HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-89-04 - Resolution - 03/09/1989CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
A RESOLUTION OF THE COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT
OF THE FORMATION OF A CENTRALIZED TASK FORCE TO BE KNOWN AS
THE "BRAZOS COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE."
WHEREAS,
the College Station City Council has a deep
concern over the incidence of illegal substance
abuse in the community; and
WHEREAS,
the City of College Station has joined with the
City of Bryan, Brazos County, and local school
districts to create a joint war-on-drugs committee
charged to investigate and evaluate the effect
of drug abuse upon the local area; and
WHEREAS,
said Bryan-College Station War-on-Drugs Committee
has been assigned the responsibility of
formulating options to address community needs,
to prioritize and report its recommendations,
and to advise the city council on proposed
plans of action; and
WHEREAS, the War-on-Drugs Committee has recommended that a
WHEREAS,
centralized task force be formed to provide
more effective utilization of combined local
local resources and to enhance the enforcement of
drug laws within Brazos County; and
the City Council desires to act on the
recommendation of the War-on-Drugs Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the
City of College Station.
THAT th.e College Station .Chlef of Police ~s hereby
author?zed to execute an ~nteragenuy agreement for the
formation of a BRAZOS COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE in
recognition that this unified approach to fighting crime
w~ll 1ncrease productivity through the free exchange of
information, efficient distribution of manpower, and
increased availability to a greater amount of equipment;
THAT the amount of $13,060.33, which will be College
Station's share of the Task Force Budget FY '89, shall be
funded from the College Station General Fund Contingency.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9TH DAY OF MARCH, 1989. -.~':~;
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BRAZOS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR JAIL
SERVICE ASSISTANCE
This agreement, made and executed this ~.2~day of ~F~.~ ,
1989, by and between the CITY OF BRYAN, a Texas Home Rule Munici-
pality, hereinafter referred to as "BRYAN," and the CITY OF COL-
LEGE STATION, hereinafter referred to as "COLLEGE STATION", pro-
viding as follows:
Section 1. INTERGOVERNMENTAL JAIL SERVICE AND ASSISTANCE.
This agreement for "Intergovernmental Jail Service and Assis-
tance'' is executed pursuant to Article 4413 (32c), Texas Vernon's
Ann. Civ. Stat., Intergovernmental Cooperative Act.
Section 2. PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT. It is recognized that the
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION has a jail facility capable of handling
25 inmates. It is also recognized that the CITY OF BRYAN needs
to find a facility to temporarily house individuals arrested for
Class C misdemeanors.
Section 3. AUTHORIZATION. Intergovernmental jail service
may be provided by and between home rule municipalities when such
agreements would best serve the interests of each municipality
and its residents.
Section 4. USE OF COLLEGE STATION JAIL.
a) COLLEGE STATION hereby authorizes BRYAN to deliver to
COLLEGE STATION its prisoners charged with Class C misdemeanors
for safekeeping until such prisoners can be brought before a CITY
OF BRYAN Municipal Court Judge. It is agreed by the parties that
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the extent of the responsibility of COLLEGE STATION shall be for
safekeeping, housing and feeding of such prisoners placed in its
custody. BRYAN shall be solely responsible for the delivery of,
accounting for and release of its prisoners placed in with COL-
LEGE STATION for incarceration.
b) Upon delivery of a BRYAN prisoner, it shall be the deci-
sion of COLLEGE STATION as to whether COLLEGE STATION will accept
any prisoner for incarceration. It is agreed that BRYAN shall
exercise its best efforts to assure that no ill, physically or
mentally, or injured BRYAN prisoner is presented for incarcera-
tion at the COLLEGE STATION jail facility.
c) In the event that any BRYAN prisoner is determined to be
ill, injured or otherwise in need of medical attention, COLLEGE
STATION shall notify BRYAN to deliver said prisoner to St.
Joseph's Hospital for treatment, except in the event that COLLEGE
STATION determines that the BRYAN prisoner should have immediate
medical treatment. BRYAN shall be responsible for providing a
judge at the hospital to bond said prisoner out of custody if it
so desires. In the event that COLLEGE STATION transports a BRYAN
prisoner BRYAN shall also assume the cost of any necessary ambu-
lance transportation of said prisoner to St. Joesph Hospital.
Section 5. COMPENSATION. For any time during each twenty-
four (24) hour period between 12 midnight and 11:59 p.m., in
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which COLLEGE STATION incarcerates a BRYAN prisoner, BRYAN shall
pay to COLLEGE STATION Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for the incarcera-
tion of that prisoner.
Section 6. LIABILITY.
a) BRYAN shall be liable and shall indemnify and hold COL-
LEGE STATION harmless for any decision to incarcerate any BRYAN
prisoner.
b) BRYAN will not place in the COLLEGE STATION jail facility
any ill or injured BRYAN prisoner without first providing to COL-
LEGE STATION an approval signed by a medical doctor.
c) BRYAN shall be liable and shall pay the cost of any nec-
essary ambulance transportation to St. Joseph Hospital for any
ill or injured BRYAN prisoner placed in the COLLEGE STATION jail
facility.
d) Where BRYAN maintains any BRYAN prisoner in "custody"
while receiving medical treatment, BRYAN shall be liable for and
shall indemnify and hold COLLEGE STATION harmless for any ill or
injured BRYAN prisoner.
e) Where BRYAN has placed a BRYAN prisoner in the COLLEGE
STATION jail facility, BRYAN agrees to accept responsibility for
the defense of any litigation involving the medical expenses of
any ill or injured BRYAN prisoner, including the defense and in-
demnification of COLLEGE STATION, except that in the event that
an injury has occurred to a BRYAN prisoner as a direct result of
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the sole negligence of COLLEGE STATION with regard to the actual
supervision of such BRYAN prisoner in its jail facility.
Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT.
a) This agreement shall be in full effect and legally
binding upon such time as signed and approved by the City Coun-
cils of each municipality.
b) This agreement may be executed in multiple originals.
Section 8. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This agreement shall
remain in force and effect for a period of one year from the date
of execution, as provided in Section 7.
, 1989.
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
CITY OF BRYAN
MAYOR MARVIN TATE
ATTEST: ATTEST:
CITY S E~/PARY
C I TY ~RNEY
CHIEF OF POLICE
_CITY. S~EC~TARY !
CITY MANAGER
CITY ATTORNEY
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CHIEF OF POLICE
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