WS - D - Law Enforcement Contract Draft - Updated

12. Assignment of duties, discipline, and promotion of County employees, and all matters incident to the performance of the duties of County employees shall remain the sole responsibility of the County and its officers, employees, and commissions. The City may provide requested information and reports to facilitate the County's assignment and supervision of personnel. 13. The County shall be responsible for the payment of salary wages and/or any other compensation or benefits to any County employee providing services under this Agreement unless otherwise expressly agreed upon by the parties. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, the City shall not be liable for compensation to any County employee for workers' compensation claim for injury or sickness occurring while the employee undertakes duties and fulfillment of this Agreement. 14. The City and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office each designate contract administrators. The City designates the City Administrator and the Johnson County Sheriff designates the Commander of the Patrol Division. This relationship will have the following requirements: a. Contract administrators shall be available by mobile phone on a 24 hour basis. Each contract administrator shall have the responsibility of providing the other contract administrator with the name and mobile phone number of a designated back up during times of their unavailability. b. The contract administrators shall establish a mutually agreed upon set meeting schedule to review any issues or concerns with the execution of services provided under the contract. Written notifications, requests for service, questions and proposed contract changes by the parties shall be made orally or in writing through and to the contract administrators. c. The Johnson County Sheriff’s contract administrator will promptly notify the City contract administrator of the existence of any death or major criminal investigation in the City. The contract administrators will agree on the timing and limited scope of these notifications so as not to jeopardize the work of the Sheriff’s Office. 15. No real or personal property will be acquired jointly by the parties pursuant to the Agreement. 16. Adjustments may be made to the annual contract sum, if mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties, due to: a. Changes to the scope of services provided, the addition of operations and planning support, and/or changes to the City's public safety needs; b. Changes to the amount of hours of service provided; c. Salary and benefits adjustments; d. Action taken by the United States or State of Iowa which increases the cost of wages, insurance, or other benefits for employees; 17. Each party shall allow access to all records, documents, and papers necessary for the financial auditing of the parties' transactions. Appropriate records, documents, and papers necessary to conduct a financial audit shall be maintained a minimum of three (3) years.