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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14 - Integrated Law & Justice Agency of Orange County - ILJAOCCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 74 April 25, 2006 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Police Department Bob McDonell, Chief of Police, 949 644 3701, bmcdonell @nbpd.org SUBJECT: Amendment to Joint Powers Authority Agreement — Integrated Law and Justice Agency RECOMMENDATION: 1. Approve the attached Resolution 2006 -_ (Exhibit 1), which amends an earlier Council Resolution (2005 -55), which authorized the City of Newport Beach to participate in the Integrated Law and Justice Agency of Orange County (ILJAOC) and authorized the Mayor to execute the Amended Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). 2. Authorize the City Manager and Police Chief to execute any related documents consistent with the implementation of this Agreement and grant continuing authority to the City Manager to execute anticipated amendments to the JPA as recommended by the Chief of Police and approved by the City Attorney and determined to be non - substantive in nature. BACKGROUND: On November 22, 2005, the City Council was one of the first cities in the County to adopt the proposed Joint Powers Authority Agreement to form the Integrated Law and Justice Agency of Orange County. Even though the proposed Agreement had been reviewed by numerous City Attorneys prior to final distribution, turnover in that representation caused additional review of the proposed language to occur after several of the cities passed the JPA Agreement. As a result, it has required those of us who were early signatories to the Agreement to return to City Council and seek approval of the amended document. As you might expect, the effort to reach concurrence between over a dozen different City Attorneys regarding appropriate language in such an Agreement was and continues to be challenging. I LJAOC April 25, 2006 Page 2 As a result of those challenges, the amended Resolution, if approved, would 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. We anticipate such an amendment to be necessary within a minimum of six months of formation of the Agency as a result of language proposed by one such City Attorney, resulting in a negotiated agreement to modify the governance language within that timeframe. That requirement was stipulated to as part of Council approval in several cities represented by that particular contract City Attorney's Office. (Those language changes have already been determined to be non - substantive in nature by our own City Attorney's Office.) I have attached the original Staff Report presented to Council (without the numerous Exhibits, which were part of that Report) to provide Council with any necessary background on the overall Project. In summary, as of April 25, 2006, 19 out of the 21 cities in the County will have adopted the proposed JPA, with the remaining two jurisdictions scheduled for consideration by their respective City Councils during the first week of May 2006. CONCLUSION: Approve the amended JPA Agreement and enabling Resolution in order to provide for the successful implementation of the Agency. Respectively submitted, Bob McDonell CHIEF OF POLICE Attachments: Exhibit 1 — Resolution Staff Report, November 22, 2005 EXHIBIT 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2006- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE INTEGRATED LAW AND JUSTICE AGENCY FOR ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach desires to cooperate with other public agencies to exercise some or all of their powers to establish, operate, and maintain the Integrated Law and Justice Agency for Orange County ( "ILJAOC "), consistent with the Joint Powers Agreement ( "JPA ") dated April 25, 2006; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has and possesses the power and authority to finance, organize, participate, and establish a public agency to facilitate the integration and sharing of criminal justice information for the benefit of the lands and inhabitance within their respective boundaries; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach and other public agencies propose to join together to establish, operate and maintain a public agency for the benefit of their respective lands and inhabitance; 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 inhabitance; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has the authority to finance, organize, and participate in a public agency such as the ( "ILJAOC ") pursuant to California Government Code Section 6500 et seq. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, pursuant to this authority, hereby adopts and approves the ( "JPA ") for ( "ILJAOC "), attached as Exhibit 2 and incorporated by this reference. -1- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to take the necessary steps consistent with the ( "JPA ") for the ( "ILJAOC ") to effectuate the organization and establishment of the ( "JPA ") for the ( "ILJAOC "). The City Council also authorizes the City Manager to execute subsequent amendments to this Joint Powers Authority Agreement as recommended by the Chief of Police and approved by the City Attorney and determined to be non - substantive in nature. ADOPTED this 25th day of April, 2006. Don Webb, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk Daniel K. Ohl, Deputy City Attorney City of Newport Beach -2- Exhibit 2 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 , 2005 for reference purposes. Member Agencies Anaheim Fullerton Laguna Beach Seal Beach Brea Garden Grove Los Alamitos Superior Court of CA, County of Orange Buena Park Huntington Beach Newport Beach Tustin Costa Mesa Irvine Orange Westminster Cypress La Habra Placentia Fountain Valley La Palma Santa Ana 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: 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. F 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. 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. 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 & 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. 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 3 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 those modifications do not inhibit the exchange of offender data and systems implemented and /or funded by the prior action of the ILJAOC. 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 County (" ILJAOC"). The Member Agencies may agree on a different name for the ILJAOC. 4 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 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 /Collector 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 J 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. 3.02 The ILJAOC shall be governed by a Board consisting of six (6) Municipal Police Chiefs each elected for a three -year term by the Orange County Chiefs' & Sheriffs Association along with one designated alternate, to represent those Member Agencies with Municipal Police Departments. In addition to the Municipal Police Chief representatives, other voting members will be the Presiding Judge of the Orange County Superior Court, the Chief Executive Officer of the Court, 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 E Member's discretion. All Board Members may be removed without cause by their respective appointing authorities. 3.03 In order to ensure efficiency with other related Criminal Justice System practices in the County and with the approval of the voting members, the Board, in its discretion, may also include non - voting members from County of Orange as follows: the Sheriff, District Attorney, Chief Probation Officer, Public Defender, and one (1) representative from the County Executive's Office who will serve at the CEO's pleasure. 3.04 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. 3.05 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. 3.06 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. 3.07 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. 3.08 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. 3.09 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. 3.10 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. 3.11 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. 0 3.12 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. 3.13 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. 3.14 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. 3.15 The City Attorneys 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 N 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. 3.16 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. 3.17 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. 3.18 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 10 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. 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 11 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, 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 as determined on a per capita basis = 95 %. 12 b) The Superior Court of California, County of Orange = 5 %. 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 coverage for the ILJAOC's personnel and equipment. Payment for the ILJAOC services by contracting public agencies shall be made on a monthly basis 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 13 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. LTA 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 claim, loss, liability, or obligation, as recommended by the ILJAOC Risk Manager and approved by the Board. 14 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 and for which 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 a non - 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 15 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 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 16 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, unless otherwise provided for by the Board, 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 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 by unanimous approval of a quorum of the Board. 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 17 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. 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 a two- 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. 18 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 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. 19 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 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. 20 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, 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. 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 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 21 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 MemberAgencies. Dated ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of: 22 CITY OF: M Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney 11/04/02 Version Rev: 08/16/05 and 12 -12 -05