SIGNED MOU BACKUP HELICOPTERSERVICE.PDF

Memorandum of Understanding
for Back Up Helicopter Transportation Service
between
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
and Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology
C-50-21-______-x-00
C-41-21-______-x-00
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Maricopa County Office of Enterprise
Technology (OET) on behalf of its Telecommunications (Radio) Division and Maricopa County
Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) on behalf of its Aviation Division, (“Parties”) and is effective retroactive
to July 1, 2020 and continues through June 30, 2023. It can be cancelled by either party at any
time by written notice of termination, delivered to the other party not less than two (2) weeks
prior to the termination date.
Recitations:
The Telecommunications Division of the Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology
(OET) has communication tower repair service and maintenance requirements that
necessitate helicopter transport to various remote locations in Maricopa County. OET
contracts for helicopter service commercially. There are occasions when the contracted
helicopter transport service is unavailable, and servicing is required on County
communications equipment at remote sites.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Aviation has two helicopters with the primary
purpose of supporting Enforcement Operations and Search and Rescue. MCSO Aviation can
provide backup helicopter transport service for OET, Telecommunications Division when the
contracted commercial vendor is unavailable.
This MOU supersedes the MOU for these services that was approved by the Board of
Supervisors on September 6, 2017 in Agenda Item C-50-18-013-3-00, and expired June 30,
2020.
Parties agree and understand:
1. Safety is the primary concern. Transportation Service missions will be limited to the
maximum number of passengers, plus two MCSO crew members and the total useful
load limit including fuel.
2. Only the Maricopa County employees assigned to the required work on the towers will
be permitted passengers—no vendors. Passenger County ID's will be checked by the
pilot prior to take off.

3. MCSO business will always take precedence and notice of cancellation could occur
with very short notice and service missions could be interrupted.
4. OET requests for service will be submitted as early as possible in advance of service
and will include:
a. Names, County employee ID numbers, and weights of passengers.
b. The weight of the tower repair gear.
c. The date, time of service
d. The approximate length of time the service will take
e. The full accounting org string that will be billed for the service
f. The authorized Telecommunications Department official's consent.
g. The location of pick up.
5. Passengers are expected to arrive at the Sheriffs hangar or other mutually agreed upon
location, at least 20 minutes before takeoff. They will be asked to sign in and indicate
the date, time and purpose/destination and show their County ID's.
Costs/Billing Support/lnvoices/Payment
1. A two-hour minimum charge will be billed from the helicopter engine start to
return to the hangar and engine shut off. This includes stand by time.
Additional time will be billed in 10-minute increments. The cost of fuel will be
based on the rate at the time of service. The two-hour minimum charge will
be based on gallons of fuel as follows:
a. Bell 407 (FOX 2) 102 gallons of fuel minimum; 8.5 gallons per
10 minutes.
b. Bell 429 (FOX 1) 150 gallons of fuel minimum; 12.5 gallons per
10 minutes.
2. In cases where the job at the site is anticipated to take more than an hour, the
MCSO pilot may leave and agree to return at a designated time. This will not
affect the number of hours from initial engine start until final engine shut off
at the Deer Valley hangar for that day's work, which will be continuous for the
service.
3. If overtime is worked by any MCSO employee at Aviation as a direct cause of this
service, OET will reimburse actual salary and variable benefits for actual
overtime worked.

4. Passengers will be asked to sign out using the form they signed in on and provide
the time prior to leaving the hangar site at the end of service. This will be part
of the record and used for billing for services rendered.
5. MCSO Business Ops will bill OET using actual date, start time and end time
provided by MCSO’s Aviation Division. from its. Invoicing and payment will
occur at least annually if applicable and prior to the applicable fiscal year end
close.
6. Payment will be made by OET Telecommunications using a Journal Voucher to
transfer the expenditure according to instruction on the MCSO invoice.
7. Conflict of Interest waiver:
Each party to this MOU acknowledges that it is aware that the Civil Division of
the Maricopa County Attorney's Office (Civil Division) may be chosen as the
attorney for the other party to this MOU, and each party acknowledges that it is
aware of a potential conflict of interest, and it waives any claim of conflict of
interest which may arise by virtue of Civil Division's representation of the other
party to this MOU.
This MOU contains the entire understanding and agreement of the parties. Proposed change
to this MOU must be made via a written amendment authorized by each party and approved
by the County Board of Supervisors. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall
constitute the same instrument. E-signed, faxed, copied and scanned signatures are acceptable
as original signatures.
Notices under this MOU shall be sent to:
MCSO OET
James Prindiville Albert Daigre
Chief Financial Officer Director
550 W Jackson 5th Floor 3324 W Gibson Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85003 Phoenix, Az 85003

MOU: MCSO and OET
Backup Helicopter Transportation Service
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby execute this MOU:
Office of Enterprise Technology Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
________________________________ _______________________________________
Chief Information Officer Date Sheriff or Designee Date
Enterprise Technology
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
___________________________________
Jack Sellers
Chairman of the Board
ATTEST:
______________________________________
Juanita Garza
Clerk of the Board
Approved as to form for MCSO: Approved as to form OET:
Digitally signed by Davina Bressler
DN: cn=Davina Bressler, o=MCAO, ou=Civil
Davina Bressler Division,
email=bressled@mcao.maricopa.gov, c=US
________________________________ ________________________________ Date: 2021.04.19 11:10:57 -07'00'
Deputy County Attorney Date Deputy County Attorney Date