DEPARTMENT: Social Services-Children & Family Services
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement For Social Services Access To Minnesota Department Of Public Safety Criminal Justice Data Communications Network
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota through its Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is authorized by law to maintain systems and tools and has access to other systems and tools that are useful to criminal and non-criminal justice agencies in the performance of official duties; and
WHEREAS, the BCA has established the Criminal Justice Data Communication Network (CJDN) for the purpose of enabling agencies across the State of Minnesota to access such systems and tools; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 19-436 (March 26, 2019), the Board of Commissioners authorized execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) with the State of Minnesota that allowed Social Services to utilize the CJDN from the date of execution for a period of five years; and
WHEREAS, the JPA would provide Social Services with access to such systems and tools as authorized by Minn. Stat. § 299C.46; and
WHEREAS, the JPA further provides the Social Services Department with the ability to add, modify, and delete connectivity, systems and tools for a period of five years from the date of execution at a total annual cost of $600.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Community Services Director to execute a joint powers agreement with the State of Minnesota, acting through its Department of Public Safety on behalf of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, for access to the Criminal Justice Data Communications Network from the date of execution for a period of five years in an annual amount not to exceed $600, or until completion by the parties of their respective obligations under the joint powers agreement, whichever occurs first, unless earlier terminated by law or according to the provisions of the joint powers agreement, substantially as presented to the Community Services Committee of the Whole on April, 16, 2024, subject to approval by the County Attorney's Office as to form.
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