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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASING RESOLUTION OF ACKNOWLE 3GMENT WHEREAS vadous counties of North Dakota have entere¢ into a Joint Powers Agreement for the centralized and coordinated acquisition and delivery of essential and optional services by participating member counties (hereafter referred to as the "Master JPA"); AND WHEREAS, the undersigned county ("County") is a participating member of such Master JPA; AND WHEREAS, the North Dakota Association of Cou3ties (NDACo), has secured the joint acquisition of the service described below on behalf of those participating members of such Master JPA; AND WHEREAS, the County has determined that the joint ~ cquisition of this specific service is in its best interests; , SERVICE PURCHASED: Sl3ecial Ol~erations Team S~l~130rt NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby RESOLVED: I 1. That the County recognizes the potential need for the services of a qualified law enforcement Special Operations tactical team by those various law enforcement agencies of the County that don't maintain such a unit themselves. 2. That it is not cost effective for every county and city to maintain such a team; however isn't possible for those entities that maintain such teams to provide no-cost access to their teams when needed by other entities. 3. That the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) encourages the use of o o qualified Special Operations teams in appropriate s'tuations and has indicated it's intention to support this joint effort by serving as depository cf funds and fiscal agent for payments to agencies providing Special Operations team support to all law enforcement agencies within participating counties. That the County agrees to make annual paymerts into a Special Operations Fund to facilitate no-cost access to the Special Operations Team offering services to the law enforcement agencies of the County, when requested by those agencies and when the situation meets established criteria as determined by the North Dakota Attorney General pursuant to NDCC 54-12. That the County agrees to make the annual payment established by Attachment 1 to NDACo, on or before January 31~ of 2004 and each year thereafter. That should the annual payment need to be increased to meet the actual and anticipated reimbursements for Special Operations Team support, NDACo will notify the County in writing by August 31~of the preceding year. That the County may rescind this acknowledgment without terminating the Master JPA, by notifying BCI in writing prior to October l't of the yea' preceding termination. That the County accepts that if it terminates this acknowledgement, the full costs of accessing a qualified Special Operations team can be billed directly to the County by the law enforcement entity maintaining the Special Operatior s team. That NDACo shall notify the County in writing, and he County's participation in this service will be terminated, at such time as there is no qualified Special Operations Team available to serve the County. day of October, 2003 ~ CASS COUNTY (The "County' herein) By: Scott Wagner Chair - Board of County Commissioner Dated this 20 Attest: Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor