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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
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MEETING DATE: JANUARY 20, 2009
AGENDA #: SI
PREPARED BY: Bl':LL O'ROURKE, CHIEF OF POLICE
AGENDA ITEM: Ci~NSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING A JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT AND MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOUTHWEST
METRO DRUG TASK FORCE IN 2009
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose of this agenda item is to obtain Council approval for
continued membership of the Prior Lake Police Department in the
Southwest Metro Drug Task Force.
H_~st i
Tlie Prior Lake Police Department joined the Southwest Metro Drug Task
Force as a voting member in 2007. The purpose of the Task Force is to
provide a comprehensive and multi jurisdictional effort to reduce felony
level drug trafficking through the coordination of the law enforcement
agencies that make up the governing board. The other agencies
participating in the Southwest Metro Drug are the Carver, McLeod and
Scott County Sheriff's Departments and the police departments from the
cries of Glencoe, Hutchinson, South Lake Minnetonka, Jordan and
Shakopee.
Task Force investigators are licensed peace officers paid through a
combination of pooled State and local (matching) funds. The investigators
art on information and investigate specific cases related to felony level
drug distribution. Task Force personnel are also available to assist in
other investigations, provide technical advise and support, and to provide
needed equipment, if available. The Task Force investigators have powers
of'arrest in all jurisdictions. .
C~.zrrent Circumstances
A5 a funding mechanism the Joint Powers Agreement must be renewed
annually. For FY 2009 the Task Force has been awarded a grant of
$€5,000.00 by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of
Jv.stice Programs. This grant amount, plus a contribution from each
nauned jurisdiction is transferred to the Southwest Metro Drug Task Force
under the auspice of the assigned Financial Director for the administration
of the Task Force. (Financial Director is determined yearly by the
Governing Board)
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Phone 952.447.9800 /Fax 952.447.4245
FINANCIAL
IMPACT: Prz.or Lake's cost, as a voting member in 2009 is the same as last year,
$8,400.00. This amount is included in the 2009 operating budget for the
PrE.or Lake Police Department.
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Approve a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to
execute the Joint Powers Agreement for membership in the Southwest
Metro Drug Task Force.
2. Deny membership and provide direction to staff.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION: Alternative #1.
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RESOLUTION 09-XXX
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR MEMBERSHIl' IN THE SOUTHWEST
METRO DRUG TASK FORCE IN 2009
MOTION BY: SECOND BY:
WHEREAS, The City of Prior Lake Police Department has been a member of the Southwest
Metro Drug Task Force since 2007, and
WHEREAS, Membership in the Task Force requires a participating governmental unit to
renew its membership annually, and
WHEREAS, The Police Department has advised the City Council that the services provided
by the Task Force are important to the City's public safety efforts in the
community, and
WHEREAS, The City Council desires to continue its membership in the Task Force because
of the value it provides to the City its efforts to investigate and reduce the
incidence of felony level drug crimes, and
WHEREAS, The fee for Prior Lake to continue its membership for calendar year 2009 is
$8,400.00.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1) The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2) The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized to execute the joint powers agreement
for the City to pari:icipate in the Southwest Metro Drug Task Force, for 2009.
3) The 2009 membe~•ship fee of $8,400.00 is budgeted for and will be paid from the General
Fund Budget.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 20th DAY OF JANUARY 2009
YES NO
Hau en Hau en
Erickson Erickson
Hedber Hedber
LeMair LeMair
Millar Millar
City Manager, City of Prior Lake
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Phone 952.447.9800 /Fax 952.447.4245
SOUTHWEST METRO DRUG TASK FORCE
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
The parties to this Agreement are governmental units of the State of Minnesota. This
Agreement is made and entered into pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59.
SECTION I
GENERAL PURPOSE
1.1 The general ~~urpose of this Agreement is to provide for an organization through which
the parties may jointly and cooperatively provide for the establishment and operation of a multi-
jurisdictional drug task force which will aid in reducing felony level drug trafficking within the
parties' jurisdictions.
SECTION II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
2.1 For purposes of this Agreement, the terms defined in this Section shall have the meanings
given them.
2.2 "Southwest Metro Drug Task Force" means the organization created pursuant to this
Agreement, which organization is hereinafter referred to as the "Task Force."
2.3 "Governing Board" means the Governing Board of Directors of the Task Force,
consisting of one director from each governmental unit which is a member of the Task Force.
2.4 "Governme~ital Unit" means any county, city, village, borough, town or other political
subdivision of the State of Minnesota or any joint powers organization in the State of Minnesota.
2.5 "Member" means a governmental unit or joint powers organization which enters into
this Agreement and ~.s, at the time involved, a party in good standing.
SECTION III
MEMBERSHIP
3.1 Any Governmental Unit that has a law enforcement agency and is located in Hennepin,
Carver, Scott or McLeod County is eligible to be a Member of the Task Force.
3.2 A Governmental Unit desiring to be a Member shall execute a copy of this Agreement
and shall pay the established membership charges.
3.3 The initial 1~/Iembers shall be those Members who joined the Task Force as voting
Members on or prior to January 1, 2009.
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3.4 Governmental Units joining the Task Force after January 1, 2009, shall be admitted only
upon the favorable vote of two-thirds of the Governing Board of directors. The Governing
Board may impose conditions upon the admission of Members other than initial Members.
SECTION IV
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4.1 Governing Boa~•d of Directors. The governing body of the Task Force shall be its board of
directors. The board of directors of the Task Force shall consist of the following: the chief law
enforcement officer of each Member or his or her designee ("Governing Board").
A. Gove_~ning Board directors shall be full-time peace officers employed by the
appointing Member.
B. Governing Board directors shall not be deemed to be employees of the Task Force
and shall not be compensated by the Task Force.
4.2 Duties of the Governing Board.
A. The Governing Board shall be responsible for the overall management and budget
of the Task Force.
B. The Governing .Board shall coordinate information between the Members, the
Partners Against Drugs and the Task Force.
4.3 Powers of tb.e Governing Board.
A. The (Joverning Board may adopt bylaws to govern its operation. Such bylaws
must be consistent with this Agreement and all applicable laws and regulations.
B. The Governing Board may enter into any contract necessary or proper for the
exercise of its powers or the fulfillment to its duties and enforce such contracts to
the e~;tent available in equity or at law, except that the Governing Board shall not
enter into any contract in which the term exceeds one year.
C. The (Joverning Board may contract with any Member to act as its fiscal agent and
provide budgeting and accounting services necessary or convenient for the
Governing Board, including maintaining the Task Force's financial records. Such
services may include, but are not limited to: management of Task Force accounts
and hands, payment for contracted services and other purchases, and bookkeeping
and recordkeeping services.
D. The (Joverning Board shall disburse funds in a manner which is consistent with
this Agreement and, if applicable, with the method provided by law for the
disbursement of funds by the Member under contract to provide budgeting and
accor~nting services.
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E. The Governing Board may apply for and accept gifts, grants or loans of money or
other property (excluding real property) or assistance from the United States
gover.~llnent, the State of Minnesota, law enforcement agencies, corporations,
non-profit corporations or any person, association, or agency for any of its
purposes; enter into any agreement in connection therewith; and hold, use and
dispo;>e of such money or other property and assistance in accordance with the
terms of the gift, grant or loan relating thereto.
F. The Governing Board must obtain and maintain liability insurance in amounts not
less than the statutory liability limits established under Minnesota Statutes
Chapl;er 466. The Governing Board may obtain other insurance it deems
necessary to insure the Task Force, the Governing Board, the Members, the
Partners Against Drugs and employees of the Members for actions arising out of
this Agreement. The costs of liability insurance shall be payable from Task Force
funds, The Task Force shall not take any actions under this Agreement until such
liability insurance is in effect.
G. All powers granted herein shall be exercised by the Governing Board in a fiscally
responsible manner and in accordance with the requirements of law.
H. The Governing Board may cooperate with other federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies to accomplish the purpose for which the Task Force is
organized.
4.4 Terms. Appointees to the Governing Board shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
Member, and may bf; removed only by the appointing Member.
4.5 Meetings. The Governing Board shall have regular monthly meetings. Special meetings
may be held by giving reasonable notice to all Members. At the meetings, the Governing Board
will establish and cet policies and procedures for the Task Force, review the Task Force's
operational activities and expenditures and discuss other items related to the Task Force's
operations. The presence of a simple majority of the Governing Board directors shall constitute
a quorum. In the event that a director is unable to attend a meeting, the Member's chief law
enforcement officer may assign an alternate to attend and vote in his or her place.
4.6 Voting. EaE;h Member shall have one vote at any meeting of the Governing Board.
Proxy votes are nog: permitted. The Governing Board shall function by a majority vote of
directors or alternate directors present, provided that a quorum is present.
4.7 Records. T'he Executive Director shall be responsible for maintaining all minutes,
records, books and reports of the Task Force. The books and records of the Task Force,
including the minutes and the fully executed original of this Agreement, shall be kept at the
office of the Task Fcirce Commander.
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4.8 Organizational Structure.
A. The "Cask Force is a multi jurisdictional tactical unit consisting of Member
agencies. The Governing Board shall supervise the operations of the Task Force.
B. The (soverning Board shall elect a Governing Board director to serve as the
Executive Director of the Task Force on an annual basis. The Executive Director
shall be responsible for presiding over Governing Board meetings, taking meeting
minutes and maintaining frequent communication with the members of the
Gove~°rling Board and the Task Force Commander.
C. The Governing Board shall appoint a Task Force Commander. The Task Force
Commander reports to the Executive Director. The Task Force Commander shall
be responsible for working with the appointed fiscal agent of the Task Force,
managing operational disbursements and applying for and managing any grants
that are received by the Task Force. The Task Force Commander has the
authority and responsibility of directing all Task Force investigator activities,
including, but not limited to, assigning work, transferring investigators,
developing best practices and policies for the Task Force, writing letters of
commendation for investigators, suspending investigators from Task Force duties
and ordering them back to their agency, recommending investigator assignment
cancellations to the Governing Board and evaluating the performance of the
inves~:igators. The Task Force Commander must report on his or her activities at
least quarterly to the Governing Board.
SECTION V
PARTNERS AGAINST DRUGS
5.01 It is contemplated that certain Governmental Units may desire to follow closely the
activities of the Task Force, to receive detailed information about Task Force operations and
receive the Task Force services, but do not have the capacity to provide officers to serve on the
Task Force. Such (Tovernmental Unit may affiliate with the Task Force as a "Partner Against
Drugs."
5.02 A Governmental Unit desiring to become a Partner Against Drugs may do so in the same
manner as is applicable to becoming a Member of the Task Force, except as otherwise provided
in this Section.
5.03 At the time e~f joining the Task Force as a Partner Against Drugs, the Governmental Unit
shall indicate to the Task Force in writing that it is not requesting to join as a Member but as a
Partner Against Drugs.
5.04 A Partner Against Drugs may appoint a representative and an alternative representative to
attend the meetings of the Governing Board but such representative (or alternate) shall be
without voting power, shall not be eligible to serve as the Executive Director or Task Force
Commander and shall not be counted for quorum purposes.
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5.05 The Governing Board may establish the charges to be paid by Partners Against Drugs and
for that purpose it may classify Partners Against Drugs in accordance with their varying
circumstances.
5.06 Change in Status. A Partner Against Drugs may apply for membership status and
become a regular Member of the Task Force.
5.07 Withdrawal A Partner Against Drugs may discontinue its association with the Task
Force at any time by giving written notice of withdrawal to the Executive Director of the Task
Force. No refund vain be made by the Task Force of the annual contribution paid by the
withdrawing Partner Against Drugs.
SECTION VI
BUDGET AND FINANCE
6.01 Financial Records. The Task Force Commander must work with the Governing Board's
fiscal agent to maintain the Task Force's financial records. The financial records must detail the
Task Force's income and expenditures. They must be available for review at any time by the
Task Force Member:>.
6.02 Budget. By December 15th of each year, the Task Force Commander shall prepare a
budget for the following calendar year to be adopted by the Governing Board. The Governing
Board may amend the budget from time to time. Each Member shall have a line item in its own
budget dedicated to the Task Force.
6.03 Funding. The Members intend to fund the Task Force through federal and state grants
that are administered by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and annual contributions
paid by each Member and the Partners Against Drugs. Assets seized and forfeited through
lawful channels by the Task Force shall become Task Force assets and may be used as
supplemental funding for Task Force operations and expenses. The Governing Board shall
establish the contribution amount for each Member and Partner Against Drugs. In the event that
the Governing Boal•d is going to change a contribution amount for a particular Member or
Partner Against Drugs, it shall provide that Member or Partner Against Drugs with notice in a
sufficient amount of time so that the Member or Partner Against Drugs' council or board is able
to include the changE; in its Task Force contribution amount in its budget for the next year.
6.04 Accounting. All Task Force funds shall be accounted for according to generally
accepted accounting principles. A report on all receipts and disbursements shall be forwarded by
the Task Force Commander to the Governing Board monthly and on an annual basis. All
expenditures of the Task Force must be approved by the Governing Board.
6.05 Grant Requirements. The Task Force shall comply with all reporting requirements that
are required for any grants that it receives.
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SECTION VII
OPERATIONS
7.01 Task Force Investigators. The Task Force shall be composed of the Task Force
Commander and a certain number of Task Force investigators, who are licensed peace officers
which are employed and compensated by the Members' law enforcement agencies but shall
devote 100 percent of their time to Task Force operations. The Task Force investigators shall
work on behalf of the Task Force by gathering and acting on information and investigating
specific cases related to felony level drug distribution in the Task Force Members' and Partners
Against Drugs' juri~;dictions. The Task Force Commander and Task Force investigators also
may assist Members and Partners Against Drugs' law enforcement agencies in investigations,
provide Members and Partners Against Drugs' law enforcement agencies with technical advice
and support, and provide needed equipment to Members and Partners Against Drugs, if
available. The number of Task Force investigators shall be determined from time to time by the
Governing Board. Task Force investigators shall have discretionary powers of arrest in all
Members and Partners Against Drugs' jurisdictions, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section
471.59, subdivision 12.
7.02 Reimbursement for Assignment of Task Force Investigators. The Task Force
Commander and the Task Force investigators shall be employed and compensated by the
Members' law enforcement agencies. The Task Force shall reimburse Members who assign their
officers to the Task Force a certain rate as set by the Governing Board from time to time.
7.03 Assignment of a Task Force Investigator. A Task Force investigator's assignment to
the Task Force shall be considered a privilege. If any investigator is not performing at an
acceptable level, or violates the Task Force's policies or procedures, the Task Force Commander
shall have the authority to send the investigator back to his or her agency for the remainder of his
or her shift. The Task Force Commander must then contact the investigator's supervisor or chief
law enforcement off cer regarding the issue. The Task Force Member, as the investigator's
employer is responsible for taking any disciplinary action or making any change in assignment
that it decides is appropriate. Any change to an investigator's assignment to the Task Force must
be approved by the Governing Board.
7.04 Location of the Task Force. Task Force investigators shall be located at the SCALE
Regional Public Safety Training Facility. The Task Force investigators' daily Task Force
activities will be supervised and coordinated by the Task Force Commander. All Task Force
equipment, information and records shall be stored at the SCALE Regional Public Safety
Training Facility.
7.05 Information and Records. The Task Force Commander shall be responsible for
maintaining an intelligence database for the Task Force. This database should contain
information relevant to a suspect's personal information and any alleged criminal activity. Task
Force investigators ~>hall be responsible for promptly entering relevant intelligence information
into the Task Force intelligence database. Task Force investigators shall also be responsible for
maintaining their ovm informant usage and reliability records at the direction of the Task Force
Commander. The Task Force Commander shall also maintain a statistical recordkeeping system
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that contains inforl~lation relevant to all Task Force arrests, property seizures, controlled
substance seizures and forfeitures. Task Force investigators must timely file all required Task
Force reports, documents and other administrative and case work with the Task Force
Commander.
7.06 Task Force Investigator Training. Task Force investigators assigned to investigate
narcotics violations are encouraged to obtain training in the following areas prior to assignment
or as soon as reasonably practical thereafter: i) search warrants/entries/raid planning and
execution; ii) civil process/forfeiture procedures; iii) evidence
collection/testing/handling/packaging/documentation; iv) surveillance techniques/counter
surveillance awareness; v) electronic surveillance device usage/capabilities/limitations; vi)
formal complaints/charging; vii) covert operations/plainclothes/undercover operations; viii)
interview/interrogation/statements; xi) crime scene management; and x) investigative strategies.
SECTION VIII
EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY
8.01 Property. All individually owned property brought by a Member or Partner Against
Drugs into the Task Force shall remain the property of that entity. Any property purchased by
the Task Force shall remain the property of the Task Force. In the event the Task Force is
disbanded, the remaining property owned by Task Force shall be distributed equally to the
current Members of the Task Force.
8.02 Equipment :Damage. Each Member or Partner Against Drugs shall be responsible for
damage to or loss of its own equipment occurring during Task Force operations. Each Member
or Partner Against Drugs waives the right to sue the Task Force and any other member or Partner
Against Drugs for any damages to or loss of its equipment, even if the damages or losses were
caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other Member or Partner Against Drugs or
their officers, employees or agents.
8.03 Vehicles and Equipment. Members shall provide employees that are assigned to the
Task Force with a weapon and a cell phone. The Task Force may issue additional equipment to
its personnel as necessary. The Task Force shall provide all assigned employees with a Task
Force-owned vehiclf;, which will be maintained and insured by the Task Force. Members shall
be responsible for providing fuel for the vehicles.
8.04 Forfeitures. Assets seized and forfeited through lawful channels by the Task Force will
be Task Force assets and will be used as supplemental funding for Task Force operations.
Forfeited funds, once cleared by the district court will be distributed by the Task Force according
to Minnesota Statutes. The Task Force's portion of these funds will be used by the Task Force to
offset any of the matching funds budgeted items. These funds will also be used by the Task
Force in conjunction. with local match dollars to continue Task Force operations should the grant
amount be reduced or the grant is denied. The Task Force Commander, in conjunction with the
Task Force fiscal agent, is responsible for keeping all financial records relating to the
disbursement of forfeitures. Forfeited items such as jewelry, vehicles, or real estate may be sold
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or disposed of by thf; Task Force in a manner permitted by law. All firearms seized by the Task
Force must be first offered to Members for law enforcement use. The remaining firearms will be
destroyed if they are deemed unusable by the Task Force.
SECTION IX
EMPLOYEES
9.01 Workers' Compensation. Each Member and Partner Against Drugs shall be responsible
for injuries to or death of its own employees in conjunction with services provided pursuant to
the Agreement. Each Member shall maintain workers' compensation coverage or self-insurance
coverage, covering its own personnel while they are assigned to the Task Force. Each Member
waives the right to sue any other party for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its own
employee or their dependents, even if the injuries were caused wholly or partially by the
negligence of any other Member or Partner Against Drugs or its officers, employees or agents.
9.02 Governing Board directors, the Executive Director, the Task Force Commander and all
Task Force investigators shall remain employees of the Member that has assigned them to the
Task Force and shall. be compensated by that Member, not the Task Force. Appointments of the
Executive Director and the Task Force Commander shall require the concurrence of the
employing Member's chief law enforcement officer.
SECTION X
INDEMNIFICATION
10.01 The Task Farce shall be considered a separate and distinct public entity to which the
Members and the Partners Against Drugs have transferred all responsibility and control for
actions taken pursuant to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, actions by the
members and Partners Against Drugs pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be and shall be
construed as a "cooperative activity" and it is the intent of the Members and the Partners Against
Drugs that they shal_~ be deemed a "single governmental unit" for the purposes of liability, as set
forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59, subdivision la (a); provided further that for purposes
of that statute, each Member and Partner Against Drugs expressly declines responsibility for the
acts or omissions of the other party. The Members and Partners Against Drugs are not liable for
the acts or omissions of the other Members and Partners Against Drugs except to the extent to
which they have agreed in writing to be responsible.
10.02 The Task Force shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Members and Partners
Against Drugs against all claims, losses, liabilities, suits, judgments, costs and expenses arising
out of action or inaction of the Governing Board, its directors, the Executive Director, the Task
Force Commander and other employees or agents of the Task Force pursuant to this Agreement.
The Task Force shall defend and indemnify the employees of any Member acting pursuant to the
Agreement except nor any act or omission for which the Member's employee is guilty of
malfeasance, willful neglect of duty or bad faith. This Agreement to defend and indemnify does
not constitute a waiver by the Task Force or any Member or Partner Against Drugs of the
limitations on liabili~~:y provided by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 466.
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SECTION XI
DURATION, DISSOLUTION OF THE AGREEMENT
11.01 Dissolution. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless a majority of the
Members' governing bodies vote in favor of dissolution, if dissolution is necessitated by
operation of law as a, result of a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, or when a majority
of remaining Members agree to terminate the Agreement upon a date certain.
11.02 Withdrawal.. Any Member may terminate its participation in this Agreement upon 30
days' written notice to the Governing Board. No refund will be made by the Task Force of the
annual contribution paid by the withdrawing Member. All rights to Task Force funds and assets
are relinquished by the Member upon withdrawal. Withdrawal by any Member shall not
terminate this Agreement with respect to any parties who have not withdrawn. Withdrawal shall
not discharge any l~.ability incurred by any Member prior to withdrawal. Such liability shall
continue until discharged by law or agreement.
11.03 Effect of Termination. Termination of this Agreement shall not discharge any liability
incurred by the Task Force or by the Members during the term of this Agreement. Upon
termination of this Agreement and after payment of all outstanding obligations, property,
equipment or surplus money held by the Task Force shall be disbursed as follows:
A. All individually-owned property and equipment brought into the Task Force by a
Member remains the property of that Member, even if the Member is no longer a
Member of the Task Force; and
B. Any remaining property, equipment and any surplus money owned by the Task
Force shall be distributed equally to the current Members.
SECTION XII
AMENDMENT
12.01 Modification. This Agreement sets forth all understandings of the Members and
Partners Against Drugs. All prior agreements, understandings, representations whether
consistent or inconsistent, verbal or written, concerning this Agreement, are merged into and
superseded by this written Agreement. No modification or amendment to the Agreement shall
be binding on any 1~/Iember or Partner Against Drugs unless each Member and Partner Against
Drugs agrees in writing to the proposed change or amendment.
12.02 Submittal. .Any Member or Partner Against Drugs wishing to submit an amendment to
this Agreement shall do so by submitting a written proposal to the Governing Board at a
regularly scheduled or special meeting. The Governing Board shall forward the proposed
amendment, with a recommendation, to each Member and Partners Against Drugs within 90
days of receipt of the proposed amendment.
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12.03 Response to Proposed Amendment. Each Member and Partner Against Drugs shall
respond to a propos~;d amendment within 60 days of receipt from the Governing Board. If no
response is received from any member, the amendment is deemed to be rejected.
SECTION XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.01 Data Practices. The Members and Partners Against Drugs agree to comply with the
Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as it applies to all
data created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained or disseminated by the Task Force. If
a Member or a Partner Against Drugs receives a request to release the data referred to in this
section, it must immediately notify the Task Force Commander. The Task Force Commander
will give the Member or Partner Against Drugs who has received the data request instructions
concerning the release of the data to the requester before the data is released.
13.02 Audit. The books, records and documents relevant to this Agreement are subject to audit
by the Members, the Partners Against Drugs and the State of Minnesota at reasonable times upon
written notice.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Governmental Unit has caused this Agreement to
be signed and delivea~ed on its behalf.
(Name of Governmental Unit)
By:
Its:
By:
Its:
Dated: , 20_
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