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County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 1 of 10 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT MARICOPA COUNTY OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY TELECOM USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MARICOPA COUNTY [Administered by its Office of Enterprise Technology Department] and THE CITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL COURT THIS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (“IGA” or “Agreement”) for use of Maricopa County phone services (hereinafter “Phone Services”) is entered by and between Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, administered by its Office of Enterprise Technology Department (collectively referred to as “County”), and the City of Phoenix Municipal Court (“Court”) on behalf of the City of Phoenix (“City”), a municipal corporation of the State of Arizona. The County and City are, at times, collectively referred to as “Parties” and individually as “Party.” 1.0 PURPOSE: The purpose of this Agreement is to memorialize the Parties’ rights and responsibilities related to the County’s provision, and the City’s use, of County Phone Services at the new shared County Intake, Transfer, and Release facility (“ITR”) at 2670 W. 28th Dr., Phoenix, Arizona. 2.0 AUTHORITY 2.1 Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 11-201(A) authorizes the Board of Supervisors to act on behalf of the County. 2.2 A.R.S. § 11-952 authorizes the County and City, as public agencies, to enter into IGAs for joint cooperative action and agreement for the operation and use of County Phone Services. 3.0 TERM: This Agreement is effective on the date of the last signatory’s signature (“Effective Date”) and terminates on June 30, 2025 (“Term”). The Parties recognize that this Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date and continue in full force and effect until termination in accordance with its provisions. County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 2 of 10 4.0 AMENDMENTS: Any modification or amendment to the terms and conditions of this Agreement must be made by mutual written agreement signed by authorized signers for the Parties, including a new termination date. 5.0 RENEWAL: Upon expiration of each Term established in section 3.0, the Parties may renew this Agreement as many times as is desirable, but each extension expires on June 30 of the year of expiration (“Renewal”). 6.0 DEFINITIONS 6.1 The following terms are used in this Agreement. 6.2 After Hours: Means the hours of 5 pm to 8 am Monday through Thursday, after 5pm on Friday, all hours on Saturday, Sunday, and all County observed holidays. 6.3 County Observed Holidays: Refers to the County holidays listed on the County Clerk of Court website. 6.4 Extension: An individual County phone number that can be assigned to a phone or fax machine, or a virtual phone number (e.g., a main number that can be called and rings on more than one other phone) 6.5 ITR: This is an acronym for the County’s Intake, Transfer, and Release facility located at 2670 W. 28th Dr. Phoenix AZ, 85009 where the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) intake and several courts are located. 6.6 OET: Refers to the Office of Enterprise Technology, Maricopa County’s technology department responsible for the information technology infrastructure and services in County buildings. 6.7 OET Customer Service Center: OET’s “helpdesk’ call center used to report any issues or problems with the phones, or to request new services or functionality. The OET Customer Service Center can be reached by calling 602-506-4357. 6.8 Phone Services: Is a reference to telephone service inclusive of a phone, a phone number, and associated equipment to provide telephone calling functionality. Also includes add-on services like voicemail and call waiting. 6.9 Programming: Refers to the work required to design and configure services on the County phone system including adding extensions or features. 6.10 Telecom Services: A general term inclusive of all the services, parts, and systems to create a working phone system. 6.11 Voicemail: Indicates a service that is associated with an extension wherein a caller can leave a voice message in the event the phone is not answered. 6.12 Users: A reference to all employees, contractors, and personnel that are using the provided phones and services. County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 3 of 10 7.0 COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES The County agrees to perform the following services (“County Services”): 7.1 Provide Phone Services for ITR including initial set up of Phone Services required by the City. 7.2 Invoice Court, at the beginning of each month, for Telecom services rendered for the preceding month. This invoice will include a monthly charge for all extensions and any extra programming or other services incurred in the preceding month. 7.3 The monthly invoice will be billed according to the Telecom Fee Schedule in Appendix A. The County may review these fees and costs at the end of the Term to ensure they continue to reflect the services rendered. 7.4 Maintain facilities, equipment, and trained personnel for provision of Telecom Services. 7.5 Provide support and troubleshooting services for the Telecom system during normal business hours. All support requests should be requested from the OET Customer Service Center at (602) 506-4357. After hours support requests may incur additional fees as described in Appendix A unless the support and troubleshooting services needed result from acts, actions, or circumstances that are not the fault of the Court or its employees. 7.6 The County reserves the right to perform regular and emergency maintenance and upgrade activities that may impact Phone Services at any time. The County will, where possible, give notice to Users that are potentially impacted via the provided Court Point of Contact [see Section 8.2] and attempt to schedule during times of least business impact. In the case of emergencies, technology issues, or outages caused by or impacting the County network or phone infrastructure notification or scheduling may not always be possible. 7.7 The County reserves the right to temporarily or permanently suspend, block, or cancel any extensions or services that are being used for purposes that are fraudulent, illegal, or are a security violation as determined by the County. 7.8 The County may temporarily suspend this Agreement without notice and in its sole discretion if the County determines: 7.8.1 The Court is non-compliant with a provision of this Agreement; or, 7.8.2 The health and safety of an employee, subcontractor, or person is in jeopardy. 7.8.3 A temporary suspension imposed by the County shall remain in effect unless and until the Court comes into compliance or until the County enters an order after notice. 7.8.4 The Court shall be notified in writing of the reason for the temporary suspension upon issuance of the suspension and the Court shall have five County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 4 of 10 (5) business days to respond in writing from the date of the notice. The notice shall comply with the Notice provisions in Section 12, below. 8.0 CITY RESPONSIBILITIES The Court agrees to perform the following services (“Court Provided Services”): 8.1 Maintain all County provided phones and equipment in a clean and serviceable condition as expected in normal business use. 8.2 Designate a single point of contact to coordinate between the Court and OET Telecom for matters of communication, service/issue resolution, and ensuring that billing is reviewed for accuracy and paid in timely manner (“Court Point of Contact”). This Court Point of Contact may or may not be the same persons designated by this Agreement as the persons designated to receive notice pursuant to Section 12. 8.3 Pay the monthly charges for all provided Telecom equipment and services, including any after hours or long-distance charges in a timely manner (usually forty-five (45) calendar days). 8.4 Use the County provided phones and services in a manner befitting business use and protect the equipment, extensions, and services from illegal or unauthorized use, fraud, or abuse by others. 8.5 Provide the County with any additional information requested that is necessary to properly maintain, service, and secure the provided Telecom system. 8.6 Inform the County by contacting the OET Customer Service Center of any changes in services including reassignment of an extension to a new person, moving extensions to a new location within the building, cancellation, or addition of new extensions. Upon contact, the OET Customer Service Center shall facilitate the creation of a “ticket” that describes the change(s) in service. This is especially important as the County maintains records of extension assignments and locations for 911 purposes and must be kept up to date. 8.7 Subject to the Non-Appropriation provision of this Agreement [see Section 10], the Court agrees to reserve sufficient funds in fiscal budget to pay for fees and costs charged for services rendered and accepted pursuant to Appendix A to this Agreement. 9.0 RECORDS 9.1 At minimum, the Parties shall keep the following records under this Agreement that are within each Party’s respective control (“Records”): 9.1.1 Phone/extension counts including details such as add-on services; 9.1.2 Call records, including incoming, outgoing, and long distance; 9.1.3 Monthly invoices; and, County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 5 of 10 9.1.4 Any other books, accounts, reports, files, or other documents related to this Agreement. 9.2 The Parties shall retain Records in accordance with their applicable retention rules and policies. The County shall retain Records in accordance with the County Records Management policy, A2101. The City shall retain Records in accordance with the Court and citywide Retention Schedules. 9.3 The Parties waive the public records procedure for obtaining Records between themselves, although requests shall be made in writing to those designated as each Party’s respective contact in the Notice section [see Section 12] of this Agreement. 9.4 The Parties shall have full access to, and the right to examine, copy, and make use of all Records relevant to this Agreement no later than ten (10) business days from the date of written request. 9.5 The Parties acknowledge some Records may be protected from disclosure under Arizona law. To the extent any Records may be protected from disclosure, each respective Party shall consult with its legal counsel for a determination to be made regarding disclosure. If Records are not to be disclosed, the non-disclosing Party shall provide the legal basis for non-disclosure. 10.0 NON-APPROPRIATION: Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, every payment obligation of the City under this Agreement is conditioned upon the availability of funds appropriated and allocated for the payment of such obligation. If funds are not appropriated, allocated and available or if the appropriation is changed by the appropriating body resulting in funds no longer being available for the continuance of this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated by the County at the end of the period for which funds are available. No liability shall accrue to the City or County in the event this provision is exercised, and neither Party shall be obligated or liable for any future payments or for any damages due to termination under this section. 11.0 AUDITS 11.1 Each Party may audit and inspect the other Party’s work to verify compliance with this Agreement. 11.2 All Records shall be subject at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by either Party for five years after completion of the Agreement. 11.3 The owner of the Records shall produce requested Records as designated in this Agreement. 11.4 Each Party, prior to conducting an audit, must give sixty (60) calendar days’ notice to the other Party. Notice shall be given as provided in section 12.0. 12.0 NOTICE: Whenever written notice is required or permitted under this Agreement, such notice shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if personally delivered or deposited County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 6 of 10 in the United States mail in a properly stamped envelope – certified or registered mail, return receipt requested – or electronically mailed, addressed to: COUNTY CITY Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology c/o Ed Winfield, CIO 301 S 4th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85003 Ed.Winfield@Maricopa.gov (602) 372-1333 cc: Maricopa County OET c/o Todd Bright, Deputy CIO 301 S 4th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85003 Todd.Bright@Maricopa.gov (602) 506-1122 City of Phoenix Municipal Court c/o Katie Lavery, Court Administrator 300 W. Washington Street, 9th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003-2103 kathryn.lavery@phoenix.gov (602) 262-1899 cc: City of Phoenix Municipal Court Barton J. Fears, General Counsel 300 W. Washington Street, 9th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85003 barton.fears@phoenix.gov (602) 262-1899 13.0 TERMINATION 13.1 Either Party may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause by giving the other Party ninety (90) calendar days’ written notice (“Termination”). Termination will be effective on the next day after expiration of the above described ninety (90) day time period to include any County or City holiday, and any weekend day. 13.2 Partial termination is prohibited. 13.3 Pursuant to the provisions of A.R.S. § 38-511, either Party may cancel this Agreement without penalty or obligation, if any person significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting, or creating this Agreement on behalf of the terminating Party is at any time while the Agreement, or any extension thereof is in effect, an employee or agent of the non-terminating party to the Agreement in any capacity with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 13.4 In the event of non-payment by City, this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of last payment received and County and City obligations hereunder shall immediately cease. 13.5 Upon termination of this Agreement, all property involved will revert to the owner. Termination will not relieve any Party from liabilities or costs already incurred under this Agreement, nor affect any ownership pursuant to this Agreement. 14.0 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: The Parties are independent contractors in relation to each other, including each Party’s respective employees, agents, and subcontractors. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed to create any partnership, County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 7 of 10 joint venture, or employment relationship between the Parties or create any employer- employee relationship between either Party and the employees of the other. Neither Party will be liable for any debts, accounts, obligations, or other liabilities, whatsoever, of the other. 15.0 SUBCONTRACTING: The City shall not subcontract any portion of this Agreement to a subcontractor without the prior express, written consent of the County. The County reserves the right to reject a subcontractor if the County determines the subcontractor fails to comply with any term of this Agreement or if the County determines the subcontractor does not pass a background check or fails any other criteria related to the health or safety of employees. 16.0 ASSIGNMENT: This Agreement shall not be assigned, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Parties, and any purported assignment in contravention of this provision shall be null and void. 17.0 NON-DISCRIMINATION: The Parties agree to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and executive orders governing equal employment opportunity, immigration, nondiscrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, and affirmative action. 18.0 IMMIGRATION; E-VERIFY: To the extent applicable under A.R.S. § 41-4401, the Parties warrant compliance, on behalf of themselves and all subcontractors, with all federal immigration laws and regulations relating to their employees, and, compliance with the E- Verify requirements under A.R.S. § 23-214(A). Any Party’s breach of the above- mentioned warranty shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement and the non- breaching Party may terminate this Agreement. The Parties retain the legal right to inspect the papers of any other Party to ensure compliance with the above-mentioned warranty. 19.0 INDEMNIFICATION: To the fullest extent permitted under Arizona law, each Party and its departments, agencies, boards, commissions, officers, officials, agents, employees, and volunteers (as “Indemnitor”) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party and its departments, agencies, boards, commissions, officers, officials, agents, employees, and volunteers (as “Indemnitee”), from and against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including court costs, attorneys’ fees, claim processing) (collectively, “Claims”) arising out of bodily or personal injury of any person (including death) or tangible or intangible property damage, in whole or in part, by the negligent or willful acts or omissions of Indemnitor. This indemnity includes any claim or amount arising out of or recovered under the Workers’ Compensation law. It is the specific intention of the Parties that the Indemnitee shall, in all instances, except for Claims arising County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 8 of 10 solely from the negligent or willful acts or omissions of the Indemnitee, be indemnified by the Indemnitor against all Claims. 20.0 PARTIAL PERFORMANCE: The failure of either Party to insist in any one or more instances upon the full and complete performance of any of the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of the right to insist upon full and complete performance of the same, or any other term, either in the past or in the future. 21.0 INSURANCE: The Parties agree to secure and maintain sufficient insurance coverage for all risks that may arise out of the terms, obligations, operations, and actions as set forth in this Agreement, including but not limited to public entity insurance. The acquisition of insurance or the maintenance and operation of a self-insurance program may fulfill the insurance requirement. 22.0 HEADINGS: Sections and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 23.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. 24.0 APPLICABLE LAW: Each Party shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, Executive Orders, rules, regulations, standards, and codes of the Federal and State whether or not specifically referenced herein. 25.0 VENUE; CHOICE OF LAW 25.1 The proper venue for any proceeding arising from this Agreement shall be Maricopa County, Arizona. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona. 25.2 This Agreement and all obligations imposed on the Parties arising under this Agreement shall be subject to any limitations of budget law or other applicable local law or regulations. No term in this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Parties of any obligations or responsibilities imposed by law on the Parties. 26.0 SEVERABILITY: If any covenant or provision of this Agreement shall be finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such adjudication shall not affect the validity, obligation or performance of any other covenant or provision, or part thereof, that, in itself, is valid if such remainder conforms to the terms and requirements of applicable law and the intent of this Agreement. County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 9 of 10 27.0 COUNTERPARTS: To facilitate execution, this Agreement may be executed in as many counterparts as required. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executing this Agreement on behalf of each Party represent and warrant that he/she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of each Party and that this Agreement is binding on said Party in accordance with its terms. The Parties enter into this Agreement as of the date of the last signature set forth below (“Effective Date”). MARICOPA COUNTY CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipal corporation JEFFREY BARTON, City Manager By: By: Bill Gates, Chair Maricopa County Board of Supervisors B. Don Taylor III, Chief Presiding Judge Date Date Attest: Attest: Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board Phoenix City Clerk Date Date Approved as to Form: Undersigned counsel has reviewed the foregoing Agreement pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-952 (D) and have determined it is in proper form and within the powers and authority granted under the laws of this state to the County and City. Nikolaus G. Decker Date Attorney for Maricopa County Acting City Attorney Date County-City of Phoenix Municipal Court Telecom Use Agreement | 10 of 10 APPENDIX A TELECOM FEE SCHEDULE The Board of Supervisors has authority to establish the following fees for Telecom Services provided at the ITR County Building. The City shall pay these fees on a monthly basis to OET via invoice. SERVICE FEE Voice Extension (with or without physical phone) $26.55/each Voicemail Box (must have Voice Extension associated with it) $6.20/each Domestic Toll/long-distance charges $0.04/min After-Hours Fee (for urgent issues outside of normal hours) $135/hr Programming/Technician Fee (for additional functionality or services beyond a standard phone, billed in 15 min increments) $45/hr Any additional parts or services (outside of a standard phone and phone service) to support desired services, e.g., headsets, bells, amplifiers for hard of hearing personnel, longer cords, call center menu’s, auto attendants, etc. Cost + any applicable programming fee