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HomeMy WebLinkAbout820674.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN WELD COUNTY AND SPEEDY LEGAL SERVICE CO. CONCERNING SERVICE OF PROCESS SERVICES AND AUTHORIZATION FOR CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE SAME WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado Statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the child support enforcement unit of the Weld County Department of Social Services, in order to perform its function, requires that it contract with process servers in order to obtain legal service of process services, and WHEREAS, an Agreement for service of process services between Weld County and Speedy Legal Service Co. has been prepared and presented to the Board of County Commissioners for approval, and WHEREAS, the term of said Agreement is from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1983, and WHEREAS, the Board, after studying said Agreement, deems it advisable to approve the same. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County that the Agreement between Weld County and Speedy Legal Service Co. for service of process services be, and hereby is approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners that the Chairman of the Board be, and hereby is, authorized to sign the said Agreement. The above and foregoing resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 15th day of December, A.D. , 1982. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Weld County Clerk and Recorder and Clerk to the Board Jim,/ 2 */1 „,, n Martin, C rman BY' Z- c� l 4 J Chut�C Carl Pro Teem De uty County Clerk Approved as to form: Norma % (, Kirby ^ County Attorney e K. Stei mark DATE PRESENTED: December 20, 1982 occ 820674 fa , 1_ AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 1st day of January 1983 by and between the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, hereinafter referred to as "Board" and Speedy Legal Service Co. , hereinafter referred to as "Process Serving Firm". IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. Purpose. The Board, through its Department of Social Services, operates a child support enforcement unit, in order to perform its function, requires that it contract with process servers in order to obtain legal service of process services. The purpose of this Agreement is to set forth the mutual rights and responsibilities of the Board and the Process Serving Firm regarding service of process by the Process Serving Firm for said child support enforcement unit. 2. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect from January 1, 1983 to and until December 31, 1983 3. Duties of Process Serving Firm. Upon the request of Board's child support enforcement unit, the Process Serving Firm shall obtain legal service of process upon indi- viduals who are named as Respondents or Defendants in child support enforcement actions. Using information provided by said child support enforcement unit, it shall be the responsibility of the Process Serving Firm to ascertain that the correct party is being served and said firm hereby agrees that it is responsible for incorrect service if the information supplied by the child support enforcement unit is not properly used. 4. Duties of Board. The Board, through its child support enforcement unit, agrees to provide a correct date of birth or age and a good physical description of the individual to be served by the Process Serving Firm. The Board shall not be responsible for providing any specific number of processes to be served during the term of this Agreement. This is not an ex- clusive Agreement and the Board, at its option, may at any time, select one or more individuals or firms to be process servers for any geographical area. 5. Qualifications of Employees. The Process Serving Firm agrees to only employ individuals of good character and specifically agrees that its employees shall be free of criminal histories and agrees that its employees shall not be indivi- duals who are being prosecuted by the child support enforcement office. 6. Confidentiality. The Process Serving Firm agrees that information provided by the child support enforcement unit to the Process Serving Firm for the purpose of obtaining service shall be considered confidential information and shall not be revealed to any third party. 7. Compensation. The Process Serving Firm shall be paid $25.00 per successful service. No payment of any kind shall be made if service is unsuccessful. 8. Additional Provisions. The parties hereto specifically agree to be bound by the additional provisions which are attached hereto, incorperated herein by reference and marked as exhibit "A" . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written. WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO By: ecre.e)71 !f �---j r� Eug a McKenna, rector By: , ; hn rt' , Chai n DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES STATE OF COLORADO By: J' pe dy Legal Services Co. Gerald ,DD. Hein, Affiant By: /12 l� ' V.c P o. v /'�a ARine Valde , Execve r ector / Deliver, �oLor t cIO EXHIBIT "A" ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS/INFORMATION It is understood that the Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive any informalities in the proposal process , and to accept the proposal that, in the opinion of the Board, is in the best interest of the Board and of the County of Weld, State of Colorado. - The successful firm shall indemnify and hold harmless Weld County against all claims for royalties, patents, or for suits for infringement thereon, which may be involved in providing the services requested. Cost will not be the determining factor. The County reserves the right to refuse the lowest bid, and select the overall best qualified bidder. All factors relating to the bid will be carefully weighed. The proposal shall be sent in a sealed envelope furnished by the Purchasing Department of Weld County, Colorado. Six copies of the proposal must be submitted. In submitting the proposal , the vendor agrees that the acceptance of any or all of the bid by the County within a reasonable time or period constitutes a contract. No delivery of service or payment for service shall take place unless a contract has first been issued by the Purchasing Director of Weld County, Colorado, or the Board of County Commissioners . Weld County reserves the right to request additional information from all bidders in the evaluation process if clarification of proposal is necessary. Vendor must be willing to agree to the following standard contract provisions unless specified in writing as an exception in the proposal submitted. 1 . Contractor agrees that it is an independent contractor and that its officers and employees do not become employees of County, nor are they entitled to any employee benefits as County employees as the result of the execution of this agreement. 2. Contractor shall indemnify County, its officers and employees against liability for injury or damage caused by any negligent act or omission of any of its employees or volunteers or agents in the performance of the approved agreement and shall hold County harmless frog any loss occasioned as a result of the performance of the contract by Contractor. Tne Contractor shall provide necessary workman ' s compensation insurance at Contractor' s own cost and expense. -1- 3. No officer, member or employee of County and no member or their governing bodies shall have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in the approved agreement or the proceeds thereof. No employee of Contractor nor any member of an employee's family shall serve on a County board, committee or hold any such position which either by rule, practice or action nominates, recommends , supervises Contractor's operations, or authorizes funding of Contractor. 4. Contractor may not assign or transfer the approved agreement, any interest therein or claim thereunder without the prior written approval of County. 5. Payment of Contractor will be made only upon presentation of a proper claim by Contractor subject to the approval of the County Department or Agency for which the services have been performed. 6. County shall have access to Contractor's financial records for purposes of audit. Such records shall be complete and available for audit ninety (90) days after final payment hereunder and shall be retained and available for audit purposes for five years after final payment hereunder. 7. County may terminate the approved agreement at any time by giving Contractor a ten (10) day written notice of such sooner termination and may be terminated at any time without notice upon a material breach of the terms of the approved agreement by Contractor. 8. Time is of the essence in each and all the provisions of the approved agreement. 9. No alteration or variation of the terms of the approved agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by the parties hereto. 10. Contractor shall not be allowed or paid travel expenses unless set forth in the approved agreement. 11 . Contractor assures that it will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and that no person shall , on the grounds of race, creed, color, sex or national origin be excluded from parti- cipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under the approved agreement. -2- Hello