08-24-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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THE STATE OF TEXAS § TNT FP.? AJ :CREP �w _TT— �1tJfT ��r C?? = J COUNTY OF HAf IS § Whereas, the City of La Porte, Texas, and the City of Morgan's Point, Texas are adjacent to one another, and City of Morgan's Point finds that efficiency of city services will be better served by the use of City of La Porte's facilities for municipal court services; and Whereas, the parties enter into this Agreement for the purpose of providing municipal court services for the benefit of their communities; Now, therefore, the City Councils of the City of La Porte and the City of Morgan's Point mutually agree as follows: I. City of La Porte and City of Morgan's Point enter into this Agreement by and through their duly elected officials, and it is the intention of both parties to conform this Agreement in all respects with Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, more commonly known as "The Interlocal Cooperation Act." II. City of La Porte shall: (a) Provide municipal court clerical services. This includes collecting and receipting fines and court costs, filing Office of Court Administration Reports, filing State Comptroller's Office reports, preparing reports of moving traffic convictions to the Department of Public Safety and all other reasonable and necessary functions of a municipal court. City of La Porte shall collect fines and costs in connection with citations issued by the City of Morgan's Point, process citations in the dedicated court software; answer questions from defendants, enter and clear warrants and cases in SETCIC, Incode and OMNI; and perform other municipal court duties as required in the normal course of business. (b) Pay all wages, salaries, and other compensation of the court clerks including payroll taxes, retirement, social security taxes, if any, and any other payroll expenses for the services provided by City of La Porte; (c) Provide facilities for the municipal court judge and prosecutor for City of Morgan's Point to prepare for and hold court, and conduct such activities as are necessary to the fulfillment of court obligations. City of La Porte will provide a municipal court clerk to act for the municipal court of City of Morgan's Point when court is in session. (d) Timely deposit all fines and costs collected for the City of Morgan's Point to the financial institution of their designation.