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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Interlocal Agreement: St. Joseph County PSAP Consolidation PSAP (the "Consolidated Dispatch Center "). Transition elements include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) The enactment of a formal transition plan, including processes for the elimination, reorganization, and consolidation of PSAPs in St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is attached as Exhibit B. (b) The execution of a formal lease agreement between the County and South Bend for the possession and use of space and resources at the City of South Bend Police Department, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C. (c) The Consortium will establish a transitional budget and be responsible for paying transitional expenses, including, but not limited to, an Executive Director and other staff positions, technology costs, construction costs, and professional fees. The County will use its own available fund balances to pay for transitional expenses conditioned on the Parties' agreement to reimburse the County from the St. Joseph County Dispatch Center Operating Fund (as defined in Section 5.07(b)) or available Bond proceeds (as defined in Section 4.02). (d) All reasonable attempts shall be made by the Consortium, on behalf of the County, to hire an Executive Director prior to the complete consolidation of PSAPs in St. Joseph County, Indiana. Section 4.02 Consolidated Dispatch Center. The Parties agree to jointly finance the acquisition, construction, demolition, renovation, improvement, excavation, and equipping projects necessary (i) to build the Consolidated Dispatch Center as defined by the Ordinance (collectively, the "Dispatch Center Project"), and (ii) to complete the South Bend Emergency Communication Center, as contemplated in the Transition Plan set forth at Exhibit B. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the financing of the Dispatch Center Project and the South Bend Emergency Communication Center shall be completed through the issuance of bonds by the County (the "Bonds "), the security for which shall be County Economic Development Income Taxes ( "CEDIT ") levied and collected pursuant to IND. CODE § 6- 3.5 -7. South Bend and Mishawaka will transfer an irrevocable portion of each City's distributive share of CEDIT to the County, pursuant to IND. CODE § 6- 3.5 -7 -15, in such amounts as necessary so that the annual debt service payment for the Bonds shall be paid for by the Parties in the following percentages: South Bend - 29.03 %, Mishawaka - 17.34% and the County - 53.62 %. This Agreement may not be terminated by any Party until the Bonds are fully retired. Article V. Funding Plan Section 5.01 Assessments; General. The Parties have an obligation to fund the operating costs, including an allowance for the replacement of capital, of the Consortium as follows: (a) Operating Assessments and Capital Replacement Assessments shall be paid by the 5th day of every month. Pa--e 2