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HomeMy WebLinkAbout94- County and City Victim Witness Assistant . . . \ . , - . INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT GALLATIN COUNTY - CITY OF BOZEMAN VICTIM WITNESS ASSISTANT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 1st day of July, 1994, between Gallatin County, Montana (County) and the city of Bozeman, Montana (City). WHEREAS, in 1993 the County obtained a grant from the Montana Board of Crime Control to establish a part-time Victim/Witness Assistant Program in the Gallatin County Attorney's Office; and WHEREAS, in 1994 the County joined with the City to expand the program to include a full time Victim/Witness Assistant Program and obtained a grant from the Montana Board of Cr ime Control to establish a full time program to allow the city to make referrals to the program; and WHEREAS, the grant provides that in 1994 the Montana Board of crime Control will provide 70% of the project budget and the County and the City will share 30% of the project budget with the County agreeing to pay 65% of its share of the 30% and the city agreeing to pay 35% of its share of the 30%; and WHEREAS, the County and the city desire to enter into this Interlocal Agreement by which the County and city will pay their share of the project budget for the Victim/Witness Assistant Program and to establish the full-time position of victim/Witness Assistant as set forth in the Subgrant Application to the Montana Board of Crime Control dated January 28, 1994. NOW, THEREFORE, the County and City agree as follows: 1. PURPOSE OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. The purpose of this Interlocal Agreement is to establish a coordinated full time Victim/Witness Assistant Program between the County and the City to allow their prosecutors and law enforcement officers to make referrals to the program, to expand the pool of volunteers to work with victims and witnesses and to increase the number of contacts for the program. The further purpose is to assist 120 victims and witnesses in cases inVOlving physical injury or the threat thereof, such as homicide, assault, domestic abuse, stalking etc., and victims and witnesses of property crimes, when the services of the program are appropriate for the victim/witness, by June 30, 1995 as determined by the project team. 2. STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT. The County agrees to provide a full-time Victim/Witness Assistant (Assistant) in the Gallatin County Attorney's Office for the victim/Witness Assistant Program and to provide facilities, support staff, basic telephone service and equipment for the Assistant. The Assistant shall provide services to victims and witnesses referred by the County Attorney, City Attorney, County Sheriff and City Police for victims and . , . .. witnesses in cases involving physical injury or the threat thereof, including but not limited to homicide, assault, domestic abuse, and stalking, and victims and witnesses of property crimes, when the services of the program are appropriate for the victim or witness. The services shall be provided in accordance with the Montana Board of Crime Control grant application dated January 28, 1994. 3. SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY. There shall be no separate legal entity created as a consequence of this Agreement. 4. DURATION. This agreement shall be in effect for a period of one (1) year from July 1, 1994, until June 30, 1995. 5. OUALIFICATIONS AND SUPERVISION OF ASSISTANT. The Assistant shall be an employee of Gallatin County and subject to the County's Personnel POlicy. The Assistant shall be employed by and be under the supervision of the Gallatin County Attorney. The Assistant shall possess such qualifications as determined by the Gallatin County Attorney. The County shall hold the city harmless for any and all claims arising from the supervision of the Assistant. 6. PROJECT TEAM AND ADMINISTRATION OF AGREEMENT. Administra- tion of this Agreement shall include quarterly meetings of the Victim\Witness Project Team, which shall include but not be limited to the Gallatin County Attorney, Gallatin County Sheriff, Bozeman city Attorney and the Bozeman Chief of Police or their designees. It is understood that the County agrees to monitor the expenses of the administration of this Agreement relating to services provided to the city. 7. FINANCING. The County and the City agree that the basic costs for the victim/Witness Assistant Program and services provided under this Agreement shall be paid as follows: Victim/Witness Assistant Salary and Benefits $28,594.00 Travel and Per Diem 602.00 Victim/Witness Program Information 75.00 Training Materials 70.00 NOVA Membership 30.00 McGuire Conference 100.00 NTPETA Conference 95.00 TOTAL $29,566.00 Of these costs, $20,696.00, which is 70% of the total basic costs, will be paid by the Montana Board of Crime Control. The County will pay $5,765.50, which is 65% of 30% of the total basic costs. The city shall pay to the County the amount of $3,104.50, which is 35% of 30% of the total basic costs and is the City's share of the grant. 2 . , . . . In addition, the city shall pay to the County the costs for long distance telephone calls which the Assistant makes in connection with services provided to the City. The Assistant shall maintain a record of the City' s long distance telephone calls, including the name of the case, the date of the call and the person and telephone number called. Upon receipt by the Gallatin County Attorney of the monthly statement for long distance telephone calls the County shall submit a statement to the City for the city's long distance telephone calls. 8. TERMINATION AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY Termination of this Agreement shall occur other than at the end of its term only upon mutual agreement by the County and City. The City acknowledges that it is not making any contribution to the County under this Agreement for the acquisition of any property. Any property acquired during the term of this Agreement shall be the property of the County. 9. OTHER MATTERS The above stated provisions constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GALLATIN COUNT~NTANA (2;il F ./lCU?! Cha rman ' };- ~' , { r / " .'I . XC-, /~L-rLitt.- ~mber i Member ATTEST: 'tlhf G~P-,' f:!J, (1he'/J?/ C erk an eeor r Approved as to legal content: ~ '/~f9f Ga latin C ty A1'to ney 3 . . , . I. .. ., CITY OF BOZEMAN ~ "By - . Its ayor --~ y () ~~~~ ~. v,,~. cit Manager - (2~ '" ~ Clerk of Commission 4 . , ,..,~., ..... . . , ... RECEIVED JUN 2 3 199~ . .. " Gallatin County, Montana Mike Salvagni County Attorney 615 South 16th Avenue - Room 202 Bozeman, Montana 59715 Telephone: (406) 585-1410 FAX: (406) 585-1429 June 21, 1994 Mr. Paul Luwe Bozeman City Attorney P.O. Box 640 Bozeman, MT 59715 Re: victim/Witness Assistant Program Dear Paul: Enclosed is the original Interlocal Agreement for the victim/Witness Program. commissioner Dunn was absent from the meeting on June 21, 1994, when I presented the agreement to the County Commissioners. Please have the agreement executed by the city and return the original to me. I will file the agreement with the Clerk and Recorder and provide a copy to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 7-11-107, MCA. Again, thank you for participating with us in this extremely important program. We are lOOking forward to participating in the program with the City. If you have any questions, please let me know. enclosure