Approving an Interlocal Agreement for the Elimination Reorganization, and Consolidation of Public Safety Answering Points in St. Joseph Co 911 Centers

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Interloca.l Agreement: St. Joseph County PSAP Consolidation Center. These job descriptions shall be used by the Executive Director in reviewing applications and making staffing recommendations to the County. All staffing decisions shall be in conformity with the employment policies of St. Joseph County as set forth in the St. Joseph County Human Resources Policies and Benefits Manual, Handbook, as amended from time to time. Section 7.03 Hiring Strategy. Recognizing the value of experienced employees, the County shall seek to identify qualified employees currently holding PSAP positions with the Parties to this Agreement. The County shall use reasonable efforts to pay employees at the pay rate equal to the pay rate effective for these positions as of December 31, 20j& For the purposes 3-o 4 of granting employment benefits to employees previously employed by the Parties to this Agreement, the County shall, to the extent permitted by law, recognize the seniority of such employees based on continuous, prior service at the time such employees are hired by the County. Except for the position of Executive Director, the County shall seek applications only from the pool of current employees of the various PSAPs operated by the Parties to this Agreement, for a period of time through and including August 30, 2014. After August 30, 2014, the County may seek additional applicants if it is unable to fully staff the Consolidated Dispatch Center operations based on the pool of current employees. Section 7.04 Hiring Processes. On or before August 15, 2014, the County will provide applications for employment to current employees at the various PSAPs operated by the Parties to this Agreement. Application packages will include consents to be signed by the applicants granting the County permission to obtain background information, including criminal and personnel information. Factors included in evaluating employees shall include length of experience, training, certifications, education, references, attendance, discipline record, job performance evaluations, and other relevant, lawful, factors. If approved for hiring by the County, conditional offers shall be made no later than October 30, 2014, to those employees applying before September 30, 2014. All conditional offers shall be subject to successful drug screening. The County also reserves the right to condition offers on fitness for duty exams, should there be a lawful reason for doing so. Section 7.05 Cessation Processes. Upon the cessation of PSAP operations and termination of employment, any amount owed to terminated employees of the respective Parties to this Agreement for unused vacation, personal days, or other compensable benefit, shall be paid by the respective Party, and not the County. The Parties also recognize that not all current employees satisfy the job description requirements for all positions, and there are currently more employees qualified for entry level positions, and an insufficient number of employees qualified for higher level positions. All Parties to this Agreement will endeavor to provide training necessary, at each individual Party's expense, to increase the qualification level of current employees. Article VIII. Operations Plan Section 8.01 911 Call- Receiving and Dispatching Protocols. Calls will be processed on two tier level (stage two dispatching): call- takers and dispatchers. When an emergency call is received, the call taker will obtain detailed call information (utilizing Page 7