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Home My Public Portal Aboutr 10-219 2Rezolution of tlp~ 7jorolJ5Q of QIuderet, ~+ JJ+ 10- ;119 D"e of Adop';oouSeptau:Ec9, a1l0 No. AUTHORIZING THE 1\1A YOR TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT BET\VEEN MIDDLESEX AND THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET FOR THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT BE IT RESOLVED, by the Ivlayor and Council of the Borough of CarteIct that the Mayor and the appropriate Borough Officials are hereby aQthorized to execute an agreement with Middlesex County for the Automatic License Plate Recognition System Homeland Security Grant. Adopted this 9th day of September, 2010 and ce11ified as a true copy of the original on September 10,2010. KATHLEEN M, BARNEY, MMC Municipal Clerk 'I II II I, I Adopted " " mee,;ng of ,he Mun;c;pal Council RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE YES NO N\' A,B. COUNCIUIAN KRUfl NAPLES S ITARZ YES NO NV A,B. COUNCILMAN' BELLINO DLAZ 01' f~\SCIO X-Indicate Vote AB-Absent NV NotVoting XOR - Indicates VOle to Overrule Veto Ronald G. Rios Deputy Director Mildred S, Scott Chajrperson. Commiltee of Law & Public Safety Christopher D. Rafano Freeholder Director Carol Barrett Stephen J. Dalina H. James Polos Mildred S, Scott Blanquita B. Valenti Freeholders John A. Pulomena County Administrator COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 75 BAYARD STREET, SECOND FLOOR NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901 Thomas F. Kelso County Counsel 732-745-3228 FAX 732-745-4539 August 20,2010 BOROUGH OF CARTERET Hon, Daniel J, Reiman, Mayor Borough of Carteret 61 Cooke Avenue Carteret, New Jersey 07108-3046 AUG 2 3 2010 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Re: Automatic License Plate Recognition System Homeland Security Grant Dear Mayor Reiman: In regard to the above captioned maller, please find enclosed an original and three (3) copies of an Agreement between the County of Middlesex and your municipality, PI,,3se be advised that Robert Merkler of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Offir,e has been in touch with your ChieflDirector informing them of the 3v3ibbilit/ of this grant. Please review this Agreement, have it executed by the appropriate partie;:; and then relum the Agreement to the Proseclltor's Office in care of Mr. Merkler. along with a certified copy of the Municipal Resolution authorizing approval of same, Once all of the appropriate documentation is received, a resolution will be submilled to the Board of Chosen Freeholders for approval. I hope that all is found to be in order, If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, //--' ,/ /" EMAcal Enclosures \/~7fru'y yOy/is, l/~ EHle ivl, 4.:.6Nowrrz. ESQ r-'Irs! Dep~'Collntv Counsel / ! ~IDrj ((,,1: 6' 'bib cc: Robert 1(, Merki,)r, Administrator ,- ProsGcutor's Office (wienc) Middlesex COllnty... "The Greatest COl/1l1y ill the Lalld" , THIS AGREEMENT, dated the i COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX (hereinafter lof CARTERET (hereinafter "MUNICIPALITY"); I I I I day of "COUNTY") and ,2010 between the the BOROUGH WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Middlesex County Prosecutor has received funds in 2010 and may receive additional funds in the future from the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (OHS&P) for the purpose of purchasing an Automatic License Plate Recognition System (ALPRS), which provides law enforcement personnel the capability Ito read license plates and check those license plates against numerous data bases to lidentify individuals who may be wanted by other law enforcement agencies and vehicles which have been used in criminal activities; and WHEREAS, the COUNTY wishes to purchase said ALPRS and distribute Ithem to municipalities which are the home of recognized transportation sector and/or rommercial asset sector sites, as determined by OHS&P; and WHEREAS, the MUNICIPALITY has agreed to accept said ALPRS under the terms and conditions contained herein; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the COUNTY and MUNICIPALITY do mutually agree as I follows: ! 1, The COUNTY shall purchase the ALPRS through the use of OHS&P grant funds, 2, The COUNTY Prosecutor, in his sole discretion, shall determine the number of ALPRS to be provided to the MUNICIPALITY, The ALPRS shall be used exclusively for the provision of security and surveillance around the transportation sector and/or Commercial Asset Sector sites as designated by OHS&P in their Critical Infrastructure Criteria Matrix dated 6/23/10, 3, The COUNTY shall, at its sole cost and expense be responsible for the following: a, Set up and initialization of the ALPRS; b, Providing one (1) training session at a location to be determined by the County Prosecutor, on utilization of the system; , c, Maintenance of the system for year two (2) and subject to the availability of funds, year three (3); d, Providing the requisite number of concurrent user licenses during year two (2) and subject to availability of funds, year three (3); and e, Providing the necessary server and periodic uploads from the NCIC system (via the New Jersey State Police), as well as necessary data storage capacity, 4, The MUNICIPALITY shall, at its sole cost and expense, be responsible for the following: a, Providing, at a minimum, one (1) police vehicle with existing wireless MDT capability; b, Repair and maintenance of the ALPRS as well as any concurrent user license costs beyond the third year; c, Designating a minimum of one police officer to attend the training to be provided by the County Prosecutor; and d, Requiring the vehicle(s) which are equipped with the ALPRS to be deployed on a regular basis to patrol the designated transportation sector and/or commercial asset sector sites within the MUNICIPALITY, e, When appropriate, making the ALPRS available to other law enforcement agencies via mutual aid requests, 5, The MUNICIPALITY shall save, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the County Prosecutor, the COUNTY and/or its elected officials, officers and employees from any and all damages or claims for damages to persons or property which may result from the use of the ALPRS provided pursuant to this Agreement. 6, The Agreement represents the entire understanding of the parties, It shall not be amended, except through written amendment approved by the respective governing bodies, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by its proper officers and have their proper corporate seal affixed, the day and year first written above, ATTEST: BOROUGH OF CARTERET ~/z /, 2. /, A. c:J v*V1 ,~/,.,./// . . ai,cte/</,~ ,<Y(UL{-/~~...~- L."../-j. q! ~ KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, Clerk eJ ~~" REIMAN, Mayor ATTEST: I ! I I'MARGARET E. PEMBERTON, Clerk IBoard of Chosen Freeholders I COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX CHRISTOPHER D. RAFANO, Director Board of Chosen Freeholders