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THIS AGREEMENT entered into on this ~ day of
,If( Utll- , 199 ~, by and between THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, hereinafter referred to as (the
"Authority") and AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, hereinafter referred to as
("The Countyll) .
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Authority desires to contract with the County
to provide fifteen (15) sworn Sheriff's deputies (hereinafter
"Officers") to patrol in the public housing communities owned and
managed by the Authority within the territorial limits of
Augusta, Georgia; and
WHEREAS, the County is willing to assign fifteen (1S)
officers to patrol in all of the public housing communities owned
and managed by.the Authority under the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed between the Authority and the
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County as follows:
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a)
The County will provide fifteen (15) officers, at
least two (2) of whom shall have the rank of sergeant,' who shall
be assigned to provide police protection and patrol services to
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the Authority's '.public housing communities, including any future
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additions to such communities and any new housing projects within
the territorial limits of Augusta, Georgia, which may be
developed in the future, provided that the County deems it
reasonable to encompass such.additions to the patrol area. The
fifteen (15) officers shall be assigned to various shifts as
. deemed necessary by the County. However, the County shall
consult with the Authority, periodically, about officer
assignments and shift schedules.
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a)
The Authority shall reimburse the County the
amount paid to the assigned officers for salaries, social
security, unemployment and health insurance premiums and other
benefits paid to or attributed to the assigned officers. The
amounts reimbursed pursuant to this agreement shall be paid
quarterly, payable upon receipt by the Authority of written
statements and copies of payroll time reports supporting the
amounts billed for each assigned officer from the County
Comptroller.
b) The amount paid by the Authority pursuant to this
agreement shall be adjusted upward to include any and all future
increases in salaries, social security, unemployment and health
insurance premiums and other benefits paid to or attributable to
the assigned officers.
3. The parties intend and declare that the relationship
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between them created by this agreement shall be that of
independently contracting parties. The parties are not joint
venturers or partners. The Authority is interested only in the
results obtained under this contract. The manner and means of
providing the services required by this agreement are under the
sole discretion and authority of the County, which shall have
sole responsibility for all acts and actions of the officers
assigned hereunder; provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall constitute any waiver of any immunity or other
defense available to municipalities under Georgia law. The
officers assigned pursuant to this agreement shall be regular
employees of the Augusta, Georgia Sheriff's Department and not
employees or agents of the Authority.
4. The County shall make a good faith effort to assign
officers who are capable of functioning effectively in public
housing communities. Concerns by the Authority about patrol
routes, officer shifts and the suitability of a particular
officer, may be made known to the Sheriff's Department's
designated representative in writing .and the County shall take
such concerns into consideration.
However, the final decision
whether to modify routes, adjust shifts or reassign an officer
.shall be made by the County.
5. Assigned officers will take active steps to become
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knowledgeable about the Authority's communities, its tenants and
the problems they face in order to develop more effective .methods
to address criminal behavior in public housing communities. The
officers will:
a) Conduct foot patrols;
b) Attend Resident Association meetings;
c) Consult with public housing managers concerning
potential problem areas and criminal activity; and
d) Make security and drug resistance training
available to public housing residents during
resident association meetings as may reasonably be
requested.
6. The activities of the officers shall be confined to the
enforcement of criminal law and they shall have no obligation or
authorization to act in civil matters. However, officers shall
continue to be subject to all subpoenas and process served
pursuant to,applicable state and federal law.
7. The County shall make public information regarding
criminal 'activity in the Authority's public housing communities
available to the Housing Authority's Executive Director, or his
designated representative, provided that the disclosure of such
information does not jeopardize police investigations.
Specifically, the County shall provide to the Authority copies of
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police incident reports and statistical information of criminal
activity occurring in the Authority's public housing communities
and/or involving public housing residents. The County shall also
provide the Authority with statistical information regarding
criminal activity occurring county-wide. The Sheriff's Department
shall have the sole discretion to determine whether the
disclosure of information pursuant to this provision jeopardizes
police investigations.
8. A Sheriff's Department representative shall meet with
the Authority's Executive Director, or his designated
representative, once monthly to review the services provided by
the officers. Upon written request by the Authority, but not
more than quarterly, the Sheriff's Department's representative
shall also provide written reports of all special activities and
training conducted in the Authority's public housing communities
by assigned officers.
9. The patrol areas of the assigned. officers shall be
'limited to the Authority's neigr~orhoods and their surrounding'
environs. However, the assigned officers shall be authorized to
respond to emergencies in areas outside, but nearby, the
Authority's public housing communities. The assigned officers
shall be at all times part of the Augusta, Georgia Sheriff's
Department force and subject to the control of Augusta, Georgia
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Sheriff's Department, and shall be required to obey orders to
attend to emergencies anywhere within the Department's
jurisdiction. The County agrees to restrict the use of the
officers assigned to the public housing communities for calls
outside their public housing patrol areas to unusual emergency
situations. The County further agrees to take all reasonable
steps to avoid directing the assigned officers to calls outside
their public housing patrol areas.
10. To the extent that the Authority has a need for police
officers in connection with specific events or occurrences in its
housing communities which require police services above and
beyond that provided by the fifteen (15) assigned officers, the
Authority may contract with off-duty Sheriff's deputies to
provide this additional protection. Any such off-duty Sheriff's
deputies under contract with the Authority shall be independent
contractors and not employees of the Authority.
11. The County will provide the assigned officers with such
patrol vehicles 'and other eqUipment as maybe reasonable in order
to allow them to carry out the duties required hereunder.
12. The County shall lease from the Authority appropriate
premises at four (4) of its public housing communities to serve
as substations for the officers. The cost of leasing said
premises shall be the cost of providing water, gas and
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electricity as necessary to service the premises.. The Authority
shall furnish telephone service for local calls to the premises
as well as office furnishings and equipment at no charge to the
County.
13. The obligations created by this contract are intended
to be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any and all provisions
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in the existing COOPERATION AGREEMENT between the Authority and
the County. Specifically, the County agrees that the services
rendered by the personnel assigned pursuant to this contract are
in addition to baseline services routinely provided to the
Authority's public housing communities. The County agrees that
it will not reduce its current level of police services to the
Authority's public housing communities in any areas including,
but not limited to, patrol, criminal investigations, records
dispatch and special operations.
14. a)
The term of this contract shall be for a one (1)
year period commencing on January 1, 1998. The contract shall be
automatically renewed for successive one-year terms unless
modified, amended or sooner terminated by the parties as herein
set forth.
b) This agreement may be terminated by either party
at the end of either the first or the second year by giving
written notice to the other party not less than ninety (90) days
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prior to the anniversary date of the agreement. In the event
that this agreement is so terminated, the County shall have no
obligation to refund any monies previously paid by the Authority
.except as may become necessary under subsection (c) herein and
the Authority shall have no obligation to compensate the County
for any expenditures made in furtherance of this agreement.
c) In the event that this agreement is so terminated,
the County shall have the right to gradually reassign officers
from their assignments within the Authority's communities to the
Sheriff's Department as positions become available. The County
shall credit the Authority with any amounts of compensation
which, except for such reassignment, would have been earned by
such officers in performance of patrol duties for the Authority
during the time remaining under the ninety (90) day notice
period.
15. This Agreement represents the entire agreement reached
between the parties and there are no other duties or obligations
.of either party not specifically set forth herein. 'Any.amendment
or modification to this agreement must be made in writing and
signed by both parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their proper
officers to execute these presents .and affix their respective
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seals hereto on the day and year above written as the date of
these presents.
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