DEPARTMENT: Government & Public Affairs
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Jeff Coyle
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Amendments to Master Interlocal Agreement with Bexar County
SUMMARY:
Briefing of proposed amendments to the Master Interlocal Agreement between the City of San Antonio and Bexar County to add Addenda A-8, Fire Services and Inspections, A-9, Food Services and Permitting, and A-10, Magistration. The Master Interlocal Agreement was approved by City Council on December 13, 2018 and contains agreed upon contract requirements, deliverables, and compensation amounts for multiple City and County services. New addenda are proposed to the interlocal agreement related to county building inspections and permitting and City conducted Magistration services.
BACKGROUND:
Bexar County and the City of San Antonio enter into interlocal agreements to coordinate mutually beneficial services. A Master Interlocal Agreement (MILA) was developed in 2013 to consolidate agreements for services in: Animal Care, Cooperative Purchasing, Crime Lab/Medical Examiner, Platting, Vital Statistics, Fuel, Jury Pool, Library, Magistration, and Hotel Occupancy Tax Collection. The previous MILA expired in September 2018, with the exception of the Library addendum which expires in September 2019. City and County staff reviewed and negotiated a new MILA through the summer and fall of 2018 and agreed upon the removal of several services that were no longer needed and for the new agreement to include the following services: Cooperative Purchasing, Crime Lab, Hotel Tax Collection, Jury Pool, Library, Platting, and Truancy. The new MILA was approved by City Council on December 13, 2019. The MILA is a one-year agreement with four (4), one (1)-year renewals.
County staff subsequently approached the City requesting an agreement be entered into to allow the County to conduct: fire, code, life safety, and food inspections in Bexar County facilities; fire watch and fire inspections at Bexar County...
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