11-087 - Valley Cities - Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT)

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The Board shall meet monthly, unless otherwise determined by the Board. The presiding officer, or any Board member, may call extra meetings as deemed appropriate. The presiding officer shall provide no less than forty -eight (48) hours notice of all meetings to all members of the Board; PROVIDED, however, that in emergency situations, the presiding officer may conduct a telephonic meeting or a poll of individual Board members to resolve any issues related to such emergency. The policies, regulations, and operational procedures in effect pursuant to the previous interlocal agreement shall be in effect without action of the Board and until such time as they are subsequently altered by the Board. The VSWAT Team written policies, regulations, and operational procedures shall apply to all VSWAT Team operations. Thus, to the extent that the written policies, regulations, and operational procedures of the VSWAT Team conflict with the policies, regulations, and operational procedures of the individual jurisdictions, the VSWAT Team written policies, regulations, and procedures shall prevail. IX. STAFF A Tactical Commander, which shall be a command level officer, shall be appointed annually by the Board to act as the principal liaison and facilitator between the Board and the members of the VSWAT Team. The Tactical Commander shall operate under the direction of the presiding officer of the Board. The Tactical Commander shall be responsible for informing the Board on all matters relating to the function, expenditures, accomplishments, training, number of calls that the VSWAT Team responds to, problems of the VSWAT Team, and any other matter as requested by the Board. The Tactical Commander may be removed by action of the Board at anytime and for any reason, with or without cause. The Tactical Commander shall prepare monthly written reports to the Board on the actions, progress, and finances of the VSWAT Team. In addition, the Tactical Commander shall be responsible for presenting rules, procedures, regulations, and revisions thereto for Board approval. Each jurisdiction shall contribute six (6) full -time commissioned officers, which shall include at least one (1) Sergeant or other first level supervisor, to be assigned to the VSWAT Team. Board approval must be obtained for the jurisdiction to assign less than this staffing requirement. The personnel assigned to the VSWAT Team shall be considered employees of the contributing jurisdiction. The contributing jurisdiction shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the compensation and benefits for the personnel it contributes to the VSWAT Team. All rights, duties, and obligations of the employer and the employee shall remain with the contributing jurisdiction. Each jurisdiction shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws with regard to employees and with provisions of any applicable collective bargaining agreements and civil service rules and regulations. The Board may appoint the finance department of a participating jurisdiction to manage the finances of the VSWAT Team. Before appointing the finance department of a particular jurisdiction to manage the finances of the VSWAT Team, the Board shall VALLEY SWAT TEAM 08 -19 -2010 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 3