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State of North Carolina Interlocal Agreement

County of Davie

This Interlocal Agreement entered into on this the 10th day of May 2021 pursuant to N.C.

Gen. Stat. § 160A-461 by and between the Town of Mocksville, a North Carolina municipal

corporation, hereinafter referred to as the “Town” and the Davie County Sheriff’s Office,

hereinafter referred to as “DCSO” as follows:

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Town has a desire and a need to provide law enforcement services

within its corporate boundaries in order to keep the peace, to enforce criminal laws of the State

of North Carolina, to enforce the criminal ordinances established by the County and Town and to

maintain the general peace and welfare of the Town; and

WHEREAS, the DCSO provides law enforcement services within the Town limits; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of Commissioners desire to contract with the DCSO to

provide supplemental law enforcement services to the Town; and

WHEREAS, the DCSO is willing and agreeable to provide all of the law enforcement

services it now provides and may provide in the future to the Town, including employing,

training, assigning and supervising additional and supplemental law enforcement officers to the

Town pursuant to the Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE as follows;

1. The Town agrees:

A. To pay The DCSO as provide in section 4 below.

B. To turn over all equipment and assets currently possessed by it that were used for

Law Enforcement purposes on or before July 1, 2021, the date of the implementation of

this agreement. All such equipment and assets shall become the property of Davie

County. The equipment and assets shall be listed on a tentative schedule to be provided

to the DCSO by the Town no later than May 10, 2021. The Town will provide a final

schedule with serial numbers no later than the close of business on June 18, 2021.

C. To maintain all current contracts related to the Mocksville Police Department

(MPD, including but not limited to, vehicle leases, software licenses, cloud storage and

other contracts; until leases and contracts can be assigned the DCSO. If the leases cannot

be assigned, and the goods and/or services are necessary to the DCSO to provide the

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services detailed in this Agreement, the Town will be responsible for the leases until the

Town can cancel the leases, and the DCSO will either i) obtain the goods and/or services

through another lease or contract or ii) Reimburse the Town for its’ costs to lease the

equipment used by the DCSO. The costs of any leases or contracts assigned to the DCSO

shall absorbed by the DCSO on of July 1, 2021 and those costs are all included in the

contract price. DCSO has the final determination as to the assignment of any contracts or

leases.

D. The Town will also provide a schedule of all evidence in its possession to the

DCSO prior to July 1, 2021. The DCSO may participate in an audit of the evidence.

E. Should the Town or DCSO request an amendment to this Agreement to assign a

deputy to duties not listed in section 2 below, such duties shall be listed specifically and

shall be compensated by the Town to the DCSO as agreed upon by the parties.

F. To provide a liaison to work with the DCSO and counterpart in the DCSO to

facilitate a smooth contract transition. These liaisons shall be appointed by the respective

parties and shall begin work immediately and continue until such time as both parties

agree that the transition is completed.

G. To appropriate sufficient funds each budget year to cover the cost of this contract

for the full three year term of this contract.

2. DCSO agrees:

A. To provide fully equipped and fully trained law enforcement officers for duty in

the Town, with the assignment to be made under the direction and full control of the

Sheriff of Davie County as to what days and hours of scheduling. Such deployment shall

begin on July 1, 2021.

B. Officers of the DCSO will be responsible for performing law enforcement duties

within the Town to include, but not limited to: patrolling, answering calls for service,

conducting general security checks, providing information and education to the public

within The Town, traffic enforcement and otherwise interact with and assist residents,

businesses, and visitors. The DCSO will provide Deputies to conduct routine foot patrols

in the Town’s central business district on an as needed basis. The central business district

is the area bounded by U.S. 64 on the south, Ken Dwiggins Drive on the north, Horn

Street on the east and Salisbury Street on the west. If warranted by either statistical

trends monitored by the DCSO or an increase in crime in the Town, the Sheriff will

assign additional Deputies for surveillance, investigation and law enforcement.

C. The DCSO will provide security and traffic control for the special events in the

Town listed on the schedule attached at Exhibit A. The DCSO shall provide security and

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traffic control at other events as an extra duty event following the current format used by

the DCSO for extra duty events or what is commonly referred to as a “Hustle”.

D. To provide a base number of hours that Deputies are working in the corporate

limits of the Town and provide a base response time to calls for service inside the

corporate limits of The Town. The base number of hours shall be seven thousand six

hundred sixty six and one-half (7,666.50) hours per quarter. On average 7,666.50

hours/quarter equates to three and one-half Deputies on duty around the clock. The base

response time to calls shall be 9 minutes or less for eighty per cent (80%) of calls. The

base number of hours and the response times are referred to in this agreement as the

“Metrics”. Metrics do not apply to the first two quarters under this Agreement as the first

two quarterly payments are discounted per Section 4 below.

E. To provide to The Town on a regular basis, reports and statistical information

relevant to the activities within the corporate limits of The Town.

F. To provide the necessary Law Enforcement Liability Insurance to protect the

County and the DCSO.

G. To provide a liaison to work with the Town and counterpart in the Mocksville

Police Department to facilitate a smooth contract transition under the same conditions as

set forth in paragraph 1F above.

3. The Parties Agree:

A. That the Deputies assigned to the Town pursuant to this agreement remain

employees of the Davie County Sheriff at all times during the term of this agreement.

The Sherriff is an independent contractor of the Town. The Town and Town Board of

Commissioners will have no role in hiring, firing, training or directing the DCSO and its

employees.

B. Deputies assigned to the Town under this agreement will not perform any duties

that are commonly referred to as code enforcement matters, including but not limited to

the enforcement of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance, Sign Ordinance, Public Nuisance

Ordinances or Open Burning Ordinance, or other matters that commonly fall outside the

scope of law enforcement duties, or duties that are not listed above.

C. Notwithstanding the above, the parties understand and agree that the DCSO’s

primary responsibility at all times is law enforcement and safety within all of Davie

County and that circumstance may arise wherein the Sheriff determines it necessary to

reassign officers from the Town for a given period of time in order to meet that primary

responsibility.

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D. In the event the DCSO must provide supplemental services to the Town before

July 1, 2021, the Town will reimburse the DCSO for its actual increased costs on a

monthly basis.

E. In the event that the DCSO has unforeseen expenses, such as but not limited to an

increase in gasoline costs of more than $3.00 / gallon; the DCSO shall request an

amendment to this Agreement.

F. The Town shall retain all buildings, fixtures, furnishings, copiers and other large

office equipment, decorations used by the Police Department.

4. Method of Payment of Reimbursable Expenses

A. The Town shall pay the total sum of $1,350,000.00 per year (except as provided

below) for Law Enforcement Services in the corporate limits of the Town, on a quarterly

basis, beginning on July 1, 2021 term of this Agreement.

B. The parties agree that DCSO will invoice the Town on a quarterly basis for 25%

of the costs of this agreement which shall be $ 337,500 per quarter, except that the

payments invoiced on July 1, 2021 and Oct. 1, 2021 shall be for $303,750.00.

C. The parties agree that should one or both Metrics be missed during one quarter

then The Town will receive a five percent discount on the next quarterly invoice due.

D. The Parties agree that should one or both Metrics be missed for three consecutive

quarters then The Town will receive a 10% discount on the next quarterly invoice due.

E. The Town agrees to make payment of an invoice within fifteen days of receipt of

such invoice from The County.

F. In the event of breach as defined in section 7 B 2) is not cured, and the Town fails

to make payments, this Agreement shall become null and void after 60 days, with the

DCSO having no further obligations under this Agreement.

5. Term of Agreement

A. The term of this agreement is three years commencing on July 1, 2021 and ending

on June 30, 2024.

B. The agreement may be extended for additional and successive terms only upon

consent and an Agreement signed by all parties below. It is anticipated cost in future

Agreements may escalate due to inflation, or other causes.

6. Amendment to the Agreement

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The agreement may be amended or modified only by agreement of all parties upon

consent and in writing signed by all parties.

7. Termination of the Agreement

A. The Agreement may be terminated by either the Town or the DCSO upon giving

180 days’ notice of termination in writing to the other two parties to the agreement. The

County may not terminate this Agreement except for cause. The Town agrees to

reimburse the County for any and all expenses incurred under the terms and conditions of

this agreement up to the date of termination.

B. This Agreement may be terminated on sixty days’ notice in the event of breach of

this Agreement. Breach is defined in the sub-sections below. The sixty days’ notice is

comprised of two periods:

1) In the event that there is a breach, the non-breaching party shall give the other

party(ies) thirty days’ written notice.

2) If the breaching party does not cure the breach in thirty days, the adverse party

may terminate this Agreement on the sixty-first day from the date of the first

notice. The elements of breach are:

i. The Town fails to make a quarterly payment within 15 days of the due date; or

ii. The DCSO fails to meet the Metrics for six months in any twelve month

period; or

iii. The DCSO is unable to meet the Metrics for three consecutive months due to

reductions in the DCSO’s budget.

8. Miscellaneous Terms

A. NOTICES: All notices permitted or required to be given by one party to the other

party shall be sent via first class mail, courier service or delivery.

B. COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts,

each of which constitutes a completed Agreement.

C. SEVERABILITY. If any section of this Agreement is deemed to be illegal or

otherwise unenforceable, it is the intent of the parties hereto that all other

provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

D. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is to be governed by and interpreted in

accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, with the exception that

conflicts of laws provisions shall not apply.