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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5K - Tri-City Tactical Team AGENDA ITEM: DISCUSSION: FINANCIAL IMPACT: ALTERNATIVES: RECOMMENDED MOTION: REVIEWED BY: CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT OCTOBER 18, 2004 5K BILL O'ROURKE, CIllEF OF POLICE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF PRIOR LAKE, SAVAGE, AND SHAKOPEE FOR THE USE OF POLICE PERSONNEL AND EQillPMENT FOR THE TRI-CITY TACTICAL TEAM Historv: The cities of Prior Lake, Savage and Shakopee formed the Tri- City Special Response Team (SRT) for the purpose of resolving high- risk situations peacefully through the use of negotiations and specialized tactics by adoption and amendment of a mutual aid agreement (see previous agenda item). The SRT consists of specially trained and equipped personnel and could be called in to handle such high-risk warrants, drug raids, barricaded subjects, and hostage situations. This agenda item requests Council approval of an agreement which addresses who owns the specialized equipment which will be purchased by the SRT. Current Circumstances: The proposed joint and cooperative agreement for the use of police personnel and equipment for the Tri-City SR T has been approved by all the city administrators and police chiefs of the respective agencies involved. The agreement is intended to clarify ownership of the equipment and property that is needed for the team. Specifically, the agreement states that all the individually owned property brought into the Tri-City SRT remains the property of the municipality which acquired it, and that any property purchased by the Tri-City SRT will remain the property of the SRT. In the unlikely event that the Tri-City SRT was to be disbanded, the remaining equipment or proceeds therefrom would be distributed equally. The funding of the supplies and equipment necessary to support the functioning of the Tri-City Special Response Team would continue to be requested and approved as part of the normal budget process. (1) Approve the joint and cooperative agreement. (2) Take no action and provide staff with direction. 16200 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (952) 447-4230 / Fax (952) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF POLICE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRI-CITY TACTICAL TEAM This Agreement, dated this _ day of , 2004, is made and entered by and between the Cities of Prior Lake, Savage and Shakopee, Minnesota. WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement are members of the Tri-City Tactical Team, established in 2002, for the purpose of resolving high-risk situations peacefully through the use of negotiations and specialized tactics, within the three cities and throughout the county. The Tri-City Tactical Team consists of specially trained and equipped personnel. Some of the high-risk incidents or threatening situations that the Tri-City Tactical Team may be asked to respond to include: . Barricaded subj ects . Hostage situations . High-risk warrants . Drug raids WHEREAS, the parties desire to create an Agreement for ownership and distribution of equipment used and maintained by the Tri-City Tactical Team. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows: 1. All individually-owned property brought into the Tri-City Tactical Team remains the property of the original agency, and; 2. Any property purchased by the Tri-City Tactical Team will remain the property of the Tri-City Tactical Team, and further, should the Tri-City Tactical Team be disbanded, the remaining equipment will be distributed equally to the parties of this Agreement. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Joint and Cooperative Agreement, as of the date and year last signed below. CITY OF SHAKOPEE By: John J. Schmitt, Mayor Mark McNeil, City Administrator Dan Hughes, Chief of Police Dated: Approved as to form: , 2004 James J. Thomsen, Jr., City Attorney CITY OF PRIOR LAKE By: Jack Haugen, Mayor Frank Boyles, City Manager Bill O'Rourke, Chief of Police Dated: , 2004 Approved as to form: Suesan Pace, City Attorney CITY OF SAVAGE By: Tom Brennan, Mayor Barry Stock, City Administrator Gordon Vlasak, Chief of Police Dated: Approved as to form: , 2004 David Keller, City Attorney