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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: October 1, 2019
Item #: 3
Reviewed By: 'j
Contact Name: Deputy Chief S. Plasencia Department Director: Chief Charle ": ow
Contact Number: 407-554-7223 City Manager: Robert Fran,/
Subject: Approval of Interlocal Agreement for Police Dispatching Services with he City of Winter
Garden
Background Summary:
The Police Department is asking to renew our contract with the City of Winter Garden for police dispatching
services. The cost for dispatching services for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 will be 608,324.00 with a maximum 5%
increase for subsequent years through Fiscal Year 2023-2024. The City of Winter Garden Commission has
approved the proposed contract.
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and the Board of City Commissioners approve the contract with the City of Winter
Garden for Police Communication services?
Recommendations:
Staff respectfully recommends that the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners enter into a contract
with the City of Winter Garden for police communication services.
Attachments:
Interlocal Agreement for the Police Dispatching Services Between City of Winter Garden and City Of Ocoee
Financial Impact:
The cost for dispatching services for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 will be 608,324.00 with a maximum 5% increase for
subsequent years through Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Type of Item: (please mark with an "x")
❑ Public Hearing For Clerk's Dept Use:
O Ordinance First Reading 71, Consent Agenda
O Ordinance Second Reading 0 Public Hearing
❑ Resolution 0 Regular Agenda
Commission Approval
❑ Discussion&Direction
O Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
O Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR POLICE DISPATCHING SERVICES
between
CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA
and
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the City of Winter Garden,a Florida
Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "WINTER GARDEN", whose mailing address is
300 West Plant Street, Winter Garden, FL 34787 and the City of Ocoee, a Florida Municipal
Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "OCOEE", whose mailing address is 150 N. Lakeshore
Drive, Ocoee, FL 34761:
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, WINTER GARDEN currently operates and maintains modern emergency
communications facilities capable of receiving and dispatching public safety personnel; and
WHEREAS, Ocoee's dispatching services are currently undertaken by the City of Winter Garden
personnel utilizing equipment owned by Orange County (the "Ocoee Dispatching Equipment")
and maintained by Ocoee; and
WHEREAS,the parties hereto recognize that it is desirable to enter into this Agreement to provide
superior communications services for the benefit of both agencies, more particularly herein; and
WHEREAS, Winter Garden owns and maintains a twenty-four (24) hour public safety
communications center located at the Winter Garden Police Department, 235 West Plant Street,
Winter Garden, FL(the "Winter Garden Communications Center"); and
WHEREAS, Ocoee recognizes this agreement is for the benefit of the general public and is
authorized by and entered into pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and has requested
Winter Garden to provide dispatching services for the Ocoee Police Department from the Winter
Garden Communications Center and has agreed to be bound by the provisions of this interlocal
agreement; and
WHEREAS, Winter Garden recognizes this agreement is for the benefit of the general public and
is authorized by and entered into pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and has agreed to
provide dispatching services for the Ocoee Police Department from the Winter Garden
Communications Center and has agreed to be bound by the provisions of this interlocal
agreement; and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of mutual promises, terms and conditions contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration,it is agreed by and between the City of Winter Garden
and City of Ocoee.
SECTION 1: WINTER GARDEN'S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Winter Garden shall provide twenty-four(24) hour police dispatching services for the
Ocoee Police Department in response to "911" calls, receive and process ten-digit
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telephone calls for emergency service, direct dial, or other agency request for the
service provided within the areas of the City of Ocoee's jurisdiction.
Winter Garden agrees to answer all "911 PSAP" calls at its public safety answering point in the
following time frame for Ocoee calls for service:
Percentage of Time 95% 96% 97%
Seconds Answered In 5 Seconds 7.5 Seconds 10 Seconds
The percentage of time in answering the calls for service shall be calculated over a given month
period.
B. Winter Garden will receive and transfer emergency medical and fire calls for service,
including notifications for automatic fire alarms, and automatic aid and mutual aid
for fire services to Orange County, as agreed upon pursuant to a separate Interlocal
Agreement for Fire Dispatch Services between the City of Ocoee and the Orange
County Fire Services Division or such comparable agreement as may be entered into
between Ocoee and Orange County subsequent to the date of this agreement or as
otherwise directed by Ocoee in the event the foregoing agreement with Orange
County terminates. This agreement in no means shall imply that the City of Winter
Garden shall or will track statistical data related to the calls for emergency medical
and fire services within the City of Ocoee.
C. Winter Garden shall electronically provide a Winter Garden Communications Division
Policies and Procedures manual outlining formally established regulations to Ocoee
and shall provide Ocoee with any updates thereof.
D. Winter Garden shall keep adequate records and recordings including assignment of
appropriate means of identification of Calls for Service and provide access to this
information to Ocoee law enforcement officers or the general public as required by
the appropriate public records laws.
E. Winter Garden shall provide access to Ocoee law enforcement personnel, 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, to information contained within the Florida Crime
Information Center (FCIC) system, National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system
and Orange County Sheriffs Computer System. The Orange County Sheriffs records
shall be limited to those records that the Sheriff deems appropriate to share with
neighboring law enforcement agencies. Winter Garden shall not be responsible for
errors contained within the aforementioned system regarding information entered
into the system by any other agency. In addition, Winter Garden shall not be
responsible for loss of service or access to the aforementioned systems due to
circumstances beyond Winter Garden's control. This is to include, but not limited to:
Disasters, instances when the system is down due to work by the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement, the Orange County Sheriffs Office, Florida Crime Information
Center system or the National Crime Information Center system or other networks
connected to these systems of which Winter Garden does not control; routine
maintenance; or unforeseen computer problems of Winter Garden owned
equipment or the Ocoee Dispatching Equipment.
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F. Winter Garden shall enter law enforcement information into the FCIC and/or NCIC
system upon the order of a duly certified law enforcement officer of the City of Ocoee
according to the laws, rules and regulations of the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (FDLE), FCIC and NCIC.
G. Winter Garden shall provide written notification to Ocoee when any record is
canceled and/or modified in accordance with FDLE, FCIC and/or NCIC standards.
Winter Garden will notify the Ocoee Police Chief or his designee of cases that require
validating. The validation confirmations shall be returned to Winter Garden within
20 days of mailing date. In addition, Winter Garden shall maintain records in
accordance with the aforementioned agency standards including removing entered
information when the proper validations and/or documentation are not received by
Winter Garden from Ocoee and Winter Garden shall not be held liable for any
consequence due to the removal of the record according to the above agency
standards. The Winter Garden Chief of Police reserves the right to remove any and
all records from the aforementioned system(s), after notification to Ocoee for failing
to validate the records in accordance with the rules and regulations established by
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
H. Winter Garden shall maintain records of all entries and cancellations in the
aforementioned system for review by the City of Winter Garden's Administration,the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the City of Ocoee or the public as
authorized by public records laws. Winter Garden shall also maintain all 911
recordings and dispatch recordings for review by the City of Winter Garden's
Administration,the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the City of Ocoee or
the public as authorized by public records laws.
I. Winter Garden shall provide dedicated dispatching circuit(s) linking Winter Garden to
Ocoee for the purposes of mobile computer terminals, printing or stationary
computers.
J. Unless requested by Ocoee, Winter Garden will not record any talk groups not
covered by Winter Garden's maintenance contract and if any additional talk groups
are requested to be monitored by Ocoee, Ocoee shall pay for any associated costs.
K. In the event Winter Garden receives a public records request for Ocoee records
maintained by Winter Garden pursuant to this agreement, Winter Garden will
forward any such request to Ocoee and Ocoee will be responsible for responding to
such request. Winter Garden will not release any such records without first
consulting with Ocoee to determine whether such records are entitled to be released
under the public records laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Winter Garden shall
not be held liable for damages due to the release of any information as required by
law.
L. All Ocoee records maintained by Winter Garden pursuant to this agreement shall be
maintained and retained by Winter Garden in accordance with the applicable records
retention schedule.
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M. Ocoee agrees to provide Winter Garden with the necessary equipment for recording
said talk groups. Winter Garden will continue to record the foregoing as part of the
services provided under this agreement. Ocoee shall be responsible for any
maintenance to the recording equipment used for the sole purpose of recording
Ocoee's transmissions.
N. Winter Garden accepted the Ocoee Dispatching Equipment and utilizes it in
connection with the providing of the services required by this agreement. Following
Winter Garden's acceptance thereof,Ocoee shall maintain maintenance contracts for
the Ocoee Dispatching Equipment and portable radios provided to Ocoee's personnel
and shall be responsible for any and all associated costs.
O. Winter Garden will be available to hold quarterly meetings with Ocoee to discuss
operational issues related to this agreement.
SECTION 2: OCOEE'S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. On the effective date of this agreement, Ocoee must have the necessary SmartCOP
software to be compatible with Winter Garden's computer aided dispatch system,
CAD, reporting system and records management system. Throughout the term of this
agreement and unless otherwise agreed to between the parties,Ocoee agrees to and
understands that Winter Garden and/or SmartCOP shall continue to upgrade the
aforementioned systems as software and/or hardware becomes available and that
Ocoee shall upgrade the necessary software and/or hardware to ensure that the
aforementioned software and/or hardware provide for the best public safety
responses to their respective communities. Every effort will be made to ensure that
this is a coordinated effort between the respective cities but in no way restrict Winter
Garden from upgrading its system. Ocoee understands that under the terms of this
agreement it shall be responsible for ensuring that it maintains a maintenance
agreement with SmartCOP and any respective vendor(s) to ensure the software's
efficient functioning that are not otherwise outlined and/or contained herein under
the terms of this agreement.
B. Ocoee under the terms of this interlocal agreement shall maintain a T-1
communications line between the City of Winter Garden and the City of Ocoee for
means of communicating data transmissions between the respective cities. The City
of Winter Garden shall be the responsible party to ensure that the line is operating
from the Information Technology equipment (server) maintained by the City of
Winter Garden to the router which will be located at the City of Ocoee. Any
equipment on the opposite side of the router located at the City of Ocoee shall remain
the responsibility of the City of Ocoee Information Technology Department.
C. Ocoee shall observe the instructions and procedures to be provided by Winter Garden
for the use of radios and for coordination of dispatching efforts under the terms of
this agreement. Ocoee may have a representative coordinate with the representative
of Winter Garden with respect to the revisions or other updates as necessary to the
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Winter Garden Communications Center policies and procedures manual. Ocoee shall
enforce the policies of such with its own members.
D. Ocoee shall provide radio equipment for use by Ocoee's personnel to include
handheld (portable) and/or vehicle mounted (mobile) radios that are capable of
communicating with the Winter Garden Communications Center.
E. Ocoee shall retain ownership of the portables and mobiles under their control and
shall be responsible for all associated costs of maintenance of and/or replacement of
such. Ocoee also may be charged a fee for any and all programming, updates,
modifications, or changes in the Winter Garden Communications system for the City
of Ocoee to include console, portable,or mobile programming. Any costs incurred by
Winter Garden for the specific aforementioned services shall be negotiated in
advance with the Ocoee signatory agent or designee.
F. In situations where the Ocoee Chief of Police or his designee directly dispatches police
units,the Winter Garden Communications Center is to be notified as soon as possible
as to the location and nature of the call to which the Ocoee unit has been dispatched.
G. Ocoee shall provide the Winter Garden Communications Manager with a list of
persons who are authorized to direct the dispatching of police units for Ocoee city
business and shall provide a list of all duly sworn and employed Ocoee police
personnel, contact phone numbers, and pager numbers of such.
H. Ocoee is responsible for any costs associated with the recording of police talk groups
that are not covered under the City of Winter Garden's maintenance contract.
I. Ocoee shall be responsible for giving all data to Winter Garden which may be needed
for Winter Garden to update all Ocoee records entered by Winter Garden into the
FCIC and/or NCIC system in accordance with FDLE established policy and procedures.
This is to include ensuring the validation process of the records is conducted in a
manner consistent with established rules and regulations.
J. In order for the Winter Garden Communications Division to comply with validation
policies set forth by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Crime
Information Center system and the National Crime Information Center system,Ocoee
will be required to send a copy of the initial and/or recovery request, on acceptable
forms as agreed upon by the Winter Garden Communications Division to the
Communications Center not to exceed forty-eight(48)hours after the original request
for entry. If this request is not received,the Winter Garden Communications Division
may cancel the entry from the system and will provide written notification to the
Ocoee Chief of Police.
K. Validations are accomplished by reviewing the original entry and current supporting
documents and recent consultation with any appropriate complainant, victim,
prosecutor, court, motor vehicle registry file, or other appropriate source or
individual. The original report shall be maintained by the Ocoee Police Department
and all contacts for validation of said records will be the sole responsibility of the
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Ocoee Police Department. When the entries are validated, Ocoee shall forward
notification to the Winter Garden Communications Division with the case numbers
and case status. Any failure by the Ocoee Police Department to validate the records
within the 20 days provided under this agreement may result in the record being
cancelled from the appropriate FCIC/NCIC system.
L. This agreement in no way restricts the response patterns of the City of Ocoee,
allowing Ocoee to dictate the number and type of emergency units that should be
deployed on each type of emergency call in Ocoee or any other jurisdiction to which
Ocoee provides service.
M. Ocoee agrees that the 911 surcharge monies collected by Orange County on behalf
of Ocoee shall be directed to and made payable to the City of Winter Garden since
Winter Garden shall be the answering point for the 911 calls originating out of the
City of Ocoee.
N. Ocoee agrees and fully understands that Winter Garden may agree at a later date to
provide a talk group on Winter Garden's 700/800 trunked radio system, however,
Winter Garden makes no guarantee either written or implied as to the coverage of
the radio system within the coverage area of Ocoee's emergency response area.
Ocoee further understands and agrees that at any time in the future, the City of
Winter Garden may negotiate the institution of a user fee for the use of radio
equipment owned and operated by the City of Winter Garden for the transmission
and receiving of radio communications. Any fees shall be agreed upon by both parties
to this agreement and would be considered operational services and outlined in an
addendum to be attached at a later date.
O. The Ocoee Dispatching Equipment has been delivered by Ocoee to Winter Garden at
Winter Garden's Communications Center for use by Winter Garden in providing the
services required under this agreement. Ownership of the Ocoee Dispatching
Equipment shall not be changed by virtue of this agreement.
P. The City of Ocoee shall be the responsible party to ensure that the necessary
programming of their PBX System occurs and that all non-emergency 10-digit
communication lines are transferred to the designated phone number at the City of
Winter Garden. Costs associated with this programming shall be the responsibility of
the City of Ocoee.
Q. Ocoee shall be responsible for the maintenance of the individual laptops assigned to
their personnel and owned by the City of Ocoee under the terms of this agreement.
R. Ocoee understands that in order to ensure effective use of the software, that both
the City of Winter Garden and the City of Ocoee are required to upgrade SmartCOP
software simultaneously and agrees that software updates shall be coordinated with
the Winter Garden IT Director prior to updating their system.
S. Ocoee is in agreement that there are continued costs associated with maintaining
connectivity to Winter Garden (such as T-1 data links and router) and SmartCOP
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software. Upon termination of this agreement, Ocoee understands that Ocoee shall
be responsible for the cost of transferring and/or maintaining this equipment and
software.
T. Ocoee shall provide dedicated communications circuit(s) linking Winter Garden to
Ocoee for the purposes of providing a ringdown phone outside of the Ocoee Police
Department and associated Fire Departments for after hour access to the
communications personnel.
SECTION 3: SUPPLEMENTAL/OPERATIONAL SERVICES
Ocoee may elect,and at any time during this agreement,to purchase those supplemental
services from Winter Garden that are not specifically listed in this agreement.
Supplemental services purchased are considered "services" and Winter Garden shall
retain all proprietary right, title, or interest to services. Upon termination of this
Agreement, Ocoee shall not be entitled to any of the intellectual software, property,
equipment or devices purchased by Winter Garden, unless otherwise negotiated and
documented.
SECTION 4: SERVICES NOT COVERED OR PROVIDED
Ocoee agrees that the following services and fees are the responsibility of Ocoee:
A. Purchase of Mobile Data Computers (MDC) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) in
vehicle equipment and leased airtime.
B. Mobile Data Computer Aided Dispatching software licenses and maintenance costs
for Ocoee units.
C. Mobile Data Computer Field Reporting software licenses and maintenance costs of
Ocoee units.
D. Purchase of mobile, portable and/or console radios for use by Ocoee.
E. Ocoee agrees and is of the understanding that they shall install or have installed by a
contractor of their choice any and all communications lines for direct dial ring down
emergency communication phones between the Ocoee Police Department and
Ocoee Fire Stations. It shall be Ocoee's responsibility to maintain these
communication lines and to ensure that any repairs are conducted as needed. Ocoee
also shall remain the responsible party for the monthly costs for these communication
lines.
SECTION 5: PAYMENT OF SERVICES RENDERED
The intent of this section of the interlocal agreement is to establish method of payment
by Ocoee to Winter Garden for providing public safety dispatching services as set forth
in this agreement. Payment is established by this interlocal agreement and paid by
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Ocoee to Winter Garden. The payment is subject to periodic cost adjustments as set
forth as follows:
A. During the term of this Agreement,the cost to the CONTRACTOR will be calculated as
follows:
1. The cost for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30,
2020 will be $608,324.00 for a full year. Fees will be paid in equal quarterly
payments and will be due in October,January, April, and July.
2. The cost for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30,
2021,shall not exceed a 5%increase above the previous fiscal year cost. Fees will
be paid in equal quarterly payments and will be due in October, January, April,
and July.
3. The cost for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021 and ending September 30,
2022,shall not exceed a 5%increase above the previous fiscal year cost. Fees will
be paid in equal quarterly payments and will be due in October, January, April,
and July.
4. The cost for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30,
2023,shall not exceed a 5%increase above the previous fiscal year cost. Fees will
be paid in equal quarterly payments and will be due in October, January, April,
and July.
5. The cost for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30,
2024,shall not exceed a 5%increase above the previous fiscal year cost. Fees will
be paid in equal quarterly payments and will be due in October, January, April,
and July.
B. Whenever there is an annexation or a new development is built, the Winter Garden
reserves the right to increase the yearly cost to Ocoee based upon the projected
increase in calls for service or Ocoee's police personnel.
C. Should the percentage of calls increase by more than 10%over the previous year,city
representatives from Ocoee and Winter Garden will review the call data and
determine if an adjustment in the annual fee is necessary in order to equitably
allocate the cost incurred by Winter Garden.
SECTION 6: WORKER'S COMPENSATION/HOLD HARMLESS
A. Any employee of Ocoee (whether paid or not; or working within the scope of, or
under the direction of an Ocoee employee),who is dispatched in accordance with this
agreement, shall be deemed to have been acting within the course and scope of his
employment with Ocoee and not Winter Garden. Said employee shall be subject to
the sole control and supervision of Ocoee and shall not be construed to be an
employee of Winter Garden.
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B. The parties hereto and their respective officials, officers and employees do not
assume any liability for the acts, omissions, and negligence of the other party. Ocoee
agrees that Ocoee shall not bring lawsuits or claims against Winter Garden and its
officials,officers and employees arising out of dispatching services provided to Ocoee
by Winter Garden under this Agreement with the exception of a specific performance
action to enforce Winter Garden's contractual obligations to perform the dispatch
services contracted for hereunder in the event of a material default of this Agreement
by Winter Garden. Each party(and their respective officers, officials, employees and
agents) to this Agreement expressly retain all rights, benefits and immunities of
sovereign immunity and other privileges, immunities and defenses that they
presently(or may in the future)enjoy under the Constitution and statutes of the State
of Florida, and particularly with respect to Chapter 768, Florida Statutes. Nothing in
this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of parties' or their respective officials',
officers' and employees' sovereign immunity protections or any other defenses,
privileges or immunities afforded by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of any third party for the purpose of allowing any claim against any party(or
their respective officials, officers, employees and agents), including without
limitation,any claims that would otherwise be barred under the doctrine of sovereign
immunity or by operation of law.
C. Any employee of Winter Garden (whether paid or not; or working within the scope
of, or under the direction of a Winter Garden employee), who is performing services
for Ocoee in accordance with this agreement, shall be deemed to have been acting
within the course and scope of his employment with Winter Garden and not Ocoee.
Said employee shall be subject to the sole control and supervision of Winter Garden
and shall not be construed to be an employee of Ocoee. It is not the intent of this
agreement to differentiate between Winter Garden employees assigned to perform
Ocoee function versus Winter Garden functions.
SECTION 7: EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
A. The terms of this agreement shall remain in full force for term of five (5) years,
beginning on/or about October 1, 2019 and continuing until September 30, 2024
unless either party delivers written notice to the other party of its intention to
terminate this agreement. Each party agrees that should such party elect to
terminate this agreement they shall give the other party at least twelve (12) months
advance notice of their intent to terminate this agreement.
B. Notice of termination as set forth above and any other notices which may be required
to be provided in writing under this agreement shall be made in writing and shall be
served personally or by certified mail to the City Manager,City of Winter Garden,300
West Plant Street, Winter Garden, Florida 34787 or to the City Manager, City of
Ocoee, 150 North Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee, Florida 34761.
C. The Effective Date of this agreement shall be the day this agreement is last executed
by a party hereto and such date shall be inserted on Page 1 of this agreement.
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SECTION 8: CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Winter Garden intends to work closely with Ocoee to resolve any dispatch issues or
service performance conflicts which may arise out of this Agreement. Formal conflict
resolution shall use the following procedure:
A. The Ocoee Chief of Police or his designee shall discuss (verbally, by email, or in a
formal communication)the issue with the Winter Garden Communications Manager
who shall respond within three (3) business days. Winter Garden's response may be
made verbally, by email or in a formal letter response.
B. If Ocoee is not satisfied with the response,Ocoee may appeal the decision,within five
(5) business days of receipt of the response, to the City of Winter Garden Chief of
Police who shall provide a written response within three (3) business days.
C. If Ocoee is not satisfied with the decision of the City of Winter Garden Police Chief,
Ocoee may appeal within five(5) business days of receipt of the response,to the City
Manager of Winter Garden who shall provide a written response within twenty (20)
days. The decision of the Winter Garden City Manager shall be considered final.
The foregoing shall not be construed to authorize Winter Garden to make unilateral
amendments to this Agreement or provide a basis for Winter Garden disregarding any
provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 9: MISCELLANY
A. It is understood that the services called for in this agreement do not include
telephone complaint report writing or walk-in complaint handling by the City of
Winter Garden.
B. All amendments to this agreement shall be in writing and signed by all parties.
C. This written agreement supersedes all previous agreements between the parties and
is the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement.
D. The recitals set forth in the WHEREAS clauses are true and correct.
E. This agreement and the provisions contained herein shall be construed, controlled,
and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Florida.
F. At any time following a request by the other party, each shall execute and deliver to
the other party such further documents and instruments, in form and substance
reasonably necessary to confirm and/or effectuate the obligations of either party
hereunder.
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G. Both Ocoee and Winter Garden shall have the right to enforce the terms and
conditions of this Agreement by an action for specific performance; provided,
however, that prior to taking any action to enforce this Agreement by an action for
specific performance, a 15 day written notice and opportunity to cure shall be given
to the other party.
H. In the event that either party finds it necessary to commence an action against the
other party to enforce any provision of this agreement or because of a breach by the
other party of any terms hereof, each party shall be responsible for their attorney's
fees and costs.
SECTION 10: SECURITY
A. If Ocoee maintains a Florida Department of Law Enforcement terminal (FDLE), an
FDLE direct connect, or Mobile Data (or Mobile Computer) terminals used to access
NCIC, FCIC or Orange County Computer Services, Ocoee shall maintain a separate
FDLE Terminal Agency Coordinator and Point of Contact with FDLE separate from any
agreement with Winter Garden. Winter Garden shall not be responsible for the
security and maintenance of any terminal not under the direct control of the City of
Winter Garden.
B. Winter Garden does not waive any of their exclusive legal rights, statutory or
otherwise,associated with the ownership of the proprietary computer programming
information or data or intellectual property as defined in Chapter 815 F.S.
C. Ocoee acknowledges and understands that Ocoee has no proprietary right, title, or
interest whatsoever in the proprietary information programmed into radios and/or
computers by Winter Garden and that Ocoee is allowed to use this proprietary
information subject to the provisions of this agreement.
D. Ocoee acknowledges and understands that Winter Garden can, subject to the
provisions of this agreement, revoke the use of the proprietary information
programmed into the computers and/or radios by Winter Garden and that upon
request of Winter Garden, Ocoee will immediately make the equipment available to
Winter Garden for removal of the proprietary information.
E. Ocoee agrees not to sell, trade, give away, or discard the radio until after the radio
has been delivered to Winter Garden and the proprietary information previously
installed by Winter Garden has been removed by Winter Garden. Ocoee is not
authorized to make any modifications to the information programmed into Ocoee's
computers or radios without the prior consent of Winter Garden.
F. Ocoee shall not allow anyone access to the proprietary information programmed into
Ocoee's computers or radios unless required to do so by law.
G. Ocoee shall retain all rights to the user licenses associated with the computer aided
dispatch system (CISCO and/or SmartCOP)and will not transfer to Winter Garden any
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such license. Ocoee shall provide a copy of their SmartCOP agreement indicating the
number of concurrent licenses that they own at the execution of this agreement to
the Winter Garden Chief of Police.
SECTION 11: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Staff from Winter Garden and Ocoee will negotiate and implement specific operational
procedures and policies unique to Ocoee's operation. Winter Garden recognizes that Ocoee may
be desirous of meeting the Commission of Law Enforcement Accreditation Standards and will
comply and assist Ocoee in their move to become an accredited law enforcement agency with
regards to the Communications portion of the accreditation standards.
SECTION 12: DISCLAIMER OF THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
This agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto. No right, remedy, cause of action
or claim shall accrue by reason hereof to or for the benefit of any third party who is not one of
the parties executing this Agreement.
SECTION 13: ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST
This Agreement may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by any of the parties hereto without the
express written consent of the other party.
SECTION 14: SEVERABILITY
This Agreement is intended to be performed in accordance with and only to the extent permitted
by all applicable laws,ordinances, rules and regulations. If any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, for any reason and to any extent, be
invalid or unenforceable,the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provisions
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby but rather shall be enforced to
the greatest extent permitted by law.
SECTION 15: CONSTRUCTION OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement is the result of mutual negotiations between the parties hereto and all parties
have contributed substantially and materially to the preparations hereof. Accordingly, this
Agreement shall not be construed more strictly against either party.
SECTION 16: SIGNED, DATED,AND AGREED:
IN WITNESS OF THE FOREGOING,the parties have executed this Agreement on the date indicated
below.
CITY: CITY:
CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, CITY OF OCOEE,
FLORIDA FLORIDA
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BY: BY:
John Rees Rusty Johnson
Mayor Mayor
ATTEST: ATTEST:
Angela Grimmage, City Clerk Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE WINTER GARDEN APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
CITY COMMISSION AT A MEETING COMMISSION AT A MEETING
HELD ON ,2019 HELD ON ,2019
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA; THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGALITY this day of LEGALITY this day of
, 2019. , 2019.
By: By:
City Attorney City Attorney
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