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BY A TI IOR ITY
C UNC IL BILL NO . 54
INTR DUCED BY COL 'CIL
MEMBER \\'ILSO '
AN ORD!r A CE A THORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AG REE~!ENT
ENTITLED "AGREE~!ENT BETWEE N TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGc:-,r 1E
A D LO AL ,CO1Jl\TY AN D STATE LAWE, FORCEMENT AGE CIES FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPE 'SES" BETWEE THE I TER AL REVENUE SERV ICE.
CRIM INAL INVES TI GAT ION DIVI SIO N , 'D THE !TY OF ENGLE WOOD, COLORADO .
WHEREA S. the Department of Trea sury. Internal Re\·cnue Service, ln\'csti ga tions Oi \'ision
request ed the Englewood Poli ce Departm ent provide assistance 10 them wuh th e investi gation of
finan cial crimes; and
WHEREAS, 1h c Agrcemcm is establ is hed pursuant to 1h c provisions of 3 1 U.S.C . 9703. the
Trc;1sury Forfei ture Fund Ac t of 1992 , which provides for the reimbursement of th e Englewood
Poli c1.. ;.,,e pnrtmcnt for the cos ts as wcll ns a portio n of ass c1s that arc fo rfe ited as a result of these
criminal in vcs ti gn ti ons:
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NO W, TII ERE~f DE IT ORD AINED B\' THE CIT\' CO NC IL Of-THE ITY OF
E 'GLEW OD. CO LO~DO. AS FOLLO\\'S :
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Scct iCln I. Thi.' it~ Council of the Cit y of Englewood. olorad o hcn:by ::tcccpt s and appro\'es the
"Agreement Between Tre:isury Law Enfo rce ment Agen cie s nnd Loca l. Co unt y nnd State' .nw
Enforcement Agencie s for thr: Reimbu rs e1111:111 of Expenses". :itt nc hcd hereto n~ Exhibit A.
Section 2. Thl· i\1a yor is muh oriLcd to cxcc u1 c 11 11d th e City Clerk to attes t :md sc:il th e
lnt crgovcrnment:il Agrcc mc111 for nnd on bchnlf of the ity of Englewoo d. Colorndo .
lm roduccd. rc:id 111 full . and pa ss ed on fir st rending on th e 6th da~ of Dec em ber. ~O I 0.
Publ bhcd b) rith: J:. a Bill ti.,r an Onhn~ncc 111 the C11y·s l,flkial nc\\ ~paper t'll the I 0111 rl :iy nf
Occc mhc r. 20 10.
Publi shed as :i Bill for an Ord inan ce ,1111hc C11 y"s official web site bcgmning on the 8t h day CII
Dc~cmbc r. 20 10 fi.,r thin~ {J O) d;iys.
Re:i d by title and p:iss l.'d on tinnl n::1di 1 0 11 the 21 hh d:iy ,,f Dcccmhcr . :!010 .
Puhl ished by 111 1c 1tl th e C11y ·s offic1:1\ new spaper ;i s Ordinance 1'0.~. Series of 2010. on
1hc 241h <lay of Decemb er. 2010 .
Publi shed by 1i1le on the Cty's offic ial wcbs:1e beginnin g on th~ 22nd day of
Dec ember. 20 10 for thi 11y (30 ) dr.ys.
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}1mc s K . Woo~l~ard. fvl nyo r
Loucris hi a A. Elli s. City Clerk
I. Lou cr ishia A. Ellis . City Clerk or the ity or Englew ood. Colorado, hereb y cec,i fy that th e
abmc and forcg omg 1s 2.,..Jf}.e co p) of 1he Ordmancc pa sse d on fi nal rcad1ng and publi shed hy
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN TREASURY L AW ENFORCEM E NT AGENCIES
and
LOCAL, CO UNTY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMEN T AGENCIES
FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES
This agreement is entered into by the Englewood Police Department an d Internal Revenue Service,
Criminal Investigation, for ti1e purpose of receiving reimbursable costs incurred by the Englewood Po lice
Departme nt 1n prov1d1ng resou r::e s to join t ope ra tion s/task forces .
Payments may be made to the exten t they are included In the Treasury law enforcement agency 's Fiscal
Year Plan , and the monies are availab le wi thin the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to sat is fy the request(s) for
reimbursable overtime: expenses .
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LI FE OF THIS AGRE EME NT
This agreement is efiective on the dat e it is signed by both part ies and term inates on the last day
of the cur rent Fiscal Year. Agreeme nt s are required on a Fisca l Year basis and must be
renewed , if appropriate , by September 3oth of each Fisca l Year fo r tn e following Fiscal Year.
AUTHORIT Y
This agreement is established pursuan t to the provisions of 31 U.S.C 9703, the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund Act of 1992, wh ich provides for th e reimbursemen t of certai.1 expenses of local ,
county, and state law en forceme nt agenc ies incu rred as participants in joint opera tions /task
force s with a Department of tho Treasury law enforcemen t agency .
PURPOSE OF THI S AGREE MENT
lh1s ag;eemen t establishes the procedures ard respons1b1lllles of both the Englewood Pc 1hce
Department ond the Criminal !nveo;tigrilton Intern ,) Revenue Servi ce, for the reimbursement of
certai n overtime and other expenses pursuant to 31 L· s.r: 9703
Fo1m 9975 (Rev :'-05)
Oeoartmont of tha Treilsury .. tnternal Reven ue Serw:e Page t
IV . NAME OF TASK FORCE /JOINT OPER ATION (If Appli cabl e)
The Name of this Task Force 1s (Suspicio us Activity Report Task Force .
Projecled Dates of Rema ining Operation : 11 /10/2010 to 09/30/2020.
V. CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES
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Form 9975 (Re v 2-C'.
Assignment of Englewood Polic e Department Offic ers
To the maximum extent possible , En~lewood Police Department shall assign dPd icate d
office r(s) to the Task Force/J oint Operations .
The Englewood Pol i:e Departme nl shall provid e the Criminal Investigation , Internal
Revenue Service , with the names, tilles , badge or ID numbers of the officer(s) assigned
to the Task Force/jo i,1t Ope ra tion In an attachmen t to this ag reement.
Requests for Reimbursement of Overtime Expe ns es
1. The En~lewoo d Police De partment may request reimb u rsement for payment of
overt ime expenses direclly related to work pe rformed by its officer (s) assigned as
me mb ers of a Jo in t Task FD'ic e/Op1 ,ratio n with the Crimin al Inves tigation, Internal
Revenue Servit.e , for the p1..rpose Jf conducti ng officia l Treasury inv es tigations .
2. The Englewoo d Polic e Dep art ment shall provide the Cr iminal Inv es tigation,
Internal Revenue Serv ice, wit hin 10 days of the signing of this agreemen t, a
ma~datory ACH Ve ndor Pa yment Enroll ment Form for Electron;c Funds Transfer.
3. Invoices submitted for the paymen t of overtime to Englewood Police Department
officer(s) shall be submitted on the agency 's letterhead . The invoice sha ll be
signed by an authorized representat ive of thal agency
4. The Enylewood Po lice Department will submit all requests for reimbursable
payments logether wit h appropria te doc umentation to the Criminal Inves tigation,
Internal Revenue Service ,, ATTN : ( Kevin Sophia, Supervisory Special Agent ,
303-603-4951).
The Englewood Poli ce Departme nt sh all certifv tha t the request is for overtime
ex penses incurred by the Englewood Police Department for Parti cipation with a
Joint operation conducted wi th the Criminal Investigation , Int ernal Revenu e
Service . The Englewood Police Department shal' also certify that requ ests for
reimbursement uf overtime expe nses have not been made to other Federal law
en forcemen t agen cies wh o may also be participating with th e task force /join t
operation
Cat No 224foK Department of lho Treilsury -lntcrnill Revc,,ue Sc1v1ce Pn ge 2
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The Eng lewood Po lice Department •~knowledges that they remain fully
respons ible for their obligations as the employer of the officer(s) ass igne d :c the
tas k force/joint operation and are resrons ible for the payment of overtim e
earnings , 'Nithholdings , insuran ce coverage ar.d all other requirements Ly law ,
regulation , ordinance or contract regardless of the reimbursable overti me
charges incurred.
All requests for reimbu,sement of costs incurred by the Engl ewood Police
Department must be app roved and certified by the Crimi na l Investigation , Inte rnal
Revenue Service . The Treasury law enforce ment agency shall counters ign the
invo ices for payme r:t.
All requests for rei mbursement of costs are to be received by Criminal
Investigation, Internal revenue Service no later than 15 da ys after the previous
month end . Thes e requests for re imbursement are to be for a full month time
period, from the first day to the last day of the month . There should not be
Invoic es co vering only part of the month , as in 1/10104 -1125104 .
The Englewood Police D ;.i f'l:ment is limited to a max imu m reimbursement for ali
overtime expenses in coro r,lion v.lth this operation of $ 15,000 per year und er
th is agreement. By statut• r,o single offi cer may earn more than $15 ,000.00 per
fiscal year In overtime rega 11ess of the number of ag reeme nts he/she is
authorized on . Travel and rela ted expenses should no t exceed a maximum of
$25 000 for this task force/joint operation for the Fisca l Year period .
The total dollar value of this agreem en t may be adjuste d at anytime by Cr iminal
Inves tigatio n, Int ernal Revenue Service based upo n the following :
A) The Criminal Investigation , Interna l Revenue Servi ce may modify the tot, I
dollar obl igation , resulting ln an increase or decrease , if they determ ine tb£A i the
original obligated amoun t is not commensura te with the rate of reimbursable
requ ests, based on the ir analys is of submitted rei mbursement requests .
B) The adjcstmen ts to the total dollar value of th is agreement may resul t in a
part ial and /c, total reducti on of re imbursement funds reque sted. Any
modification made to an authorized agre ement will be documented in writing and
immediately prov ided to th e impac ted state and local ag ency.
C, PROGRAM AUDIT
This ag reement and its proced u1es are subject to audit by the Criminal Investigation ,
Interna l Reven ue Servic e, Dep artment of th e Treasury , Offi ce of Insp ector General , the
General Acco unting Offi ce, and othe r government designated audi tors . The Englewood
Police Department agrees to permit such audits and ag rees to main ta in all reco rds
relati ng to th ese tra nsa cti ons for a per io d of not less than three years; and in th e event of
an on-going audit , unt il the aud it is co mplet ed.
These aud its may include reviews of an~ a:id all records , docume nts , reports, accou nts ,
inv oices, rece ip ts or expendi tures relat ing to this agreemen t; as well as the intervie w of
any and all personnel Invo lve d in these transa ctio ns .
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D. REVIS IONS
The terms of this agreement may be amended upon the written approval of beth the
Englewood Police Department and the Criminal In vestigation, Internal Revenue Service.
The revision becomes effective upon the da te of approval.
E. NO PRIVATE RIG HT CREA TE D
This is an internal gov 0mment ag reement between a Treasury Law Enforcement Agency
and the Englewood Pe ice Department, a Local/County/State Law Enfo, ce ment Agency,
and is not intenden to confer any right or benefi'. to any private person or party .
CITY OF ENGLE WOO D
Signature Date :
James K. Woodward, :-layor
Printed Name Title
A'l'1'ES'r :
~o ucr1sh1a A. Ellis , City Cl erk
Form 9 9 7~ (Rev 2·
Sig nature
Printed Nar ,e
Date :
Specia l Age nt in
Char~•
Title
Criminal Investigation
Denver Field Office
Internal Revenue Service
Signature
Printed Nam e
Date :
Director -Warrants
and Forfeiture
Title
Criminal Investigation
Internal Reve nue Service
Wa shi ngton , DC
Ocpnnmcm of th e Treos ury •· Internal Re~onuo Sorv1co Pngc 4
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COUNCIL COMMU N I CA TIO N
Date: I Age nda It em: Subjec t:
D cember6 1010 11 a iii lntergm ern mental Ag reement 1o r Sus pr c1ous
1\c 1hities Rep ort Task Force Participa tion
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Init iated B)': I Sta ff So urte:
Police Departm en t John Collin s, Deputy Chief oi Police
COUNCIL GOA L AND PRE V I OUS COUNCIL ACTION
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RECOMMENDED ACTI ON
The Police DepMtment is recommending th at Ci ty Council adopt a bill for an o rdinan ce au th orizing
th-e Chief of Poli ce to sign a Memorandum oi Un cl erstt1nd1ng ,, 1th the Interna l Re, enu e Sen ice,
Crimi ric1I Im stigati on Di, ision au th orizing Englewood's pa rt icipa ti on in SARTF, Suspicious An i, itie s
R port Task Force .
BACKGROUND, ANALYS I S, AND A LT ERNATIVES IDENTIFIFD
The Departmen t vi Treasur\. Internal Re, enu e Sen ice, Im es tiga tions Di, is1 011, has reques ted that
th e Engl e,,oocl Polict Departmen t prodde assis tance to the m \\i th th e imes tiga tion of financial
crim es. The ln ternal Re\enue Sen ice has cl \eloped a Suspicious Act1\i ties Report T,1sk Force !or
this purp:)se. The Engle\\OOd Po lice Departn,en· ,,mild pm\ide a Fi nanci.11 rimes D t ct i\e to th e
Ta:,k Force I\\O to IOlJr d,1 ys per mon th 0 11 an O\ ertim e ha'iis .
FI NANCIAL I MPACT
Th~ lntt>rnal Rt.'\ t•nuc Sen i(e \,ould rt..•1,11huro;e the Pol, P Dt'partm t-nt ror the ass1g 11ecl De tetti\ e's
m ert1111e tosh up to S 15.000.Utl p1:r \ t'tll Tlw lntern,11 Rt-\ L'lllll-' ~er, ltt' \\Ot1ld ,11!,r ,I\\ ,11d th e
Polu.:c Depr1rtrne111 ,1 porti on 0 1 ,W,t>I, tha t M E:' 1o ri e1t ed ,l'i" result 0 1 th ese u 1111111,11 1m e:,uga:ions.
1\II training cos ts\\ 111 he paid :c,r h\ th e ln tern,ll Re\ 1::-nue r,e n 1u•.
LI ST OF ATTACHMENTS
Bill to r an nrdinance