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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 33225 CITY SECRETARY, r 1 ' CONTRACT NO. STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON § AND WISE In consideration of the mutual covenants,promises and agreements contained herein, this Agreement is made and entered into between the City of Fort Worth, a home rule municipal corporation of the State of Texas, located within Tarrant and Denton Counties, Texas (hereinafter referred to as "City,") acting by and through Joe Paniagua, its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and the Lena Pope Home, Inc., located in Denton and Tarrant County and a legally constituted Independent School District (hereinafter referred to as "Agency,") acting by and through Ted Blevins, its duly authorized Executive Director. RECITALS This Agreement is made under the authority granted to the City and the District pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 791, known as the INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT. WHEREAS,the citizens of Fort Worth, the City Council of Fort Worth, and the District have determined that the security of students is paramount; and WHEREAS,the City of Fort Worth has received funds through the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District; and WHEREAS, the District proposes to provide a School Security Initiative in conjunction with the Fort Worth Police Department; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein expressed,the parties agree as follows: AGREEMENT 1. Agency covenants and agrees to fully cooperate with City in the implementation of this project and both parties agree that during the term of this Agreement there shall be one police officer participating in the School Security Initiative. District agrees to share 50% of all personnel costs incurred by the City in this project, including Base Pay, Salary Increases, Overtime, Longevity Pay, Incentive Pay, Acting Officer Pay, Bilingual Pay, FLSA, Court Attendance Costs, Medicare, Workers Compensation Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Overtime, and Retirement. The officer will be located at the Tarrant County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program. 2. Agency covenants and agrees to fully cooperate with City in the implementation of this project and both parties agree that during the term of this Agreement there shall be one police sergeant participating in the School Security Initiative. District agrees to an apportion share of 9% of all personnel costs incurred by the City in this project, including Base Pay, Salary Increases, Overtime, Longevity Pay, Incentive Pay, Acting Officer Pay, Bilingual Pay, FLSA, Court Attendance Costs, Medicare, Workers Compensation Insurance, Group Health Insurance, Overtime, and Retirement. 3. It is understood and agreed that Agency shall remit funds to the City in a timely manner following receipt of an official invoice. Invoices shall be provided on a quarterly basis. For fiscal year 2005-2006 it is anticipated that reimbursement under this contract shall not exceed $53,000, and shall be based upon actual expenditures made for the officer assigned to the School Security Initiative program. 4. The term of this Agreement is for a period beginning on October 1, 2005 and ending on September 30, 2006. 5. It is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that this Agreement is wholly conditioned upon the actual receipt by City of funds from the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention Agency and that if such funds from the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District are not timely forthcoming, in whole or in part, City may, at its sole discretion, terminate this contract and agreement. 6. This Agreement may be terminated by either party hereto, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, by giving 30 days written notice of termination to the other party. Such written notice shall specify to what extent the work under the Agreement is being terminated and the effective date of the termination. Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such termination, City shall forward to Agency a final invoice for reimbursement to the City for personnel expenditures and Agency shall remit payment in full within sixty (60) days after the date of receipt of such invoice. 7. Agency and City covenant and agree that in the event either party fails to comply with, or breaches, any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, each party shall provide written notice to the other as soon as reasonably possible after the non-breaching party becomes aware of the failure to comply or breach of this Agreement. In the event that the breaching party fails to cure or correct such breaches within a reasonable time following the receipt of notice, such reasonable time not to exceed 45 days, the non-breaching party shall have the right to declare this Agreement terminated,and neither party shall have further responsibility or liability hereunder. 8. Agency and City covenants and agrees to fully cooperate with the other party in monitoring the effectiveness of the services and work to be performed under this Agreement, and City and Agency shall have access at all reasonable hours to offices and records of the other party, its officers, members, agents, employees, and subcontractors for the purpose of such monitoring, such access being subject to the limitations and requirements under the Texas Public Information Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). 9. City is and at all times shall also be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall be wholly responsible for the manner in which it determines which officer is assigned to the School Security Initiative and the way City performs the services required by the term of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be construed as creating the relationship of employer and employee, or principal and agent, between Agency and City or any of City's agents or employees. City assumes exclusive responsibility for the acts of its employees as they relate to the services provided during the course and scope of their employment. City, its agents and employees, shall not be entitled to any rights or privileges of Agency employees and shall not be considered in any manner to be Agency employees. Neither City nor Agency shall be responsible under the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior for the acts and omissions of its officers, member, agents, servants, employees, or officers of the other. 10. City agrees that the police officer shall be assigned by and responsible to the Fort Worth Police Department, but shall work directly with the school principal of the Agency to which they are assigned. Officers shall be assigned to the school Agency and assignments to a particular school shall be made by the commander of the School Security Initiative in conjunction with Agency personnel. Such officer shall have the School Security Initiative as their primary duty, and will not regularly be assigned additional police duties. The City reserves the right, however, to reassign those officers temporarily in the event of an emergency or when other circumstances require an enhanced police presence elsewhere in the city and Agency is not in session. Agency shall provide any radio equipment necessary to allow the assigned officer to communicate with school staff. City shall coordinate assignment and duty hours with Agency. If necessary to handle unplanned absences at schools, officers from units other than the School Security Initiative may be temporarily assigned to provide coverage. City shall not provide replacements for officers who are off of work due to occupational injury; Agency shall continue to pay salary under these circumstances since it is a necessary personnel cost. The Fort Worth Police Department shall maintain emergency response plans for every school within their jurisdiction. These plans shall be kept confidential within the Department for security purposes but meetings shall be held with authorized representatives of the school Agencys to provide relevant information and excerpts from the plan necessary for implementation. The Chief of Police shall designate a commander to be responsible for maintenance and dissemination of these plans. 11. City shall in no way nor under any circumstances be responsible for any property belonging to Agency, its officers, members, agents, employees, subcontractors, program participants, licensees or invitees,which may be lost, stolen, destroyed or in any way damaged. -City agrees to Waive, reieaselindemni4, and hold harm-less. the Agency from an), and all claims-, damages, inj of action, or 1--avASuits Euri-sing out of the -ay-AS or of the assigned mss: 12. City and Agency covenants that neither it nor any of its officers, members, agents, employees, program participants, or subcontractors, while engaged in performing this Agreement shall in connection with the employment, advancement, or discharge of employees, or in connection with the terms, conditions or privileges of their employment, discriminate against persons because of their age, except on the basis of a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement. 13. City and Agency, in the execution, performance or attempted performance of this Agreement, will not discriminate against any person or persons because of sex, race, religion, color or national origin, nor will either party permit its agents, employees, subcontractors or program participants to engage in such discrimination. 14. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if for any reason a clause, sentence, paragraph or other part of this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid by a court or federal or state agency, board or commission having jurisdiction over the subject matter thereof, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions which can be given effect without the invalid provision. 15. The failure of City or Agency to insist upon the performance of any term or provision of this Agreement or to exercise or enforce any right herein conferred, or the waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by either party, shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of either party's right to assert or rely upon any such term or right, or future breach of such provision, on any future occasion. 16. All obligations of each party to the Agreement shall be performed in Denton and/or Tarrant Counties. The laws of the State of Texas shall govern the interpretation,validity, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement. Should any action, whether real or asserted, at law or in equity, arise out of the execution,performance, attempted performance or non- performance of this Agreement, venue for said action shall lie in Tarrant County, Texas. 17. The governing bodies of City and Agency have approved the execution of this Agreement, and the persons signing the Agreement have been duly authorized by the governing bodies of the City and Agency to sign this Agreement on behalf of the governing bodies. 18. Notices to Agency shall be deemed given when delivered in person to the Executive Director of Agency or on the next business day after the mailing of said notice addressed to said Agency by United States mail, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and postage paid at 3131 Sanguinet Street 76107. Notices to City shall be deemed given when delivered in person to the Assistant City Manager for Public Safety of the City or on the next business day after the mailing of said notice addressed to said City by United States mail, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and postage paid at 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. 19. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto,their successors as assigns, and constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties concerning the work and services to be performed under this Agreement. Not other Agreements, oral or written pertaining to the performance of this Agreement exists between the parties. This Agreement can be modified only in writing, signed by both parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in mu iples in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, this�Jjj'-j day of j I L�r�. , A.D. 20 ATTEST: CITY OF FO RTH By: City Secretary Joelqaniu Ass' tart 'ty ager APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 1 1) 1 .or. ct Guth r�Rtion By: �lil(I,4 l^_ l , ,/ , n.C— r __ Assistant City Att rney, for David Yett, City Attorney DALE Date: ATTEST: LENa OPE HOME, INC. By• Ted Blevins Executive Director F----------__ STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTIES OF TARRANT § AND DENTON BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Joe Paniagua, known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the City of Fort Worth and that he executed the same as the act of said City of Fort Worth for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN� UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this (� day of �ti , 2005. Notary Publid in and for the State of Texas 3rIlly rv, KATHY F.DURHAM : = MY COMMISSION EXPIRES � •� January 24,2008 rl i i STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTIES OF TARRANT § AND DENTON BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Ted Blevins, known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that the same was for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, as the act and deed of the Lena Pope Homes, Inc., and in the capacity therein stated as its duly authorized officer or representative. GIVEN TINDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this of 7 day of 2005. l�PP�p4B` VERLYN:GRIFFIN NOTARLIC �hl State s eComm. Exp -2008 OF ' Notary Public in and for the State of Texas F-77-- � _ I Page 1 of 2 City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 9/27/2005 DATE: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 LOG NAME: 35SECURITY REFERENCE NO.: **C-21030 SUBJECT: Authorize Execution of School Security Initiative Contracts for FY2005-06 RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: Authorize the City Manager to execute contracts with the Fort Worth, Keller, Crowley, Eagle Mountain/Saginaw, Northwest, Everman Independent School Districts and Lena Pope Homes to operate the School Security Initiative. DISCUSSION: The Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) budget for FY2005-06 includes funds for the School Security Initiative. Under the program, all operational and equipment funds and one-half of all personnel costs are provided by the CCPD. The City is then reimbursed for one-half of the personnel costs, by the respective school districts. During the terms of these contracts (October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006), the Keller Independent School District will have four officers; Everman and Northwest Independent School Districts will each have one officer; Crowley and Eagle Mountain/Saginaw Independent School District will each have two officers; one sergeant will be assigned to these school districts and costs prorated as appropriate. The Fort Worth Independent School District will have 40 officers, one corporal, three sergeants and one lieutenant; and Lena Pope Homes will have one officer to staff the Tarrant County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program. This is an increase of one sergeant who will be shared by Everman, Northwest, Crowley, Eagle Mountain/Saginaw Independent School Districts and Lena Pope Homes. Payments from the schools for 50% of the actual personnel costs shall be rendered on a quarterly basis. This is a continuation of a program funded by the CCPD. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Finance Director certifies that the Police Department will be responsible for the collection of revenues due to the City under these agreements. TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers GR79 451663 0351000 $2,581,000.00 Submitted for City Manager's Office b,,L: Joe Paniagua (6140) Originating Department Head: Ralph Mendoza (4210) http://www.cfwnet.org/council_packet/Reports/mc_print.asp 3/1/2006 Page 2 of 2 Additional Information Contact: Susan Alanis (4221) http://www.cfwnet.org/council_packet/Reports/mc_print.asp 3/l/2006