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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AND THE CITY OF BEREA FOR POLICE AND FIRE/EMS DISPATCH SERVICES This Agreement is made and entered into in Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio, effective 2025 between the City of North Olmsted ("North Olmsted") and The City of Berea ("Berea") for the providing of police and fire/ems dispatch services by North Olmsted for three years. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows: 1. North Olmsted agrees to provide all police and fire/ems dispatch services, through its current dispatch center, to Berea. This shall encompass dispatching all police and fire/ems calls made to the North Olmsted Dispatch Center, including but not limited to, all 911 calls and 10 digit emergency calls. 2. Control of all dispatch policies and operations shall remain with the North Olmsted Police and Fire Chiefs with input from Berea Police and Fire Chiefs. 3. All dispatchers shall be employees of North Olmsted and North Olmsted shall retain the exclusive right to employ, dismiss and discipline employees. 4. North Olmsted shall own all equipment necessary to provide dispatch services and shall maintain and upgrade the same as necessary at North Olmsted's expense. 5. North Olmsted shall be responsible for warrant entry, monthly validation and hit notifications for Berea. 6. North Olmsted shall furnish any information requested by Berea required to operate the Police and Fire Departments and comply with public records requests. 7. The term of this Agreement shall be three (3) years commencing January 1, 2026, plus a pro- rated period of 2025 when dispatch services commence. It shall be renewable for an additional one (1) year by agreement of both parties. 8. Either party may cancel this Agreement during the agreement term provided one (1) year notice, in writing, of the intent to cancel provided to the other party. 9. This Agreement may be amended in writing by agreement of both parties. 10. In the event any part or portion of this Agreement shall be found to be contrary to law and thereby held to be null and void, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be otherwise affected by any such ruling, finding or decision. 11. The dispatch center shall make reasonable attempts to be named and identified as Berea Dispatch when all dispatch calls are received by North Olmsted from the 10 digit emergency line. 12. The annual cost of the dispatch services is $455,436.00 in 2025/2026, to be paid by Berea in quarterly installments of $113,859.00. Because the "cut over date" when North Olmsted shall commence dispatching services for Berea has yet to be determined, the cost of service under this agreement in 2025 shall be pro -rated. The annual cost of services will increase three (3) percent each year effective January 1, 2027, January 1, 2028, January 1, 2029 and in the option year, if elected. 13. Participating communities will begin work on establishing a Dispatch Council of Governments (COG) starting in early 2026. 14. This Agreement shall not affect in any way any other agreements or contracts between North Olmsted and Berea, including but not limited to, Mutual Aid Agreements. 15. Both parties shall maintain comprehensive, general liability policies of insurance that address coverage of risks arising from the performance of public safety activities herein and both parties shall obtain a specific Certificates of Additional Insurance naming the