HomeMy Public PortalAbout001-2022 - Interlocal Emergency Communications - 911• I 01.11.2022 DRAFT JNTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SHARING OF COSTS FOR
AN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ("Agreement") is entered into this 4th day
of April 2022, to be effe tive as of January O I, 2022, by and between WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA (hereinafter "County") and the CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA (hereinafter "City"). WITNESS ETH: WHEREAS, County and City currently operate a joint Combined Dispatch and 911 Public Safety
Answering Point (hereinafter "PSAP") to which and from which all emergency communications within
Wayne County, Indiana, are centrally directed and dispatched; and WHEREAS, County and City desire share the costs for the PSAP and to provide for its joint
management by the creation of a joint executive committee and joint board, each consisting of
representatives from County and City, to govern the operations of the PSAP. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following terms and conditions, including the
above-stated recitals, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.County and City hereby create a joint department known as the "Wayne County Emergency
Communications Department" (hereinafter "WCECD") which shall operate the PSAP.
2.County and City hereby create a joint committee known as the "Policy/Executive Conunittee"
which shall establish policies for, and provide oversight oC the WCECD.
3.The six (6) members of the Policy/Executive Committee shall be the Mayor of City, each Member
of the Board of County Commissioners, the President of City Common Council, or his/her
designee, and the President of County Council, or his/her designee.
4.County and City hereby create a joint board known as the "Operations Board" which shall, in
cooperation with the Director, establish and implement operational policies and procedures for
the WCECD. Personnel policies of the WCECD shall be consistent with those contained in the
Wayne County Employee Handbook, except as to those deviations therefrom that shall have been
approved by the County Council and/or County Commissioners, as applicable.
5.The seven (7) members of the Operations Board shall be the Sheriff of County, the Police Chief
of City, the Fire Chief of City, one (I) Fire Chief of a Unit within County appointed by the
President of the County Fire Association Board, one (I) police chief or law enforcement officer
of a Unit within County appointed by the Board of County Commissioners on the
recommendation of the remaining members of the Operations Board, one (I) representative of
emergency medical services within County appointed by the Board of County Commissioners
and the Director of the County Emergency Management Office, or the duly named designees of
each of the above described offices. Each appointed member shall serve for at least one (I) year
but shall not serve more than four ( 4) years unless such extended service shall be reconrn1ended