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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD07636 BILL NO. ® INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN: Scrivner ORDINANCE NO. qG3 G AN ORDINANCE BY WHICH THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI CONTRACTS 'WITH THE CITIES OF COLUMBIA, MEXICO, FULTON AND MOBERLY, ALL IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, SUBJECT TO THE ACCEPTANCE PROVISION HEREIN, FOR THE OPERATION AND INTERCHANGE OF SERVICES OF THE RESPECTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF SAID CITIES IN CASE OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR WHEN NECESSARY FOR CONTROL OF LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN SUCH COMMUNITIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION ONE: Subject to the acceptance provision contained in Section Three hereof, the City of Jefferson, Missouri contracts with the cities of Columbia, Mexico, Fulton and Moberly, all in the State of Missouri, to create a pool of police equipment and police personnel from the respective police departments of the contracting cities and to set up with said cities a plan of mutual assistance in case of serious emergency in any of such cities or in cases when by reason of some special event or attraction, large crowds of people and numerous motor vehicles are expected in any of such cities; said contract to be by authority of the constitution of Missouri, Article VI Section 16 and Section 70. 210 through 70. 325, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, and in accordance with the opinion of the Attorney General of Missouri No. 258, dated November 4, 1963, and to be words and figures as follows: "CONTRACT" "THIS AGREEMENT, made by and between the cities of Columbia, Mexico, Fulton, Moberly and Jefferson City, all in the State. of Missouri, by ordinances duly enacted by said cities, witnesseth: ® "1. In consideration of the mutual benefits and objectives herein- after stated and the services to be performed for one another by the said respective cities, as stated herein, it is agreed between said cities as follows: "(a) A joint police department committee consisting of one member from each of said cities, which member shall be the Chief of the Police Department of the city which he represents, shall be created, and the said committee is directed to make a survey of the Police Departments of all of said cities and to arrange a pool of such police equipment and per- sonnel as could safely be spared by each of said departments for responding to a call from any of said cities for assistance in case a major disorder or disaster should occur therein. "(b) The joint committee shall set up a plan of mutual assistance among the cities and shall correlate their police facilities for the purpose of mutualsafety. In the event of a call for assistance from any of said cities, the Police Departments of all of the other cities of said group shall be alerted to respond to such call if needed and they shall remain on such alert until the emergency shall have ended. "(c) The police equipment and personnel contributed by each of the member cities to the said pool for such mutual assistance shall be ® stationed in the city contributing such equipment and personnel and the Chief of the Police Department in each of the member cities shall be the judge of whether any part of his equipment and personnel can safely be spared by his city under the circumstances existing at the time of any such call for assis- tance. "(d) The joint committee shall prescribe such rules and regula- tions as are necessary and incidental to the efficient operation of such plan of mutual assistance and shall set up minimum requirements and standards of maintenance of police equipment and personnel of each of the contracting cities, and if any city of said group should fail to maintain its police equip- ment and personnel up to the minimum requirements and standards fixed by the joint committee, said committee shall give to the delinquent city notice, in writing, to bring said equipment and personnel up to the required standards, and on failure of the city so notified to comply with such requirements within six (6) months following the date of such notice, the joint committee may eliminate such city from the mutual assistance group until such time as re- quirements and standards have been met. "(e) In case of loss or damage to the police equipment of any of the contracting cities while responding to the call for assistance to any other city pursuant to this agreement, such loss or damage shall be borne by the city owning and operating such equipment. "2. In addition to the provisions above set forth, any one of the member cities may require the assistance of one or more members of the Police Department of the member cities to aid with special occurrences or events in any such member city which are likely to attract large crowds of persons and motor vehicles. The Chief of the Police Department of the city from whom such request is made shall determine the number of police officers that can be spared to aid with such crowd control and such member so desig- nated by the Chief of Police shall be considered as on duty with his own department during the period of time that they are assisting in the other city. Each city requesting such additional police officer assistance agrees that it will designate such officer so detailed as auxiliary members of their own department during the period of time that they are on such duty and all such officers while so serving shall be considered with all the rights, authorities ® and privileges accorded members of the Police Department in the cities in which they are then assisting. 3. The term of this contract shall be for a period of five (5) years from the date of its going into effect as provided in the ordinance from which this contract is authorized. " SECTION TWO: The Chief of the Police Department of the City of Jefferson, Missouri is hereby appointed a member of the joint police department com- mittee provided for in the foregoing contract and he is authorized further to send such police equipment and personnel of the City of Jefferson as, in his judgment, can safely be spared from the City of Jefferson at the time and under the circumstances specified under the terms of paragraphs 1 and 2 of said contract above set forth, when any other member city should call for assistance by the Police Department of the City of Jefferson. SECTION THREE: This ordinance shall be in effect from the time of its passage, and the contract authorized herein shall be in effect as soon as an -2- ' 1 Y ordinance similar to this ordinance and making a like contract with the City of Jefferson, Missouri, shall have been duly enacted by each of the other cities set forth in the title of this ordinance. SECTION FOUR: Upon passage of this ordinance the City Clerk of the City of Jefferson, Missouri shall mail a duly certified copy of this ordinance to the Clerk of each of the cities of Columbia, Mexico, Fulton and Moberly. _ , r Passed• ,_ Approved: J P esident of Counc 1 Mayor Attest: City Clerk -3-