Item 11 - Law Enforcement Helicopter Services

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Exhibit B Payment Provisions A. Annual Flight Hours, Cost, and Payment: 1. Pursuant to Government Code Section 51350, City agrees to pay to County the full costs of performing the services mutually agreed upon in this Contract. The level of service and costs are set forth in Section B, which shall be amended in subsequent years as the Parties deem appropriate. 2. The Santa Ana City Council delegates authority to the City Manager to execute the subsequent amendments in year two (July 1, 2027-June 30, 2028) and year three (July 1, 2028-June 30, 2029) for the contract amount of the first year of this agreement, plus up to ten percent and any future salary and benefit increases. Any increase beyond ten percent for any amendment of this Agreement will require City Council approval. 3. Flight hours that are deemed countywide service will not be counted towards the contracted flight hours per year. The following type calls are deemed countywide service: Vehicle pursuits, bank robberies involving tracking systems, stolen vehicles equipped with tracking systems, riots, felonious suspects within a perimeter, assaults involving a weapon or an officer in need of assistance. 4. City shall not receive a refund if the total flight hours,on an annual basis, are less than the contracted flight hours per year. Upon 30 days written notice to City, County may adjust the hourly rate based on County's annual operating cost and the average time per call. Any services in excess of the contract flight hours per year, on annual basis, shall be billed to City. 5. County will provide the City with a monthly flying hour report detailing assigned call time, patrol time and countywide service time spent over the City's jurisdiction as provided by Sheriff aircrews. The City shall notify the Sheriffs Special Operations Division Commander within ten days of receipt of the monthly flying hour report of any disputed call times. The Special Operations Division Commander and the City Supervisor will review the service provided by Sheriff on a monthly basis to ensure that it coincides with the agreed upon service level. The Special Operations Division Commander will be responsible for resolving disputes and adjusting service levels. 6. County shall invoice City monthly and will require payment by City of one-twelfth (1/12) of the Maximum Obligation of City. If a determination is made that increases due to Employee Bargaining must be paid, County thereafter shall include the pro-rata charges for such increases in its monthly invoices to City for the balance. 7. At the time this Contract is executed, there may be unresolved issues pertaining to potential changes in salaries and benefits for County employees. If changes result in the County incurring or becoming obligated to pay for increased costs for or on account of personnel whose costs are included in the calculations of costs charged to City hereunder, City shall pay County,the full costs of said increases to the extent such increases are attributable to work performed by such personnel after the starting date of this Contract. City shall pay County in full for such increases on a pro-rata basis over the portion of the Contract term remaining after County notifies City that increases are payable. If City is required to pay for such increases, County, at the request of City, will thereafter reduce the level of service provided to City to a level that will make the Maximum Obligation of City an amount specified by City. The purpose of such adjustment of service levels will be to give City the option of keeping its Maximum Obligation hereunder at the pre-increase level or at any other higher or lower level specified by City. In the event of such reduction in level of service and County of Orange Page 1 of 2 Sheriff Coroner Department