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Home My WebLink About82571 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ,g 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3 6 J 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 ATTEST: Jane Czech CITY CLERK Mark Stodola APPROVED: Floyd G. Villines, III MAYOR A-, Bas-T MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT This agreement is entered into by Pulaski County, Arkansas (the County) and the cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Maumelle and Sherwood (the Cities) pursuant to the r- authority of Ark. Code Ann. § §25 -20 -101 et seq., and will become rn i ? binding on all parties upon ratification by the Quorum Court of Pulaski County and the various City Councils or Boards of Directors of the cities. WHEREAS, the County recognizes that it has the responsibility to maintain and operate detention facilities (hereinafter "jail "); and WHEREAS, the Cities acknowledge the sho tage 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 - 1 - r1 -� annual payments to Pulaski County to help defray operation costs of a new jail: $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 of a new jail: $75,000 /year - first five years $100,000 /year - next five years $125,000 /year - next five years $150,000 /year - last five years SECTION 3. The City of Sherwood shall make the following payments to Pulaski County to help defray operation costs of a new jail: $40,000 /year - first five years $55,000 /year - next five years $70,000 /year - next five years $85,000 /year - last five years SECTION 4. The City of Maumelle shall make the following payments to Pulaski County to help defray operation costs of a new jail. $15,000 /year - first five years $20,000 /year - next five years $25,000 /year - next five years $30,000 /year - last five years 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. -2- 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 SECTION 7. The City of North Little Rock 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 Rork) 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 -3- 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. 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. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the appropriate city governmental body fails to appropriate funds for subsequent periods within the team of this Agreement, that city shall not be obligated to make payments beyond the 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 house city prisoners for that period. However, once a city fails to appropriate funds, the County is no longer required to house that city's prisoners. -4- Executed this / day of , 1990. PULASKI COUNTY by: W R TA W. GRUBER, COUNTY JUDGE CITY OF MAUMELLE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK by:. YD G. VILLINES, /O , MAYOR b y: by: D WI14SON , MAYOR CITY OF JACKSONVILLE CITY OF NO. LITTLE ROCK PATRICK{ HE RY HAYS ;3" If MAYOR CITY OF SHERWOOD by: wi Ck�o.., b y :�,�� TO MY SW N, ACK EVANS, MAYOR MAYOR -5- " -ARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNIC`- ''ION TO: MAYOR A 1pARD OF DIRECTORS FROM: TOM SUBJECT: JAIL ERATION AGREEMENT - BETWEEN PULASKI COUNTY AND AREA CITIES DATE: JANUARY 18t 1990 Attached is the final draft of an operating agreement for a new County jail facility.. It represents a financial partnership arrangement between the cities and county. Pulaski County acknowledges jail operational responsibility, and the cities agree to assist in paying a portion of operating costs because of a declining County tax base. Each municipal share is- identified in a separate section. In the case•of Little Rock (Section 1), the annual share starts at $750,000 and increases by $100,000 every five years. Since the current operating costs of our city jail are already approaching $900,000, this agreement will represent a cost savings to Little Rock. Once a new facility is constructed, the City jail will be closed and the space renovated for other police uses. This agreement represents a win situation for everyone involved. The City Attorney will have two resolutions prepared for the next Board meeting: one to authorize the Mayor to sign this agreement, and the other to express the City of Little Rock's strong support of the one -cent sales tax to construct a new jail. TD :mr Attachment CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS