HomeMy WebLinkAbout7933RESOLUTION NO. 7933
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND
M.N.P ENTERPRISES, INC. RELATING TO COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESI-
DENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1
The Agreement dated September 1, 1996 between the City of Pueblo, a municipal
corporation and M.N.P. Enterprises, Inc., a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk,
having been approved as to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved. The President of the
City Council is authorized to execute and deliver the Agreement in the name of the City and the City
Clerk is directed to affix the seal of the City thereto and attest same.
SECTION 2
The source of funds for the payments to be made by the City of Pueblo pursuant to the
Agreement shall be paid from Account No. 001 - 0140 - 142 - 000 - 030 -004
ATTEST:
City Clerk
INTRODUCED: August 12, 1996
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Councilperson
APPROVED:
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COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SERVICES AGREEMENT
. THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 1st day of September, 1996, by and
between the City of Pueblo, a municipal corporation (hereinafter "City "), M.N.P. Enterprises, Inc.
doing business as Minnequa Community Corrections, Inc. (hereinafter "Contractor "), the Pueblo
County Community Corrections Board (hereinafter "Corrections Board ") and Pueblo County,
Colorado ( "County ").
WHEREAS, the Corrections Board has authority pursuant to contract with the Colorado
Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice (hereinafter "Division ") to administer,
monitor and execute community correctional facilities and programs pursuant to C.R.S. 17 -27 -101,
et ,seq.; and
WHEREAS, City is a home rule city organized and existing under and by virtue of Article
XX of the Colorado Constitution and is authorized to operate community corrections facilities and
programs or contract for same, see C.R.S. 17 -27 -103, 17 -27 -104 and 17 -27- 102(8); and
WHEREAS, Corrections Board, County and City are authorized pursuant to law, including
but not limited to C.R.S. 29 -1 -201 et sec ., to cooperate and contact with each other for services and
functions which each is authorized by law to undertake; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 11 -2 -2 and 11- 2 -1(4) of the 1971 Code of Ordinances of
the City of Pueblo, as amended, City has authorized its Municipal Court to sentence persons
convicted of municipal offenses to approved community corrections facilities which have entered
into a contract with the City to provide residential accommodations and correctional programs for
persons convicted of such crimes; and
WHEREAS, Contractor is authorized to operate an approved community corrections facility
and programs at 2415 Lake Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado (hereinafter "the Facility ") and desires to
contract with City to provide residential accommodations and correctional services for persons
convicted of municipal offenses proscribed by City's Charter and ordinances.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the terms and conditions
set forth hereinbelow, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Contractor shall, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations:
(a) Be approved and operate pursuant to C.R.S. 17 -27 -101, et seq.
(b) Provide the services as specifically set forth in Contractor's response to City's
request for proposal (RFP) No. 96 -045 with respect to female and male adult offenders referred by
Pueblo Municipal Court who have been sentenced to the Facility upon conviction for municipal
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offenses. A copy of said response to said RFP is on file in the office of the City's Director of
Purchasing and is incorporated herein by reference. This agreement is not intended to be exclusive
and City may enter into similar agreements with other community corrections providers. In the
event of any conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Contractor's response to
City's RFP, this Agreement shall control.
(c) Meet, maintain and comply with all applicable guidelines and standards
established by Corrections Board and by Division pursuant to the authority granted by C.R.S. 17 -27-
103(4) and 17 -27 -108 and by any other statutory provision now or hereafter enacted.
(d) Perform periodic and unscheduled chemical tests on offenders sentenced to
the Facility to determine the use of drugs by offenders and report positive results to the Corrections
Board and the Municipal Court. Tests are to be performed in accordance with standards and
established procedures in the same manner as for other offenders at Facility not referred by City.
(e) Maintain individual files for each offender sentenced to Facility by Municipal
Court as required by Division and Corrections Board. Such files shall be maintained in a secure
area, in locked file cabinets or a safe. All such files and criminal history records shall be maintained
and disseminated in accordance with the requirements of the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act,
C.R.S. 24 -72 -301 et seq. and any applicable regulations of the U.S. Department of Justice contained
in 28 CFR Part 20 and as same may be amended from time to time.
(f) Provide timely, prompt and accurate reports as are or may be required by the
Division, Corrections Board or Municipal Court with respect to services provide during the period
of the contract, including but not limited to statistical reports, caseload data, intake and termination
forms, and other records documenting the correctional and other services provided and the identity
of the individual offenders receiving such services.
(g) Upon request of City's auditors or Municipal Court or the Corrections Board,
make all fiscal and program files available for inspection and copying by City and Corrections
Board, their respective agents, employees and consultants during reasonable business hours, and
allow City's or Correction Board's agents and employees access, at any time, to the Facility, without
notice, for the purpose of performing inspections and determining conditions at the Facility.
(h) Notify Municipal Court or City's Police Department within four (4) hours
after an offender becomes absent from the program without authorization and notify the Corrections
Board within seven (7) days in writing after an offender becomes absent from the program without
authorization. City shall compensate Contractor at the per diem rate for the day during which an
offender escapes or becomes absent without authorization, but not thereafter during any absence.
(i) Notify Municipal Court and City's Police Department immediately upon
learning of the arrest or confinement of an offender who has been sentenced to the Facility by the
Municipal Court, and notify the Corrections Board in writing within seven (7) days of such fact after
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so learning.
0) Charge and assess each offender sentenced to the Facility by the Municipal
Court for the reasonable costs of correctional services incurred by Contractor and not paid by City
under this Agreement, such charge and assessment not to exceed Eight Dollars ($8.00) per day.
(k) At its sole cost and expense, procure and maintain during the entire period
of performance hereunder, including any extensions hereof, insurance with the following coverages
and limits of insurance, to be written with a company or companies authorized to issue insurance
policies within the State of Colorado and acceptable to City and County:
(1) Worker's Compensation (including occupational disease, and
Employer's Liability insurance in accordance with any applicable worker's compensation
laws on all employees, servants and/or agents connected with or engaged in the performance
of Contractor's obligations hereunder.
(2) Commercial General Liability insurance with personal injury and
property damage limits at a combined single limit of not less than $600,000 per occurrence,
and $1,000,000 general aggregate. Said policy(ies) shall include Completed Operations
and /or Product Liability coverage and Contractual Liability coverage for any liability
assumed under the terms of this Agreement.
(3) Automobile Liability insurance of all automobiles and vehicles,
whether owned or hired, with personal injury and property damage limits at a combined
single limit of not less than $600,000 per accident.
Coverages enumerated in this insurance provision represent only the minimum insurance required
by City and County, and Contractor should rely on its expertise to obtain any additional insurance
coverage needed for the City and County and the Contractor in its performance hereunder.
Contractor shall file proof of adequate insurance coverage, including a certificate of insurance,
complying with the requirements of this paragraph, with City's Director of Finance within 10 days
of execution of this Agreement and before accepting any municipal offenders at the Facility. If
requested by the County, Contractor shall also provide the County with such certificate of insurance.
Each certificate of insurance shall provide that the insurance carrier will provide the City and the
County with not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of cancellation of any coverage.
(1) Pursuant to Contractor's established procedures, refer offenders requiring
emergency medical services to appropriate facilities. All municipal offenders are responsible for
the cost of all medical services including but not limited to emergency medical and dental services,
ambulance service, hospital services whether in- patient or out - patient, physician and radiological
services and any other types of medical services. Offenders shall be advised of these responsibilities
in writing and shall agree to them, as evidenced by signature to an agreement so stating, prior to and
as a condition to placement. Under no circumstances shall Contractor attempt to hold either the
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City, the County or the Corrections Board responsible for the expense of such services, and
Contractor agrees to hold the Corrections Board, County and City completely harmless therefrom.
(m) Retain and make available for inspection by City, Corrections Board, their
officers, agents and employees, all books, records and other documents relating to Contractor's
performance under this Agreement or to municipal offenders, including but not limited to the type
of records referred to in paragraphs 1(e), 1(f) and 1(k) above, for a period of 5 years after final
payment under this Agreement.
(n) Provide 24 hours -a -day, seven - days -a -week staff supervision of the offenders
sentenced by Municipal Court to the Facility, as specified in the "Colorado Community Corrections
Standards," and have at least one staff member on duty at all times trained in emergency first aid
and CPR.
(o) Make available not less than 4 and no more than 8 beds per month and
corresponding services to offenders sentenced by the Municipal Court pursuant to this Agreement.
2. City shall:
(a) Pay Contractor out of funds, if any, which have been duly budgeted and
appropriated for such services, at the rate of Thirty -Three and 32/100 Dollar (U.S. $33.32 ) per day
for each offender sentenced to Facility by the Pueblo Municipal Court beginning the second day
after arrival of the offender at the Facility through the last day of the sentence actually served at the
Facility. In addition thereof, City shall pay U.S. $1.50 per day per municipal offender residing at
the Facility to Corrections Board for its administrative costs associated with its responsibilities
pursuant to this Agreement and law. Payment of the aforesaid charges shall be made not more
frequently than once each month, with payment to be made within 30 days of billing by Contractor
to City's Finance Department provided same is supported by adequate documentation for all charges
billed.
(b) With respect to each offender sentenced by Municipal Court to the Facility,
provide Contractor and Corrections Board prior to sentencing with basic identifying information,
information concerning the nature of the crime for which sentenced, any criminal history available
to the Municipal Court, and a copy of the mittimus or other court document indicating the sentence
imposed.
(c) Receive and alternatively re- sentence any offender rejected after acceptance
by the Corrections Board.
3. Corrections Board, as a community corrections board established pursuant to C.R.S.
17 -27 -101, et se ., shall:
(a) Review and monitor Contractor's activities and performance under this
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Agreement and advise the Pueblo Municipal Court concerning same.
(b) Perform the duties and responsibilities required of community corrections
boards by law and regulation, including but not limited to those set forth in C.R.S. 17 -27 -101, et
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(c) Screen all offenders proposed to be sentenced to the Facility, prior to
sentencing, and accept, reject, or reject after acceptance all such offenders proposed.
4. (a) The parties understand and agree that neither City nor its Municipal Court
shall be under any obligation to sentence any particular numbers of municipal offenders, or any at
all, to the Facility, such decision resting entirely with the discretion of the Municipal Court and the
Judges thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no offender shall be sentenced to Facility by
Municipal Court unless such placement has been approved by the Corrections Board.
5. The term of this Agreement shall be from September 1, 1996 through August 31,
1997; provided, however, that the City shall have the option to extend the term of this Agreement
for an additional 12 -month period by giving written notice to Contractor, signed by City's City
Manager, prior to August 31, 1997 notifying Contractor of the exercise of such option; and
provided, further, that City shall thereafter have the option to extend the term of this Agreement for
one further additional 12 -month period by giving said written notice of the exercise of such option
to Contractor on or before August 31, 1998.
6. In the event any Pueblo municipal offender at the Facility experiences a major or
extraordinary medical problem or injury, Contractor shall immediately notify a Municipal Court
Judge, or if he is not available, a Deputy Chief or acting Deputy Chief of the Pueblo Police
Department in command authority, who are hereby authorized to immediately suspend or commute,
respectively, any Municipal Court sentence and to authorize immediate release of such municipal
offender from confinement in the Facility.
7. No verbal agreements, conversations or prior understandings of any kind with any
officer, agent or employee of the City, or County, or Corrections Board, either before or after
execution of this Agreement, shall affect, modify or waive any of the terms or obligations contained
in this Agreement or which have been incorporated by reference, it being agreed and understood that
only the City Council of Pueblo and Board of County Commissioners and Corrections Board, all
duly acting in official sessions, may agree to modify or amend this Agreement, or waive or forgive
an obligation to the City, County or Corrections Board thereunder.
8. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations thereunder may be assigned by
Contractor without the express written consent of the City Council and County and Corrections
Board having first been obtained; such consent may be granted or withheld by the City, County and
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Corrections Board in their discretion.
9. Contractor shall be responsible for providing, at no additional cost to City, County
and Corrections Board, all food, utilities, clothing, sundries and all other things and services
reasonably incident to proper operation of the Facility and provision of correctional services
hereunder.
10. City, County and Corrections Board each reserves the right to terminate this
Agreement, at any time, without cause and for its convenience by giving 30 days prior written notice
of termination to Contractor and all other parties. Contractor shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement during its original or additional term only for material breach of same by City and then
only after giving City, County, and Corrections Board 30 days prior notice of the material breach
during which City, County, and Board shall be entitled to cure any such breach.
11. It is expressly understood and agreed: that Contractor is an independent contractor
under this Agreement and neither an agent nor employee of the City, County or Corrections Board;
that the Corrections Board is not an agent of the City and is only authorized to perform the limited
functions stated herein as provided by law; and that this Agreement is not intended to nor should
it been construed as, creating or extending any rights or remedies to or for any offender, person or
entity not a party hereto.
12. Contractor agrees to indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless City, County and
Corrections Board, and their respective employees and agents, from and against any and all claims,
damages, liability, judgments, court costs and attorney fees, incurred, arising from or relating to any
act or omission of Contractor or its employees or agents.
13. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counter parts, each of which shall be
deemed an original.
14. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Colorado.
15. The signatories hereto aver that they are familiar with the provisions of C.R. S. 18 -8-
301, et seq. relating to bribery and corrupt influences and with C.R.S. 18 -8 -401, et seq. relating to
abuse of public office, and that no violation of any of such provisions has occurred or its present.
16. The signatories hereto aver that to their knowledge no Corrections Board member
or City officer, agent or official has or will receive any personal or financial gain or interest
whatsoever in this Agreement or money, property or benefits of any kind conferred or available
under this Agreement, except in proper conformance with law.
WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above
written.
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ATTEST:
Clerk to the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
County Attorney
ATTEST:
Secretary
ATTEST:
Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney G
PUEBLO COUNTY, COLORADO
By
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
PUEBLO COUNTY COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS BOARD
By
Chairman
CONTRACTOR:
M.N.P. ENTERPRISES, INC.
By
Title:
CITY OF PUEBLO,
A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
By
Pres' ent of the City Council
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