HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2020-467 - 11/10/2020 - Approved INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND
COUNTY OF NUECES
CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH EMERGENCY CENTER
METROCOM
This Interlocal Cooperation Agreement ("Agreement") is made by and between the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas ("City"), a Texas home-rule municipal corporation, and the County of
Nueces("County"),a political subdivision of the State of Texas,each acting herein by and through
its duly authorized official, effective for all purposes upon the execution by all parties.
WHEREAS,the City and County are parties to an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement dated
June 5, 2000 (the "Consolidated Dispatch Emergency Center; MetroCom"), providing for the City
and County consolidate their public safety dispatch centers into a single public safety answering
point known as "MetroCom" for the areas served by the City and the County; and
WHEREAS,the City,and County are parties to an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement dated
April 4, 2003 (the "Consolidated Dispatch Emergency Center"), being the first amendment to the
Consolidated Dispatch Emergency Center Interlocal Agreement establishing a cost allocation
method;
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT AGREED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE
COUNTY OF NUECES:
Amends the original agreement as follows:
7. Administration and Governance of the Center. The MetroCom center shall be
administered by the City of Corpus Christi under the terms of an adopted set of Standard
Operating Procedures (SOP) and budget. These SOPs are to be developed by the System
Operations Committee, as established by this interlocal agreement, and shall be approved
by the MetroCom Board to be binding.
a. There is hereby created a System Operations Committee. The System Operations
Committee shall be comprised of the following voting members:
i. The Sheriff of Nueces County appoints an operations representative
ii. The Nueces County Judge appoints a budgetary representative
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iii. The Nueces County Judge appoints an ESD representative.
iv. The Chief of Police of the City of Corpus Christi appoints an operations
representative
v. The Fire Chief of the City of Corpus Christi appoints an operations
representative
vi. A budgetary representative named by the City Manager of the City of
Corpus Christi
vii. Chairperson mutually selected and appointed by the MetroCom Board
b. The Systems Operations Committee shall
i. Hold regular meetings, every two months at a minimum. Special meetings
will be held as necessary.
ii. Be presented with updates, statistics, and analytics from the MetroCom
Communications Director during bi-monthly meetings.
iii. Annually review, make recommendations, and modify existing SOPs. All
modifications and changes must be reviewed with and approved by the
MetroCom board.
iv. Annually review and recommend minimum staffing needs for the Center to
the MetroCom board.
v. Annually approve and recommend an operating budget to the MetroCom
Board.
vi. Regularly monitor MetroCom budget and expenses. Recommend and
submit for approval any changes to the original budget to the MetroCom
Board.
vii. Every two years perform an audit.
viii. Annually evaluate the MetroCom Communications Director, and report
evaluation to the MetroCom Board.
ix. Review and propose a combined Emergency Operations Center with EOCs,
PSAPS, and other governmental entities.
x. Systems operations committee to provide dispatch services to other entities
in the region at a reasonable rate of reimbursement.
c. The MetroCom Board is hereby created. This Board shall be comprised of the County
Judge of Nueces County and the Mayor of the City of Corpus Christi. This Board shall:
i. Meet twice per year.
ii. Mutually select the Chairperson of the System Operations Committee.
iii. Mutually select the person to serve as MetroCom Communications Director
from a list of applicants whom have applied through and are eligible for
employment through the City. The MetroCom Communications Director will
be responsible for the operation of the MetroCom Center. The MetroCom
Director, in name, would be subject to the City's Human Resources policies.
The MetroCom Director's salary would be paid utilizing the City's payroll in a
ratio equal to the cost allocation in Paragraph 8, c.
iv. Consider for adoption Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) as recommended
by the Systems Operations Committee
v. Review and approve the operating budget for MetroCom subject to final
approval by the City Council and County Commissioner's Court.
vi. Approve the expansion of' the center to include other public safety entities
subject to approval from the City Council and County Commissioner's Court.
vii. Recalculate the cost allocation formula every two years.
viii. Assign special projects and request information as needed from the Systems
Operations Committee.
ix. If the MetroCom Board has an impasse, the Board will instruct the Systems
Operation Committee to provide other options to resolve the impasse.
8. Funding. The City and County acknowledge that Phases I and II have been
completed and agree to jointly fund the operations of the center. The MetroCom Board
shall approve all budgets and allocation formulas, subject to approval from the City and
County governing bodies.
a. During Phase III the City and County shall co-fund the center. The Cost
allocation for this phase,will be defined at that time, subject to approval from the
City and County governing bodies.
b. A CIP account will be cerated for the fund balance which will be used for
equipment replacement,software upgrades and improvements.
c. Cost Allocation:
i. Formula methodology is the Average of Shared Costs(50%)+Population Ratio
+ Incidents Ratio. Sample Below.
METHODOLOLGY
Overhead Population Incidents Avg of Pop, Incidents&
Overhead
City 50% 90% 89% 76% ((50+90+89)/3)
County 50% 10% 11% 24% ((50+10+11)/3)
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ii. In FY2O-21. the City's will pay 77% and the County will pay 23% of the total
operating budget.
iii. Beginning in FY21-22, the City will pay 76% and the County will pay 24%of
the total operating budget.
d. Nothing herein shall preclude the addition of other PSAPs to the center. nor
shall this preclude the allocations ofcostto other administrations.jurisdictions.and
program participants.
COUNT,/ ..,..01 Attest:
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By:
Name: Barbara CanalesPJ j
Title: County Jud nI1 , j =;
Date: 1t_/4 44,./.vxO Kara Sands Clerk
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Nueces County
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Gab - I A. Rodriguez, Assistant City Attor)ey
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