M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, Town Manager
Date: January 21, 2015
Re: Interlocal Agreement for Local Police Services (2014-19)
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND TOWN OF CUTLER BAY FOR LOCAL POLICE SERVICES; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Since the Town's incorporation, our Police Services have been contracted with the Miami-Dade County Police Department (the "MDPD"). The Town first contracted with the MDPD in 2006 at which time, the Town Council adopted Resolution #06-68. Subsequently in 2010, the Town Council adopted Resolution #10-18, renewing the Local Police Services Interlocal Agreement (the "Agreement") for a five (5) year term (August 2009 thru August 2014).
Town staff has been negotiating with MDPD staff since early 2014, in order to provide the Council with a final Agreement, annotating changes with strikethroughs and underlines. Both the Town Attorney and I participated in all of the MDPD negotiation sessions/meetings, in order to address any contractual concerns.
In order to summarize, some of the major "highlights" of the proposed Agreement, Town staff has created Attachment "A", for your review. The Term of the Agreement will be retroactive from August 2014 thru August 2019.
In Addition to the contractual side of our relationship with MDPD, Town staff reviews their Annual Operating Budget request, which is then presented to the Town Council during our Budget Workshop(s) and Budget Hearing(s).
This annual review, allows both Town staff and MDPD, an opportunity to discuss several important fiscal impacts: staffing levels, equipment purchases, overtime cost, replacement vehicles, etc.
One of my main goals during our series of negotiations was to increase the amount of Police Officer involvement with our community. This task will be accomplished by providing additional Reports, Statistics, Trends, and participation by our Police Command staff during our upcoming Town Hall meetings and/or community group meetings.
Although our Police Services are contracted out to the MDPD, our Police Command staff actively participates with Town staff during Monthly Staff meetings, Strategic Master Plan Meetings, Transportation Master Plan Meetings, Public Works Project Meetings, Special Events, Public School outreach Meetings, Neighborhood Watch Meetings, etc.
Our Police Command Staff (Major Julie Miller and Lieutenant Frank Roig), take great pride and leadership in our Town, which is evident in the class of Police Officer(s) carefully chosen through a vigorous selection process, in order to be assigned to the Town. Additionally, I meet with our Police Command staff on a bi-weekly basis, in order to discuss crime trends which may affect a particular neighborhood.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend that the attached Resolution be adopted, approving the 2014-19 Interlocal Agreement with Miami-Dade County for Local Police Services.
ATTACHMENTS:
Ø Attachment "A" - Highlights (Police Services Interlocal Agreement)