H4. 911 Operations Board Appointment RecommendationCity Clerk's Office
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KALISPELL Kalispell, Montana, 59903
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REPORT TO: Doug Russell, City Manager
FROM: Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC, City Clerk & Communications Manager
SUBJECT: Appointment Recommendation to the 911 Operations Board
MEETING DATE: December 21, 2020
BACKGROUND: The recent passage of a ballot measure and subsequent county resolution
creating the Flathead Emergency Communications Center Special Tax District, shifted the
operation of The Flathead County Emergency Communications Center (FECC) from the
Administrative Board to Flathead County control. The current Interlocal Agreement and the
FECC Administrative Board will terminate on December 31, 2020.
An Operations Board created by the FECC Board to fulfill the requirements of the Criminal
Justice Information Network (CJIN) and the National Crime Information Center shall retain its
functionality under Flathead County. The Operations Board will be charged with the duties as
outlined in the attached resolution. This board shall be composed of seven members appointed by
the Flathead County Commissioners, including one member from the Kalispell Police
Department.
RECOMMENDATION: Council offer a recommendation to the Flathead County
Commission to appoint Kalispell Police Chief Doug Overman or his designee to serve on the 911
Operations Board.
ATTACHMENT: Flathead County Resolution 2528
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RESOLUTION NO.2528
RESOLUTION ORGANIZING THE FLATHEAD EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER SPECIAL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the local government entities consisting of Flathead County, the City of
Columbia Falls, the City of Kalispell, and the City of Whitefish entered into an Interlocal
Agreement on April 20, 2009, to provide oversight and funding for a county -wide emergency
communications center;
WHEREAS, the resulting Flathead Emergency Communications Center (FECC) provides
emergency dispatch and supporting communication services, equipment, and infrastructure for
Flathead County and its municipalities;
WHEREAS, Flathead County and its municipalities wished to provide a more permanent
funding solution to perpetuate these activities of FECC through a new county -wide special district
pursuant to Title 7, Chapter 11, Part 10, M.C.A. (2019);
WHEREAS, Flathead County referred the creation of a new county -wide special district to
Flathead County voters to be placed on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot;
WHEREAS, the ballot issue creating a new county -wide special district passed and the
election results have been canvassed and certified.
THEREFORE, the boundaries of the FECC Special District are the boundaries of Flathead
County, as shown on attached Exhibit A, and legally described as shown on attached Exhibit B;
THEREFORE, each lot or parcel of land, including the improvements on the lot or parcel,
will be assessed for that part of the cost of the FECC Special District that its taxable valuation
bears to the total taxable valuation of the property of the District; and
THEREFORE, the Flathead County Board of Commissioners will administer the FECC
y Special District:
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1) The Counties and municipalities approved the FECC FY2021 budget that covers the period
July-1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement. The FECC FY2021
budget, as approved and including contributions, shall continue in effect. Effective January 1,
2021, Flathead County shall assume the management and operation of the FECC. Flathead County
shall therefore complete the preliminary FY 2022 Budget along with needed changes regarding
employee benefits and insurance plans and shall assume the financial management and auditing
requirements of the FECC under the general scope and obligations of the Flathead County
operational budget. On December 31, 2020, the current Interlocal Agreement shall terminate and
the FECC Administrative Board shall be dissolved.
2) The FECC Director and all other personnel currently employed, and who shall hereafter
become employed, to serve under the FECC Director, shall be employees of Flathead County
effective January 1, 2021. The Director shall be a county department head under this new
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governing structure and will report to the Flathead County Board of Commissioners and the
Flathead County Administrator.
3) The Operations Board was created by the FECC Administrative Board to fulfill the
requirements of Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN) and the National Crime Information
Center (NCIC) to receive an Originating Agency Identifier (ORI) number and shall retain its
functionality under Flathead County.
The Operations Board shall:
a) Adopt by-laws, to be approved by the Board of Flathead County Commissioners,
to govern its proceedings;
b) Supervise FECC. equipment usage, system design, programming, and operating
procedures;
c) Supervise and set the standards for the selection and termination of FECC
personnel;
d) Supervise FECC operations of computers, circuits, and telecommunications
terminals; and
e) Be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Board of the Flathead County
Commissioners as follows:
i. One member from the Columbia Falls Police Department;
ii. One member from the Kalispell Police Department;
iii. One member from the Whitefish Police Department;
iv. One member shall be a Flathead County Sheriff s deputy;
V. One member shall be a fire department representative from a service
located in Flathead County;
vi. One member shall be an EMS representative; and
vii. One member shall be the FECC Director.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of December, 2020.
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
FLATHEAD COUNTY
Commencing on the 49th parallel of latitude at a point where the same is intersected by the sununit of the
main range of the Rocky mountains:
thence in a southerly direction following the summit orsaid mountain range to an interscction with the south
line of tine north tier of sections ortownship 21 north;
thence running westerly alone said line to the summit of the Swan range orthe Rocky mountains;
thence northerly and northwesterly along the Swan divide between the Swan river and the south fork of the
Flathead River, approximately 40 miles to where a line so drawn intersects the southern boundary of
township 27 north, range IS %vest;
thence west along the township line to the northeast corner ofsection 5, township 26 north, range 19 west;
thence south along the cast section line orsaid section 5 to the southeast corner of said section;
tltenee %vest along the South Section line orsaid section 5 to the southwest corner orsaid section;
thence south along (lie east Section line orsection 7, township 26 north, range 19 west to the southeast corner
of said section 7;
thence west along! the section lines to the meander contcr on the south line of section 12, township 26 north,
range 20 west;
thence south along, the cast shore of Flathead Lake to a point duc cast of the south boundar ,- of township 26
north, range 20 west:
thence due west across the lake to the meander corner on the south line orscction 33, township 26 north,
range 20 west;
thcnce west along the south boundary or the townships to the northwest corner ortownship 25 north, range
22 west;
thence south along the west boundary to the southwest corner of said township 25 north, range 22 west;
thence east along the south boundary of said township to the northeast Corner or township 24 north, range 23
west;
thence south along the cast boundary to the southeast corner of said township 24 north, range 23 west;
thence west along the south boundary to the southwest corner orsaid township 24 north, range 23 %vest;
thence north along the %vest boundary to the northwest corner orsaid township 24 north, range 23 west on the
6th standard parallel north;
thence west and along said parallel to the southeast contcr ofsection thirty-one 31, township 25 north, range
26 west;
thence north along said section line to the southeast comer of section 13, township 26 north, range 26 %vest;
thence west 1 mile to the southwest corner orsaid section 1 S;
thence north to the northeast corner ortownship 27 north, range 27 west;
thence west to the southwest corncr of' section 34, township 28 north, ranee 27 west;
thence north to the northwest corner of' section 3 in township 23 north, range 27 %vest;
thence cast to the southeast corner of township 29 north, range 26 west;
thence north along the I•lorse Plains guide meridian to the northeast corner ortownship 32 north, range 26
west;
tltenee west to the souiltcast corner of* township 33 north, range 26 west;
thence north along the I•lorse Plaints guide mcridian to file northeast corner ortownship 33 north, range 26
%vest;
thence cast about 12 miles to the summit of tine watershed dividing the Stillwater river and White Fish creek;
thence in a northwesterly direction along said watershed to its intersection with the forty-ninth parallel or
latitude;
theme cast along said parallel to the place of beginnim,