Police Department
Reference: Presentation by Chief Southard regarding the approval of an IGA with the Adams County Communications Center Authority (ADCOM)
To: Mayor Ken Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Paul Southard, Chief of Police
Date Prepared: March 4, 2019
PURPOSE
In order to simplify administration, statutory compliance and clarify the Adams County Communications Center's status as a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, ADCOM is reorganizing as an authority. This reorganization requires ADCOM to enter into a new IGA with member agencies.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Safe, Active and Engaged Community
BACKGROUND
The Adams County Communications Center (ADCOM) was formed by its contracting members in 1974. The City of Brighton is currently a contracting member. Under the current structure ADCOM has a dual legal status as both a governmental entity and a non-profit corporation which has proven cumbersome to administer and creates confusion with third parties as to ADCOM's governmental status.
The issue of ADCOM's status has come up several times when negotiating contracts. ADCOM always wants to include a clause regarding its protections under governmental immunity and some vendors have questioned the legitimacy of such a clause.
The ADCOM Board believes reorganizing ADCOM as a statutory Authority under C.R.S. 29-1-203 and 203.5, will simplify ADCOM's administration, statutory compliance, and clarify ADCOM's status as a political subdivision of the State of Colorado.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
While this IGA encompasses a structural change at ADCOM it does not have a financial impact on the City of Brighton. The assessment for the Brighton Police Department will remain at the total budgeted for 2019.
OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
1) Approval of the Intergovernmental Agreement will facilitate ADCOM's transition to a statutory Authority and allow the City of Brighton and the Brighton Police Departm...
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