 In gathering and sharing information, and in all other respects in
performing acts related to this Agreement, the parties will comply with all applicable
• laws, rules, and regulations.
II
CREATION OF THE INTEGRATED LAW & JUSTICE AGENCY OF ORANGE
COUNTY
2.01 By this Agreement, the Member Agencies hereby create a separate
legal entity to be known as the Integrated Law & Justice Agencv of Orange Countv
("ILJAOC"). The Member Agencies may agree on a different name for the ILJAOC.
2.02 The ILJAOC shall possess in its own name and the Member
Agencies delegate to it, the following enumerated powers:
a) To make and enter into contracts consistent with this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, contracts to purchase
and/or dispose of supplies and equipment to canyout the
• implementation of the Strategic Plan and any adopted
amendments to that plan.
b) To receive compensation, gifts, contributions, and donations of
property, funds, services, and other forms of financial
assistance from persons, firms, corporations, and any
governmental entity.
c) To sue and be sued in its own name.
d) To apply for an appropriate grant or grants under any Federal,
State, or local programs for assistance in developing any of its
programs or providing services to other public entities.
e) To appoint committees, adopt rules, regulations, policies, by-
laws, and procedures governing the operation of the ILJAOC.
f) To add Member Agencies to the ILJAOC as approved by the
ILJAOC Board and the existing Member Agencies, and
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execute agreements and resolutions consistent with the terms
of this Agreement.
g) To appoint/hire officers, employees, or agents.
2.03 Said powers shall be exercised in the manner provided by California
law, including, without limitation, the Joint Exercise of Powers provisions of
Government Code section 6500, et seq., and, except as expressly set forth
herein, the Treasurer/Controller shall be subject to the restrictions upon the
manner of exercising such powers as are imposed upon the Member Agency
whose employee or officer is designated as the ILJAOC Treasurer/Controller
pursuant to section 3.13 below. The Member Agency's Treasurer/Controller
appointed by the Governing Board shall serve a minimum three-year term at the
discretion of the Board, so as to minimize any disruptions in carrying out his/her
responsibilities.
2.04 Except as provided herein, the member agencies agree that all
supplies and equipment purchased by the ILJAOC shall be owned and controlled
by the ILJAOC as its sole and separate property and not as property of any
Member Agency.
2.05 The ILJAOC shall operate as a separate legal entity and incur debt, •
separate and apart from the Member Agencies, and that its debts, obligations,
and liabilities are its own and not that of the Member Agencies, except as
specifically provided for herein.
ORGANIZATION
3.01 The membership of the ILJAOC shall be the original Member
Agencies, and any additional Agencies as approved, by the Members which have
executed this Agreement, and any subsequent amendments thereto, and that have
not withdrawn from the ILJAOC.
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3.02 The ILJAOC shall be governed by a Board consisting of six (6)
Member Police Chiefs each elected for athree-year term by the Orange County
Chiefs' & Sheriffs Association along with one designated alternate, to represent
• those Member Agencies with Police Departments. In addition to the Police Chief
representatives, other voting members will be the Sheriff, District Attorney, Chief
Probation Officer, Public Defender, (1) representative from the County Executive's
Office who will serve at the CEO's pleasure, Presiding Judge of the Orange County ,. ~ °~~`
Superior Court, the Chief Executive Officer of the Court, and three (3) City Manager
representatives elected for three-year terms by the Orange County City Managers
Association, with at least one (1) of those representatives being from a "contract
city" in the County. Each Board member, or in the absence of a Board member, an
alternate designated in advance by each said Board Member, shall have one vote
on all matters before the Board. Such alternate members may be replaced from
time to time at the appointing Board Members discretion. All Board Members may
be removed without cause by their respective appointing authorities.
3.03 Each voting Board member shall hold office until a successor is
selected, elected, hired or appointed, as the case may be, under the powers of
this Agreement and each Member Agency. The term of a Board member or
alternate (both voting and non-voting) who is a public official or employee of a
• Member Agency shall terminate upon such Board Member leaving his or her
position with the Member Agency. The vacancy of such a member who has left
his or her position shall automatically be filled by selection, election, or
appointment, as the case may be; according to the selection process adopted
by this Agreement and the Member Agency whose representative has left his or
her position.
3.04 Board members and alternates shall not receive compensation for
their service on the ILJAOC Board, but may be reimbursed by the ILJAOC for
reasonable expenses incurred in conducting the business of the ILJAOC, as
provided in this Agreement, when the expenses are not paid or reimbursed by the
employing Member Agencies.
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3.05 The principal office of the ILJAOC shall be established by the
Board and shall be located within the County of Orange. The Board may change
the principal office from one location to another within the County of Orange. Any
change of address shall be noted by the Board but shall not be considered an •
amendment to this Agreement.
3.06 The Board shall meet at a location as may be designated by the
Board. The time and place of regular meetings of the Board shall be determined by
resolution adopted by the Board. A copy of such resolution shall be furnished to
the Member Agencies. All meetings of the Board, including regular, adjourned, and
special meetings, shall be called and held in a manner as provided in the Ralph M.
Brown Act, Chapter 9, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code
commencing with section 54950 et seq., as amended.
3.07 All of the powers and authority of the ILJAOC shall be exercised by
the Board unless specifically delegated to the extent permitted by law or reserved
to the Member Agencies under this Agreement. Unless otherwise provided herein,
each Board Member shall be entitled to one (1) vote. Except as otherwise provided
herein, a majority of the full membership of the Board or their alternate present at a
properly noticed meeting, shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting
business. A majority vote of that quorum may adopt any motion, resolution, or •
order and take any other action appropriate to carry forward the objectives of the
ILJAOC pursuant to this Agreement, with the exception of the adoption of the
budget or other appropriations in excess of the adopted budget as outlined in
Section 4.04 of this agreement, when a two-thirds majority of the entire
membership or their alternates is required for approval.
3.08 The Board shall designate a recording secretary to establish,
distribute, and post agenda notices as required by law, keep the minutes of all open
meetings of the Board, and cause a copy of such minutes to be forwarded to each
Member Agency within a reasonable time after each meeting.
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3.09 The Board may adopt from time to time policies, rules, and
regulations for the conduct of its administrative affairs and that of the ILJAOC as
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3.10 Where this Agreement requires an approval of a resolution by any
Member Agencies in any matter, the approval shall be evidenced by a certified
copy of the resolution or ordinance of the governing body of such Member Agency
filed with the ILJAOC. It shall be the responsibility of the Board to provide certified
may be required and consistent with this Agreement.
copies of said actions.
3.11 On an annual basis, the Board shall elect two Board members to act
as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Agency for the purpose of conducting the Board
meetings and performing other duties as required. The Vice-Chair may carry out all
the duties of the Chair in his/her absence.
3.12 The Board shall appoint an officer or employee of a Member Agency
to hold the offices of Treasurer and Controller ("Treasurer/Controller'), whose
duties shall be in conformance with Government Code sections 6505 and 6505.5
and whose salary, if any, shall be established by the Board. The
Treasurer/Controller shall also administer all contracts subsequent to the Board's
• approval and shall contract with a certified public accountant to make an annual
audit of the accounts and records of the ILJAOC as provided in Government Code
section 6505. The annual audit shall be submitted to the Board and each Member
Agency when completed. The budget, covering a budget cycle set by the Board,
shall be prepared by the Treasurer/Controller for the approval by the Board. The
ILJAOC's investment policies shall be the policies of the Member Agency of the
Treasurer/Controller as those may be modified by the Board of the ILJAOC. The
cost of the Treasurer/Controller in carrying out his/her duties, including, with
limitation, any outside professional services, shall be reimbursed by the ILJAOC.
3.13 The Board shall have the power to appoint/hire additional officers,
employees, or agents. Any officer, employee, or agent of the ILJAOC who is an
officer, employee, or agent of any of the Member Agencies will continue to be
subject to the Member Agency's personnel system. However, the ILJAOC may hire
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employees that are subject to the personnel system of the ILJAOC and said
employees would not be employees of any Member Agency. Any person from any
Member Agency appointed by the Board to fulfill a staff position with the ILJAOC
shall possess appropriate qualifications to carry out his or her responsibilities. •
I 3.14 The City AttomeysL County Counsel or their Deputies of the Member
Agencies may generally serve as counsel to the ILJAOC, to the extent agreed to by
the respective Member Agency and permitted by such waivers of conflicts of
interest to authorize such representation as may be executed by such Member
Agency and the ILJAOC Board. The specific and ongoing duties of legal counsel to
the ILJAOC may be rotated no less than annually; however, preferably for a term
consistent with the Treasurer/Controller appointment and shall be on a voluntary
basis. The assignment of one of those individuals to perform the required duties
shall be solicited from the legal counsels of the Member Agencies, and is subject to
the final approval of the ILJAOC Board.
3.15 The officers shall perform all duties customary and appropriate to
their respective offices and:
a) After approval by the ILJAOC Board, the presiding officer shall
sign all contracts on behalf of the ILJAOC Board. •
b) The secretary shall perform such duties as assigned by the
Board and shall keep minutes of the Board meetings.
c) The Treasurer/Controller shall be bonded in the amount to be
determined by the Board and the bond fee shall be paid by the
ILJAOC. The Treasurer/Controller shall perform the duties as
set forth in Sections 3.12, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.09, 4.10
and 4.11.
3.16 The Board may appoint a Project Manager by contract or otherwise
to oversee day-to-day operations of the ILJAOC. The Project Manager shall
manage the daily operations of the ILJAOC and supervision of any other ILJAOC
employees.
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3.17 All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from
laws, ordinances and rules, all relief, pension, disability, worker's compensation,
and other benefits which apply to the activities or omissions of officials, officers,
• employees, volunteers, or agents of any of the Member Agencies when
performing their respective functions for their respective Member Agency shall
apply to such person(s) to the same degree and extent while they are assigned
to the ILJAOC to perform and are pertorming any of the functions and other
duties of the ILJAOC pursuant to authority granted by this Agreement. None of
the officials, officers, agents, volunteers, or employees of a Member Agency
appointed to the Board or pertorming services at the direction of the ILJAOC
shall be deemed by reason of their appointment or service to be employed by
any of the other Member Agencies or the ILJAOC or be subject to any of the
requirements of the other Member Agencies.
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BUDGET AND DISBURSEMENTS
4.01 The Board shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year(s)
pursuant to procedures developed by the Board. At the conclusion of each fiscal
• year, the Treasurer/Controller shall make a report to the Board regarding the `
excess or deficiency of revenues over (or under) expenditures. Such report shall
include "budget to actual" comparisons based upon the previously adopted
budget. Upon receipt of the report, the Board shall determine what extent, if any,
unexpended budgetary appropriations shall be re-appropriated or whether any
excess of revenues over expenditures shall be allocated or expended.
4.02 The TreasureNController shall draw warrants upon the approval
and written order of the Board or the Board's Project Manager. The Board shall
requisition the payment of funds only upon approval of such claims or
disbursements and such requisition for payment in accordance with rules,
regulations, policies, procedures, and by-laws adopted by the Board.
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4.03 All funds received by the Treasurer/Controller for services provided
by the ILJAOC, will be placed in object accounts, and the receipt, transfer, or
disbursement of such funds during the term of this Agreement shall be accounted
for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to •
governmental entities. There shall be strict accountability of all funds. All
revenues and expenditures shall be reported to the Board on a quarterly basis,
unless otherwise required by the Board.
4.04 All expenditures within the approved budget shall be made upon
the approval of the Treasurer/Controller in accordance with the rules, policies,
and procedures adopted by the Board. No expenditure in excess of those
budgeted shall be made without the two-thirds majority approval of the entire
Board and the budget shall thereafter be revised and amended.
4.05 The records and accounts of the ILJAOC shall be audited annually
by an independent certified public accountant and any cost of the audit shall be
paid by the ILJAOC. The minimum requirements shall be those prescribed by
the State Controller under California Government Code section 26909 and in
conformance with generally accepted auditing standards. Copies of such audit
report shall be filed with each Member Agency no later than fifteen (15) days
after receipt of said audit by the Board. •
4.06 The Member Agencies have agreed by resolution through their
respective Governing Authorities to fund on a shared basis, the costs of the
ILJAOC operations, and capital in excess of any grant funds, through annual
budget appropriations. Each Member Agency's agreement to provide such funds
in fiscal years after the fiscal year in which this Agreement is executed, is
contingent upon appropriation by the governing body of that Member Agency of
sufficient funds for that purpose. The subject resolutions shall not limit the
authority of each Member Agency to cease appropriations for the ILJAOC
operations as determined by their respective Governing Authorities, provided,
however, that a decision to cease appropriations shall be subject to the terms of
Section 6.02 below. In addition, where the ILJAOC has an obligation under the
terms of this agreement to reimburse a Member Agency for providing personnel,
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equipment, and/or services to the ILJAOC, the Member Agency providing such
personnel, equipment, and/or services may waive its right to reimbursement.
When a Member Agency incurs costs eligible for reimbursement under the terms
• of this agreement, those costs shall include only those, which are not part of the
Member Agency's pre-existing infrastructure/operation, prior to the effective date
of this Agreement. They also shall not include overhead charges. Costs for the
ILJAOC operations referenced in accordance with Section 4.06 shall be shared
as follows:
a) Member Agencies with Municipal Police Departments and the
SherifFs Department which serves the unincorporated area of the
County as well as their "contract cities" as determined on a per
capita basis; an amount not to exceed 8~C %.. _ _ _ . ... .• _ . _ • .
b) i~~.t~.i~f~,i~ang;~ air:.a~vur~f:=nnY~t~seiiaeed.~ls~~~/@,,j
c) The Superior Court of California, County of Orange; an amount not
to exceed 5°h.
d) The University of California Police Department; an amount not to
exceed 1
4.07 The Member Agencies acknowledge and agree that the ILJAOC
• will act as a conduit for the management, direction, and provision of integrated
services to the Member Agencies and to other public agencies that contract with
ILJAOC for such services.
4.08 Based on information provided by the Project Manager or other
designated representative of the ILJAOC, the Treasurer/Controller shall keep a
written account of any services provided to other public agencies by the ILJAOC.
All revenues received from other public agencies contracting or receiving
services from the ILJAOC for services shall be used to offset the costs incurred
by the ILJAOC. The Governing Board shall determine whether those funds shall
be placed in a Capital Reserve or otherwise allocated in the Agency's Budget
and/or projected costs to Member Agencies.
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4.09 In establishing rates for services to public agencies, the Board shall
assure that the contracts for such services provide for the reimbursement of the
actual expenses of providing all services of the ILJAOC, including insurance
coverage for the ILJAOC's personnel and equipment. Payment for the ILJAOC •
services by contracting public agencies shall be made on a monthly basis, or no
less frequently than on a quarterly basis (unless paid in advance) to the
Treasurer/Controller of the ILJAOC. The Treasurer/Controller shall provide a
written monthly account to the Board of all revenues and expenses of the
ILJAOC services to other public agencies.
4.10 The ILJAOC budget shall include the provision fora Capital
Replacement fund that will provide for, among other things, the replacement of
the equipment owned and operated by the ILJAOC. The ILJAOC Board annually
shall recommend to the Member Agencies amounts needed for Capital
Replacement. The amount of the provision for Capital Replacement in each
ILJAOC annual budget will depend on the amounts appropriated by the Member
Agencies for such purposes during each fiscal year. Said funds shall be
transferred to the ILJAOC monthly by the Member Agencies for deposit in the
ILJAOC's Capital Replacement fund. The actual purchase of new equipment
and disposal of unneeded equipment shall be done whenever determined
appropriate and justified by the Board. •
4.11 All revenues derived from service contracts with other public
agencies shall be maintained in a separate revenue account for the ILJAOC.
The Treasurer/Controller shall be responsible for accounting for all such revenue.
The Board shall be responsible for determining the appropriate allocation of such
funds as part of the budget adoption process.
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LIABILITIES
• 5.01 Except as provided in Section 8.05, the ILJAOC and the Member
Agencies agree, to the extent allowed by law, that the Member Agencies shall be
fully protected from any loss, injury, liability, damage, claim, lawsuit, cost, or
expense arising out of, or in any way related to, the pertormance of this
Agreement by the ILJAOC. Accordingly, the provisions of this Agreement should
be broadly construed in favor of protection for the Member Agencies and
interpreted to provide the fullest possible protection to the Member Agencies and
Member Agency's officials, officers, agents, volunteers, and employees. ILJAOC
acknowledges that the Member Agencies would not have entered into this
Agreement in the absence of the commitments of the ILJAOC as specified in this
Article V.
5.02 The Member Agencies acknowledge that each Member Agency
may be assigning its own personnel to a cooperative pool of personnel to provide
service to the ILJAOC. The ILJAOC shall be solely responsible for and retain all
debts, liabilities, and other obligations for all activities of the ILJAOC, and shall
maintain sufficient insurance coverage in effect at all times to cover any such
• claim, loss, liability, or obligation, as recommended by the ILJAOC Risk Manager
and approved by the Board.
5.03 Except as provided in Section 8.05, the ILJAOC shall protect,
defend, indemnify, and hold free and harmless the Member Agencies and their
respective elected and appointed boards, officials, officers, agents, volunteers,
and employees from and against any and all liabilities, damages, loss, cost,
claims, expenses, actions, or proceedings of any kind or nature caused by
ILJAOC employees or employees of Member Agencies who are performing
ILJAOC functions, including, but not by way of limitation, injury or death of any
person, injury or damage to any property, including consequential damages and
attorney's fees and costs, resulting or arising out of or in any way connected with
the negligent acts or failure to act in the course and scope of carrying out their
responsibilities in the pertormance of their duties to the ILJAOC. In addition, and
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without limiting the foregoing indemnification obligation, the ILJAOC will maintain
sufficient insurance coverage in effect at all times as recommended by their Risk
Manager, to cover any such damage claim, loss, cost, expense, action,
proceeding, liability, or obligation. •
5.04 Any contract with anon-member public agency ("non Member
Agency") receiving services pursuant to this Agreement shall include a mutual
indemnification provision wherein the non Member Agency and the ILJAOC shall
mutually agree to defend and indemnify the other in an amount equal to its
proportionate share of liability on a comparative fault basis. The contract shall
also provide: 1) That the indemnity obligation shall exist with respect to any
claim, loss, liability, damage, lawsuit, cost, or expense that arises out of, or is in
any way related to, the performance of services pursuant to the contract; and 2)
The obligation of the non Member Agency and the ILJAOC pursuant to the
indemnification provision will extend, without limitation, to an injury, death, loss,
or damage which occurs in the performance of the contract and that is sustained
by any third party, any agent, or contractor of the non Member Agency or the
ILJAOC.
5.05 Member Agencies shall be responsible for the continued provision
of worker's compensation coverage for the officers or employees of the Member •
Agencies that are assigned to provide services to the ILJAOC and/or serve as
officers or employees of the ILJAOC. In this regard, each Member Agency shall
defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the ILJAOC and any other Member
Agencies, and their respective officials officers, employees, contractors, agents,
and representatives with respect to any claim, loss, liability, damage, lawsuit,
cost, or expense, including attorney's fees and costs, that arises out of, or is in
any way related, to any industrial/worker compensation injury sustained by an
officer or employee of the indemnifying Member Agency during the performance
of service to the ILJAOC or the other Member Agencies under this Agreement.
5.06 ILJAOC shall employ the principles of sound risk management in its
operations. Risks of loss shall be identified, evaluated, and treated in a manner
that protects the ILJAOC and each Member Agency from adverse financial
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consequences. This may be accomplished in part through the purchase of
appropriate commercial insurance.
• The Risk Manager, or his/her designee, of one Member Agency shall be
designated by the Board, with the consent of the Member Agency, as the
"ILJAOC Risk Manager" and shall act in an advisory capacity to the ILJAOC
Board to provide guidance in the area of risk management, loss control,
insurance procurement, and claims management. The ILJAOC Risk Manager
will be responsible for maintaining the original insurance policies and other risk
management and insurance documents.
During the term of this Agreement, the ILJAOC shall purchase and
maintain sufficient amounts of commercial insurance coverage at the equally
shared cost to the Member Agencies. The types, limits, retention levels,
deductibles, policy forms, and carriers providing the above required insurance
coverage's shall be recommended by the ILJAOC Risk Manager to the Board for
its approval, consistent with this agreement.
VI
ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF PARTIES
6.01 Additional public agencies may become Member Agencies of the
ILJAOC upon such terms and conditions as are determined by the Board and
upon the unanimous consent of the existing Member Agencies as evidenced by
approval of resolutions therefore and the execution of a written amendment to
this Agreement by all of the Member Agencies, including the additional Member
Agency.
6.02 Member Agencies have the right to withdraw from the ILJAOC.
Such withdrawals, either voluntarily or involuntarily shall be conditioned as
follows:
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a) Involuntary withdrawal shall mean those circumstances
where a Member Agency must withdraw due to fiscal or
budgetary impact of that Member Agency that results in the
discontinuance or reduction of the funding for personnel,
services, or equipment by that Member Agency.
b) In the case of a voluntary withdrawal, written notice shall be
given one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the end of a
fiscal year except that such notice requirement may be
shortened (i) by unanimous approval of the Board members
present at the meeting at which the Board considers
shortening the notice requirement., or (ii) upon breach of this
Agreement by the ILJAOC or any Member Agency, in which
case the withdrawing Member Agency may withdraw
effective at any time.
c) Neither voluntary nor involuntary withdrawal shall relieve the
withdrawing Member Agency of its obligations for its
proportionate share of any debts or other liabilities incurred
by the ILJAOC prior to the effective date of the Member
Agency's withdrawal (with the exception of new purchases of
capital equipment after the date of the Member Agency's
notice of withdrawal), nor any liabilities imposed upon or
incurred by the Member Agency pursuant to this Agreement
prior to the effective date of the Member Agency's
withdrawal.
d) The withdrawing Member Agency shall retain all rights and
claims relating to revenues received by the ILJAOC during
the time period that the Member Agency provided personnel,
services, or equipment under the ILJAOC direction.
e) The withdrawing Member Agency shall be entitled to remove
its personnel and any equipment whose title was not
transferred in writing to the ILJAOC from the possession and
control of the ILJAOC, regardless of the impact on the
ILJAOC or its continued operation. The withdrawing
Member Agency may also recover any other equipment no
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longer needed by the ILJAOC, including equipment it
previously transferred to the ILJAOC, according to the terms
and conditions determined by the Board in its sole discretion
• to be fair and equitable. The ILJAOC Board may choose to
exempt a Member Agency from any of the listed conditions,
but may not impose any conditions other than those listed.
VII
TERMINATION AND DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
7.01 The ILJAOC shall continue to exist and exercise the powers herein
until this Agreement is terminated by a vote of two-thirds of the entire Board;
provided, however, that no termination shall be complete and final until the
ILJAOC has satisfactorily disposed of all financial obligations and claims,
distributed all assets, and performed all other functions deemed necessary by
the Board to conclude the affairs of the ILJAOC.
7.02 Termination shall occur upon:
• a) The written consent of all Member Agencies; or
b) Upon the withdrawal from the ILJAOC of a sufficient number of the
Member Agencies that results in a lack of effectiveness as
determined by atwo-thirds vote of the remaining Board Members;
and
c) Full satisfaction of all outstanding financial obligations of the
ILJAOC; and
d) All other contractual obligations of the ILJAOC have been
satisfied.
7.03 In the event of the termination of this Agreement, any funds
remaining following the discharge of all obligations shall be disposed of by
returning to each current Member Agency of the ILJAOC immediately prior to
the termination of this Agreement, a share of such funds proportionate to the
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contribution made to the ILJAOC by said Member Agency, to the extent
determined by the Board in its sole discretion to be fair and equitable.
7.04 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, the •
Member Agencies agree to abide by the following procedure for selling of
equipment in the event the Agreement is terminated. The equipment shall be
given a fair market value by an appraiser agreed upon by the Board. Before the
equipment is sold on the open market, the Member Agencies each shall have
the right to purchase the equipment at a price and under terms as agreed upon
by the Board which may include a financing arrangement for the purchaser to
allow for a transition period after the termination of this Agreement. If an
agreement cannot be reached concerning a purchase of the equipment, then it
shall be sold on the open market. Proceeds from the sale of equipment upon
termination of the Agreement shall be distributed to the Member Agencies in a
manner consistent with the cost-sharing format outlined in Paragraph 4.06 (a),
(b), and (c) of this Agreement, and any modifications to that formula adopted by
the Board.
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS •
8.01 Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended with the unanimous approval of all
Member Agencies; provided, however, that no amendment may be made that
would adversely affect the interests of the owners of bonds, letters of credit, or
other financial obligations of the ILJAOC.
8.02 Notices.
Any notice or instrument required to be given or delivered by depositing
the same in any United States Post Office, registered or certified, postage
prepaid, addressed to the Member Agencies, shall be deemed to have been
received by the Member Agency to whom the same is addressed at the
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expiration of five (5) days after deposit of the same in the United States Post
Office for transmission by registered or certified mail as aforesaid.
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8.03 Effective Date.
This Agreement shall be effective at such time as this Agreement has
been executed by the majority of the voting Member Agencies enumerated in the
introduction of this Amended Agreement.
8.04 Conflicts of Interest.
No official, officer or employee of the ILJAOC or any Member Agency shall
have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the ILJAOC. Nor shall any such
officer or employee participate in any decision relating to the ILJAOC that affects
his or her financial interests or those of a corporation, partnership, or association
in which he or she is directly or indirectly interested, in violation of any State law
or regulation.
8.05 Mediation
a) Any controversy or claim between any Member Agencies, or
• between any such Member Agency or Member Agencies and the
ILJAOC, with respect to the ILJAOC's operations, or to any claims,
disputes, demands, differences, controversies, or
misunderstandings arising under, out of, or in relation to this
Agreement, shall be submitted to and determined by mediation.
b) The Member Agency desiring to initiate mediation shall give
notice of its intention to every other Member Agency and the
ILJAOC. Such notice shall designate such other Member
Agencies as the initiating Member Agency intends to have
bound by any award made therein.
c) Each Member Agency involved in the mediation shall bear
its own legal costs, including attorney fees.
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8.06 Partiallnvalidity
If any one or more of the terms, provisions, sections, promises, covenants
or conditions of this Agreement shall to any extent be adjudged invalid,
unenforceable or void for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent •
jurisdiction, each and all of the remaining terms, provisions, sections, promises,
covenants and conditions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and
shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
8.07 Successors
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
successors of the Member Agencies hereto.
8.08 Assionment
A Member Agency shall not assign any rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the written consent of all other Member Agencies.
8.09 Execution
The Governing Authorities of the Member Agencies enumerated herein
have each authorized execution of this Agreement, as evidenced by the
authorized signatures below, respectively.
8.10. Entire Aoreement •
This Agreement, supersedes any and all other agreements whether oral or
written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
contains all of the covenants and agreements between the parties with respect to
said matter, and each party to this Agreement acknowledges that no
representations, inducements, promises, or agreements, orally or otherwise, have
been made by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, which are not
embodied herein, and that any other agreement or modification of this Agreement
shall be effective only if executed in writing and signed by the ILJAOC and all
Member Agencies. On the effective date of this Agreement this Agreement
supersedes and terminates the "SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT REGARDING
COPLINK SERVICES AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN THE
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COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE INTEGRATED LAW AND JUSTICE AGENCY
FOR ORANGE COUNTY" dated February 6.2007.
Dated: CITY OF:
ay:
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clerk of the City of:
City Attorney
11/04/02 Version Rev. 08/16/05, 12-12-05 81-22-07, 417-08 V3
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