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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8257 (2)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 RESOLUTION NO. 8,257 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPROVE AN OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND PULASKI COUNTY FOR THE OPERATION OF JAIL FACILITIES. WHEREAS, The City of Little Rock and Pulaski County desire to enter into a contractual agreement whereby city funds are made available to the County to assist in the operation of a new eight hundred bed jail facility, and WHEREAS, The County recognizes that upon completion of the construction of a new jail facility, the City of Little Rock desires to close its current jail facility with detainees arrested by the Little Rock Police Department to be held in said new jail facility; and WHEREAS, The City of Little Rock desires to compensate the County for this obligation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1: The Mayor is authorized to approve an agreement between the City of Little Rock and Pulaski County for the operational maintenance of a new jail facility in substantially the same form as the memorandum of agreement attached. ADOPTED: February 6, 1990 All APPROVED: 1� U CITY 9LE.RK JAN ECH MAYO FL D G. VILLINES, III APPRO TO CITY ATTORNEY 51 R-�9 52 MEMORANDUM OF AGRE?'•:ENT This agreement is entered into by ?ulaski County, Arkansas (the County) and the cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Maumelle and Sherwood (the Cities) pursuant to the authority of Ark. Code Ann. 5§25 -20 -101 et sea., and will become binding on all parties upon ratificaticn by the Quorum Court of Pulaski County and the various City Councils or Boards of Directors of the cities. WHEREAS, the County recognizes that 't has the responsibility to maintain and operate detention facilities (hereinafter "jail "); and WHEREAS, the Cities acknowledge the shortage of operational revenues of Pulaski County because of a decreasing County tax base; and WHEREAS, the County and the Cities acknowledge the need for a strong and economically viable jail in the area; and WHEREAS, the County has committed its maximum tax resources available to the construction and operation of a proposed regional jail to serve the County and the Cities; and WHEREAS, the Cities and the County desire to enter into a contractual agreement whereby City funds are made available to the County to assist in the operation of a new regional jail. IT IS THEREFORE hereby agreed that: SECTION 1. The City of Litle Rock shall make the following annual payments to Pulaski County to help defray operation costs of a new jail: -1- • • 53 $750,000 /year - first five years $850,000 /year - next five years $950,000 /year - next five years $1,050,000 /year - last five years SECTION 2. The City of Jacksonville shall make the following payments to Pulaski County to help defray operation costs c_` a new jail: $75,000 /year - first $100,000 /year -.next $125,000 /year - next $150,000 /year - last SECTION 3. The City of Shei payments to Pulaski County to help jail: five five five five wood defr years years years years shall make the following ay operation costs of a new $50,000 /year - first five years $65,000 /year - next five years $80,000 /year - next five years $95,000 /year - last five years SECTION 4. The City of Maumelle shall make annual payments to Pulaski County for the duration of this agreement equal to five percent (5p) of its share of the County Sales and Use Tax imposed pursuant to Act of SECTION 5. The City of North Little Rock shall lease the North Little Rock jail to the County for $1.00 per year, and the County shall manage and operate the North Little Rock jail as a part of the regional jail. SECTION 6. The City of North Little Rock shall make the following payments to Pulaski County to pay the bonded indebtedness on the North Little Rock jail and to help defray the costs of operating the new regional jail: $375,000 /year - first five years $425,000 /year - next five years $475,000 /year - next five years $525,000 /year - last five years -2- 54 SECTION ?. The City of North Little Rcck shall assign to the County the agreement with the U.S. Mashall's office to make available up to twenty (20) beds. The County shall keep all revenue earned. (Estimated to be approximately Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) annually). SECTION 8. In consideration of the above, the Cities (other than North Little Rock) will close their current jail facilities and in the future operate only a limited number of short -term lockup cells. SECTION 9. The County shall cooperate with the Cities by providing- -.shuttle service between city lockup facilities and the regional jail at least every six hours. However, the Cities may deliver prisoners directly to the regional jail if more convenient. SECTION 10. The payments identified above shall commence upon completion of a new County jail facility and the closing of the Cities' jails. Said payment shall be made monthly, on or before the fifteenth (15th) day. SECTION 11. The Cities agree to support aggressively a county -wide temporary 1% Sales and Use tax for the construction of an 800 -bed core facility with growth potential. SECTION 12. An advisory committee consisting of municipal police chiefs of each of the participating entities and judicial representatives shall be appointed by the County Judge to oversee the implementation and operation of this agreement. SECTION 13. The duration of this agreement shall be twenty (20) years, subject to extension by agreement of the parties. -3- SECTION 14. If any of the cities fail to ratify this agreement, the County may, at its option, enter into the agreement with respect to the remaining parties only. SECTION 15. Non - Appropriation. Nc- withstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the appropriate city governmental body fails to appropriate funds for subsequent periods within the term of this Agreement. that city shall not be obligated to make payments beyond t then- current fiscal appropriation period provided that once an appropriation is made, the city is obligated to provide funds for that appropriation period and the County is obligated to hcuse city prisoners for that period. However, once a city fails tc appropriate funds, the County is no longer required to house that city's prisoners. -h Executed this day of PULASKI COUNTY by: RITA W. GRUBER, COUNTY JUDGE CITY OF MAUMELLE by: DOUG WILSON, MAYOR CITY OF JACKSONVILLE by: TOMMY SWAIN, MAYOR , 1990. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK by: FLOYD G. VILLINES, MAYOR CITY OF NO. LITTLE ROCK by: PATRICK HENRY HAYS, MAYOR CITY OF SHERWOOD by: JACK EVANS, MAYOR -5-