R23-11

RESOLUTION NO. R23-11 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF 
AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY 
OF LITCHFIELD PARK AS ONE OF THE WEST VALLEY 
REGIONAL VETERANS COURT (WVRVC) PARTICIPATING 
MUNICIPALITIES. 
 
 WHEREAS, On December 22, 2022, the Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County 
Superior Court issued Administrative Order No. 2022-158, which established the West Valley 
Regional Veterans Treatment Court (“WVRVC”) for the municipal courts in the West Valley of 
Maricopa County, including Glendale, Avondale, Buckeye, El Mirage, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, 
Peoria, Surprise, Tolleson, Wickenburg, and Youngtown Municipal Court and other municipal 
courts as set forth in Administrative Order No. 2022-158, and provided that each municipal court 
would establish its own eligibility criteria for referral to the Veterans Court. 
 
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to establish the terms and conditions by which the Parties 
will work together on the WVRVC, including how Parties will proportionately share costs for the 
wages of designated court staff and operating costs based on the volume of cases referred to the 
WVRVC. 
 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
SECTION 1.  That it is deemed in the best interest of the City of Glendale and its citizens 
that the intergovernmental agreement between the City of Glendale and the City of Litchfield Park 
as one of the West Valley Regional Veterans Court Participating Municipalities be entered into, 
which agreement is now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Glendale. 
 
SECTION 2.  That the City Manager or designee and City Clerk are authorized and directed 
to execute and deliver such agreement on behalf of the City of Glendale.  
 
 
 
(Signatures on following page.)

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 14th day of February, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
                                                    
 
 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                              
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk             (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                              
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                              
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager