HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2014-99 - Mutual Aid Pact with Hennepin County Chiefs of Police - 10/07/2014 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-99
A RESOLUTION APPROVING RENEWAL OF THE MUTUAL AID PACT
WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY CHIEFS OF POLICE
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59 authorizes governmental units by agreement of
their governing bodies to jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to them; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association previously developed a Mutual
Aid Pact to foster the sharing of law enforcement resources among agencies in Hennepin
County; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association has revised its Mutual Aid Pact
to clarify and update the language of the Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Use of Law
Enforcement Personnel and Equipment (the Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement allows other governmental units and municipalities to become a
party to the Agreement by the adoption of a resolution and sending notice to the Hennepin
County Sheriff; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie considers it to be in its best interests to become a Party to
the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the Eden Prairie
Police Department to be a Party to the Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Use of Law
Enforcement Personnel and Equipment developed by the Hennepin County Chiefs of Police
Association. Rob Reynolds, Police Chief is directed to send a copy of the signature page of the
Agreement and this Resolution to the Hennepin County Sheriff, and the City of Eden Prairie
agrees to comply with all terms of the Agreement.
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie, on October 7, 2014.
N c yra-L ken ,'Mayor
ATTEST:
0thleen Porta, City Clerk