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Home My WebLink About1986-06-03; City Council; Resolution 8579, # A I L I . i I t s 1( 13 1: 1: 34 1: 1t 17 1E 15 2c 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 0 RESOLUTION NO. 8579 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAP'SBAD, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICE OF A COURT LIAISON PERSON., The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, CalifornFa, does hereby resolve as follows: 1. That the court liaison agreement, attached thereto as exhibit A, between the cities of Carlsbad, Escondido, Oceanside and San Diego County for the service of a court liaison person is hereby approved. 2. That the Mayor of the City of Carlsbad is hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreement for and on behalf of the City of Carlsbad. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 3rd day of June , 1986 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, NOES: None ABSENT: None Chick and Pettine ATTEST: (-7L&-&<$/L MARY H. $ASLER, Mayor ENKRANZ, City qlerk a 0 COURT LIAISON AGREEMENT EXHIBIT "A" to Resolution No. is executed this day This Agreement Of 1986 by and between the following parties. City of Escondido City of Carlsbad 100 Valley Boulevard 1200 Elm Avenue Escondido, California 92025 Carlsbad, California 92008 City of Oceanside 321 North Nevada Street 222 West C Street Oceanside, California 92054 San Diego, CA 92101 San Diego County WHEREAS, the law enforcement agencies of each of the above listed agencies would benefit from the services of a court liaison officer to coordinate court appearances between the law enforcement agencies and. the courts of North San Diego County; and WHEREAS, it would be more productive economically to have a single court liaison officer serve the needs of several law enforcement agencies, and WHEREAS, the Cities of Escondido, Oceanside, Carlsbad, and the County Sheriff's office desire to contract with each other for the services of a court liaison officer for their mutual benefit: NOW THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and conditions listed below, the parties do hereby agree as f 01 lows : JOINT COURT LIAISON COMMITTEE 1. AIL activities relating to the selection, responsibilities and supervision of a court liai- son officer shall be conducted. by a Joint Court Liaison Committee. This committee shall be com- -1- ,. posed of one representative from each of the law enforcement agencies participating in this agree- ment. All activities of the committee shall be conducted by a majority vote. Direct supervision of the court liaison officer shall be conducted by the Sheriff's office. SELECTION OF LIAISON OFFICER 2. Each participating agency may submit up to five names to the joint court liaison committee. These names shall be the candidates for the position of court liaison officer. This nomination procedure shall be used any time a court liaison officer is selected. It shall be the responsibility of the court liaison committee to evaluate the names submitted by each of the agencies and select a court liaison officer. The decision of the committee shall be final, and each participating agency agrees to accept the decision of the committee. JOB DESCRIPTION 3. The court liaison committee shall draft and approve a job description for the court liaison officer. This job description shall contain, but not be limited to the items set forth in Exhibit A to this agreement which is attached and incorpo- rated by this reference. -2- Y COMPENSATION 4. The compensation of the court liaison officer shall be set by the court liaison committee, with the approval of the governing body of each agency. The court liaison officer shall be entitled to a flat salary but shall accrue no benefits of any sort. Compensation during the initial term of this agreement shall be $24,000 per year. The City of Escondido shall be responsible for direct payment of the salary of the court liaison officer. Each participating agency shall be responsible for paying a pro rata share of the court liaison's salary amount in timely fashion to the City of Escondido. 5. A participating agency may withdraw from the responsibilities of the court liaison committee effective on any renewal date of this Agreement by giving written notice to the other members by April 30th immediately preceding expiration of the current contract. The withdrawal of any participating agency on the renewal date shall have no effect on the validity of this Agreement, and it shall remain binding on the remaining agencies . Each remaining agency shall assume a pro rata share of the withdrawing agency's court liaison salary obligation. -3- 5- 6. The term of this agreement shall be from July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1987 and shall automatically renew on July 1st of each succeeding year unless the participating agencies, by majority vote, decide to terminate the program. Date : Date : Date: (6k/$k Date: Date : Date: ERNIE COWAN, Mayor, City of Escondido JEANNE BUNCH, City Clerk, City of Escondido ,- MARY H. PASLER, Mayor, City of Carlsbad City Clerk, City of CarPsba'd LAWRENCE BAGLEY, Mayor City of Oceanside BARBARA BISHOP City Clerk, City of Oceanside JOHN F. DUFFY, Sheriff San Diego County -4- EXHIBIT A Court Liaison Officer Duties 1) Establish and maintain a positive working relationship between members of the District Attorney's staff, judges, court clerks and police officers. Must have good verbal and written communication skills. / 2) Coordinate information concerning subpoena service between the District Attorney's office and contracting agencies. a. Telephone notice to law enforcement agencies of late issue subpoenas, b. Confirmation of subpoena service of law enforcement witnesses, c. Advise prosecutors of officer appearance problems. 3) Coordinate officers' appearance in court. a. Determine which cases are going to trial, b. Call off officers on continued or adjudicated cases, c. Call off officers when the defendant fails to appear on the date of the trial. 4) Keep officers advised of court availability on the date of appearance and until the trial is assigned. a. Advise officers how many trials are ahead of theirs, b. Give the subpoenaed officers a time window when they can expect to be called. 5) Maintain communications with the Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney and Victim/Witness Advocate Section of the District Attorney' s office. a. Identify scheduling and appearance problems before the trial date. 7