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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #0962i RESOLUTION NO. 962 A RESOLUTION COMMITTING THE CITY OF CANTON TO PARTICIPATION IN THE WESTERN ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING UNIT AND APPROVING AN INTER- GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND THE WESTERN ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING UNIT. WHEREAS, the City of Canton Police Department is subject to certain reoccurring, mandated, annual training requirements; and, WHEREAS, it appears to the Canton City Council that participation in the Western Illinois Police Training Unit would be advantageous to the City in that certain of the costs of required police training would be paid by the State of Illinois as in Public Act 82-674 set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON, Fulton County, Illinois as follows: 1. That the Canton City Council hereby commits the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois to participation in the Western Illinois Police Training Unit for a twelve (12) month period from the date of these presents and at a total cost to the City of Canton not to exceed $731.30. 2. That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver duplicate original copies of a certain agree- ment, Exhibit A hereto attached and herein incorporated by reference, entitled, "Intergovernmental Contract - Western Illinois Police Training Unit," upon terms and conditions substantially in conformity with the tenor of this Resolution. 3. That this Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, and approval by the Mayor thereof. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular meeting this 2lstday of September , 1982, upon a roll call vote as follows: AYES: Aldermen Savill, Sarff, Grant, Carl, Larsen, Horr. NAYS: None. AB SENT• Aldermen Kovachevich, Hammond APPROVED: Donald E. Edwards, Mayor. ATTEST: an Whit , City C erk. . - I~iTERr,U~;ERN~°IENTAL CONTRACT WESTERN ILlI"~OIS POLICE TRAINING UNIT The undersigned units of local ;overnTent, charged with the duty of enforcing the law and with providing train;n; for :~~~ law enforcement officers employed by each of them, recc~ynize that none ~: to=^- individually has the resources, nor the volume of trainees to support an i~:-servir_e training p-~ogram of the quality or at the cost that could be provided in a joint ef;"crt with the financial assistance available through the Intergovernmental Law Enlorcerr~ent Officers In-Service Training Act (hereinafter called Act). For and in consideration of the payT,ents and contributions herein set forth, and the mutual covenants and obligations of the parties hereto, it is agreed by and among the parties as follows: 1. AUTHORITY. The parties hereto enter into this contract pursuant to the authority vested in them by Article V, Section 10, of the Constitu- tion of the State of Iiiinois, and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (III.Rev.Stats. 1e8;, Ch. 127, Sec. 41 et seq. for the joint exercise of this pow=r to employ peace officers and to train therm, in accordance with th= :r;tergovernmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Act (III.Rev_c-ats., 1981, Ch. 85, Sec. 561 et seq.) as any of them raay new cr r.ereafter be amended. II. PURPOSE. The purpos? o` this contract is to create a multi-juris- dictional unit to b~ known as the Western Illinois Police Training Unit (hereir,~=?~r cal'~~ '„I~TU) which shall analyze and determine the law enfr,- - :•f,> -P,:- ink needs of its members and provide appropriate i~.-~~rvice -raining to its members° law enforcement personnel and to law e~=•~cerrent employed by the state, by units of local goverment or by tie federal government, or their agencies and -1- departments in the administration of justice. WIPTU will cooperate and coordinate its efforts with the Illinois Local Governmental la~~ Enforcement Officers Training Board (hereinafter called the Police Training Board) to the end of providing high quality, cost effective training and participating in the financial assistance available through the Act. III. DEFINITIONS. A. "Board" means the board composed of representatives of the Members of WIPTU described in Article VII hereof. B. "Member" means any unit of local government which ,by official action of its governing body agrees to participate in WIPTU as provided herein and is either an initial party to this contract or is added as provided in Section IY(B) below. C. "Units of local government" means counties, municipalities, town- ships, special districts, and units designated as units of local government by law, which exercise limited governmental powers or powers in respect to limited governmental subjects, Dut does not include school dis~rcts. I`~J. I^EMBERS. A. The initia Henderson, Galesburg, B. Additional WIPTU upon present a t rrer~bers of WIPTU are: Counties of Fulton, Hancock, Y,nox, ;~1cDonough, Warren; municipalities of Canton, Macomb and Monmouth. ~, units of local government may be added as Members of a majority vote of the representatives on the Board a reular ::~eeting, provided that written notice that -2- ~~ such question will be voted on has been mailed to each repre- sentative on the Board not less than ten days prior to said meeting. V. DURATION. This contract shall be effective on September 2l, 1982, upon its execution by at least one county and one municipality and shall continue until terminated as provided herein. VI. DUTIES. WIPTU shall have as its duties and responsibilities those which are prescribed in the Act and those which are set forth in this contract. The WIPTU shall limit its operations to in-service training of law enforcement personnel employed by the state, by units of local government, or by the federal government, or their agencies and departments in the administration of justice. VII. BOARD. A. The Board shall be composed of the County Board chairman and the sheriff of each county which is a member and the chief executive officer and the chief of police of each municipality which is a member and the chief executive officer and the head of the law enforcement agency of any other unit of local government which may be a party, and either the executive director or the chairman of the Police Training Board. Each such representative shall be a representative by virtue of his office, and upon his termination, his succf~s~or in the office shall replace him as a representative. 1. Any ~~~ch representative on the Board may d~zsignate another of f i r ~_:;- ~r f~m,~ 1 ~~yee of the same uni t of local government to sit in his place on the Board. Such designation shall be effective from the time it is delivered in writing to the -3- chairman of the Board until it is superseded by another written designation or the representative making such designation ceases to be a representative on the Board. The presence of the regular representative on the Board shall suspend the designation on file while the regular representative is present. a. Each representative shall have one vote on all matters coming before the Board. ;io proxy voting shall be permitted except as provided in Section VII(A)(1) above. C. Twenty-fi.ve percent of all of the authorized representatives or their designees shall constitute a quorum for the ,conduct of business at any meeting. 0. The Board shall be responsible for overseeing the operation of WIPTU and its powers and duties shall include, but not be limited to: 1. adopting by-laws and operating procedures. Z. designating a financial officer who must be an elected local government financial officer. 3. employing a qualified person or contracting with a qualifiedi institution to srrrve as coordinator and approving the emplo}ment of such other full or part-time staff as might be requires. 4. developing and approving the total budget for the WIPTU annually. 5. overseeing the development of training programs, the delivery of training and the proper expenditure of funds. ~~ 6. carrying out such other actions or activities appropriate to the operation of the WIPTU, including contracting for services and supF;l i~-~. a~~d th,- F,~,erchase of furniture, fixtures, equiprr,ent and 5uppl i~~;. -4- 7. soliciting, receiving gifts, bequests, etc. 8. establishing tuition, fees and charges for services of 41IPTU. 9. fixing an appropriate surcharge, discount, rebate- or other device to equitably adjust the payments by non-members who might send personnel to utilize the services of WIPTU in relation to the payment by members. 10. exercising all other powers and duties that are reasonable to fulfill its functions in furtherance of the purposes of this Contract. VIII. STAFF. The staff of the WIPTU shall consist of a coordinator appointed by the Board who shall be the chief executive officer of WIPTU and such clerical employees and other personnel as shall be authorized by the Board to be necessary for the operation of WIPTU. The powers and duties of the coordinator shall include: A, managing and coordinating the on-going operation of WIPTU„ 6. employing and terminating authorized full or part-time staff, subject to approval of the Board, and supervising such staff. C. arranging for qualified ir~.tructors from amo~rg the employees of t-,~~ state, loc.rl r,r *r :~ • :' ~Ir~f.,~rtmc~nt; or agencies wherever pract.i,-,tl, ,rr~l obtainincd crri,~-r ~r, t~~; tiur,-rl services as required. D. preparing and prt~serrtir_; t ~ thc: Board, not less than sixty days prior to each fiscal year, a detailed proposed operating budget and a detailed schedule of proposed training for the upcoming year. E. securing and keeping in force at all times a policy or policies of insurance in amounts to be deterrnined from time to time by the Board to protect the Members and the Board against liabilities arising out of the operation of WIPT!.1. -5- r IX. OPERATIONS.. A. The fiscal year for WIPTU will be July 1 through June 30. B. Members shall be given preference in registration of their employees for a]1 services offered by WIPTU. All non-member fees and charges shall be payable upon registration, except that delivery of contri- butions of goods and services, conforminy to the rules of the Police Traininy I;czard, and approved by the Board in lieu of cash, may be scheduled by the coordinator, X. FUtIGI~1G_. All participating members will pay dues as set by the Board within 60 days of their assessment. Dues will be assessed on a per capita basis based on the most recent census recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau. XI. TERMINATION. A. Any member may terminate its participation voluntarily only at the end of any WIPTU fiscal year with sixty days advance written notice to the Board. B. Any member who fails to make any required payments within a reasonable time after billing, ray he involuntarily terminated as a member, upon a majority vote of ~';; cf tt~~r representatives of the Board. This shall be in addition to any rs;'rtr rE~r,edies WIPTU may have for the collection or past-due accounts. C. In the event a m:erber is involuntarily terminated pursuant to this contract, all of that member's rights to the services and privileges of membership ir; :WIPTU shall immediately cease and abate; and any p~~yr~ents al:•eady made try :;: '!~ ;t,,ll he forfeited to and retained by WIPTU. XII. HUt~AC'~ k_IGIITS. Thi; c„~tr-:-.* i . ,object to and governed by the rules and regulations of the Illinois Hum~3n Rights Act. -6- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned unit of local government has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and has attached hereto a copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the signing official to execute this Agreement. 'Unit of ocal vernment ~~~ ignature of uthorize Of icia DATE : ~~,~ ~~,~ ATTEST: e k -7-