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Request to authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute a one-year (FY2010) agreement with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for Law Enforcement Services
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Whereas, the City of Rochester Hills and its predecessor, the Charter Township of Avon, have contracted with Oakland County and the Oakland County Sheriff for law enforcement services continuously for 30+ years; and
Whereas, the City and its residents have benefited from the law enforcement services provided over the years by the Sheriff and desire to continue their contractual relationship and law enforcement services; and
Whereas, the City, County and Sheriff have entered into and operated under the same basic form of Law Enforcement Services Agreement for many years; and
Whereas, the current Agreement expires at the end of this month, and for 2010, the County and Sheriff have proposed a form of Agreement containing material changes relating to responsibility for loss or damage to the Sheriff’s Dept. substation caused by Sheriff’s deputies, and relating to indemnification of the City for claims, costs and damages incurred by the City as a result of the acts or omissions of the Sheriff’s Departments; and
Whereas, under the prior and current Law Enforcement Services Agreement, the County and Sheriff have been responsible for any loss or damage they cause to the Substation premises, and the County and Sheriff are contractually obligated to indemnify and hold the City harmless from claims, costs and damages against the City that may arise out of the acts or omissions of the Sheriff’s Department; and
Whereas, in the proposed 2010 Law Enforcement Agreement, the County has unilaterally, and without prior discussion, eliminated the aforesaid provisions resulting in shifting risk and responsibility for loss or damage to the Substation from the County to the City, and further exposing the City to risk of liability and litigation costs in regard to claims that may be asserted against the City du...
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