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HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 61-174RESOLUTION NO. 61 -174 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR THE HOS- PITALIZATION OF CITY JAIL PRISONERS IN THE JAIL WARD OF THE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL WHEREAS, there are confined in the County Jail facili- ties, from time to time, prisoners who require medical or surgical treatment cannot be furnished or supplied in the County Jail fac- ilities, and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of transferring such prisoners to the Jail Ward of the General Hospital of the County for such medical or surgical treatment requiring hospitalization, and WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles is willing to furnish the necessary medical, surgical and hospital treatment subject to an agreement being entered into in regard thereto, NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Temple City does resolve as follows: SECTION 1. The Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of Temple City be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Temple City that certain agreement between the County of Los Angeles and the City of Temple City, which agreement is attached to thls Resolution, marked Exhibit "a" and made a part of this Resolution as though set forth in full. ATTEST: APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of November, 1961. ayor of the City o Temple City, J ALS C .�- d California Clerk of the City of Temp e City, California. 210 A G R E E M E N T THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 13th day of November, 1961, by and between the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, hereinafter called "County" and the CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, hereinafter called "City" W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, there may be confined in the County of Los Angeles jail facilities prisoners of the City of Temple City who may require medical or surgical treat- ment necessitating hospitalization, which treatment cannot be furnished or supplied at the particular County jail facility, which shall hereinafter be re- ferred to as "the City Jail," and WHEREAS, the City is desirous of transferring such prisoners to the jail ward of the General Hospi- tal of the County for such medical or surgical treat- ment requiring hospitalization, and WHEREAS, the jailer of the Los Angeles County Jail acts as the jailer of the City of Temple City and wherever the jailer of the City is referred to it shall be deemed to refer to the Jailer of the County of Los Angeles, and 1 211 WHEREAS, the County is willing to furnish the necessary medical, surgical and hospital treatment subject to the covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the prem- ises and of the covenants and conditions hereinafter contained to be kept and performed by the respective parties, it is agreed as follows: 1. 1. The Jailer of the County Jail Facility in which any prisoner of the City of Temple City shall be located may transfer or cause to be trans- ferred from the City Jail to the jail ward of the General Hospital of the County any and all persons confined in the jail of said City who may be in need of medical or surgical treatment necessitating hos- pitalization and in- patient treatment. Such trans- fers shall be made pursuant to an order of the Super- ior Court for the removal of such prisoners from the jail of said City to the County Hospital. In the event that any such prisoner is in need of immediate medical or hospital care and the health and welfare of the prisoner will be injuriously affected unless he is forthwith removed to a hospital, the jailer of said City may authorize the immediate removal of the 2 212 prisoner under guard to the County Hospital without first obtaining a court order. In any such case if the condition of the prisoner prevernts his return to the City Jail within forty -eight (48) hours from the time of his removal, the jailer of said City shall apply to a judge of the Superior Court for an order authorizing the continued absence of the prisoner from the City Jail. 2. The County agrees to accept such in- patient prisoners pursuant to orders of the Super- ior Court and in emergency cases pending application for Superior Court order within forty -eight (48) hours by the jailer of the City, and to confine them to the jail ward of its General Hospital and to ren- der to such in- patient prisoners whatever medical care or surgical treatment and hospital care may be necessary, provided, however, that in each instance where in the opinion of the attending physicial temporary confinement elsewhere in the County Hos- pital is essential for the health and welfare of an in- patient prisoner, the prisoner may be so con- fined temporarily in the custody of the Sheriff upon the authorization of the Director of the hos- pital or his authorized representative. 3. The City will pay the County for all med,i- 3 213 cal, surgical and hospital services furnished such in- patients at the rate per person per day which is determined from time to time by the Board of Super- visors, based upon the cost of furnishing such medi- cal, surgical and hospital care. 4. The City will pay the County for all medi- cal, surgical and hospital services furnished to pri- soners transferred to the County Hospital from County Jail when such prisoners are charged with or convicted of violation of a City ordinance of said City and held in the County Jail pursuant to a contract between the County and the City. 5. Claims for all such medical, surgical and hospital services shall be rendered monthly by the County to the City and the City agrees to pay such claims within thirty (30) days from the date of re- ceipt thereof. 6. This agreement shall continue in full force and effect for the term of five (5) years from the date hereof, provided, however, that either of the parties hereto may cancel and terminate this agreement by giving the other ninety (90) days written notice of such cancellation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this 4 214 agreement to be executed by its Mayor and attested by its City Clerk and the County has caused the same to be executed by the Chairman of its Board of Supervi- sors on the day and year first above written. ATTEST: ATTEST: Clerk of the Board of Supervisors APPROVED AS TO FORM: HAROLD W. KENNEDY, County Counsel By Deputy CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFOR- NIA ,Zji.. Mayor COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES By 5 Chairman BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 215