20.089 An Order to Authorize FY2021 Intermunicipal Agreements - CertifiedCity of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
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In City Council July 9, 2020
Upon recommendation of the Mayor
20.089 An Order to Authorize FY2021 Intermunicipal Agreements
Ordered, that
Whereas MGL C.40 s. 4A allows for joint operation of public activities among governmental units, and
Whereas, MGL c. 40, s. 4A requires that such inter-governmental agreements be approved, in a city, by
the City Council and the Mayor, and;
Whereas the City of Northampton provides services to and shares services with other municipalities;
Therefore pursuant to MGL C. 40 s. 4A the City Council hereby authorizes the City of Northampton to
enter into the following inter-municipal agreements for FY2020 (all agreements for one year unless
specifically noted):
Contract with Town of Williamsburg for Building Inspection and Zoning Enforcement Services –
agreement to provide the Town of Williamsburg with services for a lump sum annual fee.
Contract with Town of Williamsburg for Electrical Inspection Services – agreement to provide
the Town of Williamsburg with services, with permit fees turned over to the City of
Northampton.
Contract with the Towns of Amherst, Hadley and Easthampton for Municipal Hearing Officer
Services – agreement to provide Municipal Hearing Officer Services pursuant to MGL C.148A
s.2c to hear complaints related to alleged violations of state building codes or the state fire
codes for a lump sum per the agreement.
Contract with the Towns of Amherst, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Hadley, Middlefield,
Pelham, Williamsburg, Goshen and Worthington to provide Veterans Services Officer Services –
agreement to provide these services to the various communities and assessments to individual
towns per the agreement.
Contract with the Towns of Granby, Hadley, Amherst, South Hadley and Easthampton, to
provide Sealer of Weights and Measures Services – agreement to provide these services to the
various communities and assessments to individual towns per the agreement.
Contract with the Franklin County Regional Council of Governments to monitor and support the
Greater Franklin County Economic Target Area.
Contract with the Franklin Regional Council of Governments to partner with the City of
Northampton, through its Health Department, relative to the following contracts: 1) to provide
services relative to the Hampshire Medical Reserves Corps and 2) to provide emergency
management services for the Hampshire Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition.
Contract with Amherst, South Hadley, Pelham, Ware, Belchertown and Easthampton –
agreement to jointly create a coalition called the Hampshire Opioid Abuse Prevention
Collaborative charged with mobilizing local boards of health, medical providers, educational
facilities, social service agencies, community organizers and others in Hampshire County to
create sustainable policies, programs and practices to change community ideas and
expectations regarding opioid us and abuse, as well as to reduce the morbidity and mortality
rates that result from opioid use and abuse.
Pioneer Valley Opioid Data Collaborative - Contract with Bay State Health Inc., City of
Springfield Department of Health and Human Services, Hampden County DA, Northwestern DA,
Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, Opioid Task Force, Berkshire opioid Abuse Prevention
Collaborative, North Quabbin Community Coalition, Partners for a Healthier Community Inc –
agreement to work cooperatively to create methods to collect, store and aggregate data
regarding opioid use and abuse in the region with the goal of analyzing trends and identifying
short and long term intervention strategies.
Contract with Pioneer Valley Mosquito Control District, working under the oversight of the
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, focused on mosquito surveillance and control. The
City, through its Health Department participates in this regional effort to assist western
Massachusetts communities with mosquito related health concerns.
Contract with the Towns of Amherst and Pelham to seek and accept grants where possible and
to otherwise explore the mutual advantages of electricity community aggregation.
DART Case Management Database – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between police
departments, healthcare, behavioral health, and recovery centers allows the first responders
who respond to an overdose to communicate to the outreach teams in the municipality in which
the person resides, thereby triggering a DART outreach. Partners: Hampshire County Police
Departments - Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby, Hadley,
Hatfied, Northampton, Plainfield, South Hadley, Southampton, Ware, Williamburg, Amherst
College, MA State Police; Hampden County Police Departments - Chicopee, East Longmeadow,
Ludlow, Palmer, Longmeadow, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham; Behavioral health
Network, CSO, Gandara, Northampton Recovery Center, Western MA Training
Consortium/Ware Recovery Center, The Nest Recovery Center; Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Baystate Health Systems, Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy/Trinity Health Systems; Hampshire
County Jail and House of Corrections.
Health Information Exchange – For the enhancement of the regional capacity for timely and
comprehensive data collection to improve data efficiencies, cost savings, and improved service
delivery by expanding our regional public health data capabilities. Partners: Berkshire Regional
Planning Commission, Franklin Regional Council of Governments, Opioid Task Force, Pioneer
Valley Planning Commission. Hampshire County Police Departments - Amherst, Belchertown,
Chesterfield, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby, Hadley, Hatfied, Northampton, Plainfield, South
Hadley, Southampton, Ware, Williamburg, Amherst College, MA State Police. Hampden County
Police Departments - Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Palmer, Longmeadow, West
Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham; Behavioral health Network, CSO, Gandara, Northampton
Recovery Center, Western MA Training Consortium/Ware Recovery Center, The Nest Recovery
Center; Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Baystate Health Systems, Holyoke Medical Center,
Mercy/Trinity Health Systems; Hampshire County Jail and House of Corrections; Northwest
District Attorney, Massachusetts Ambulance TRIP data MATRIS, Department of Public Health,
Mass Registry of Vital Records Death Certificate data, PDMP/Mass PAT, MAVEN & other Mass
CHIP data and other relevant behavioral health and substance use related data.
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission: Agreement to provide to the Planning and Sustainability
Department the following: Planning technical assistance, traffic and transportation analysis,
historic preservation planning, and housing rehabilitation services – through FY2023.
The following are agreements currently authorized by the city and have not expired:
Contract with Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for EPA Stormwater MS4 Permit Assistance
– through March of 2022
Paramedic Intercept Agreements with multiple towns and ambulance districts – through
November of 2041
Contract with Pioneer Valley Transit Authority for Senior Transportation Services – through
November of 2041
Contract with Greenfield Community College to use one strand of our Five College Fiber
Network for an annual fee, per the agreement – through FY2022.
Contract with the Towns of Williamsburg, Goshen, Southampton, Chesterfield, Huntington,
Hadley and Westhampton - agreement to provide Laserfiche Hosting Services for an annual fee
thru FY2022.
Contract with Pioneer Valley Bike Share and to enter into agreements with the cities of West
Springfield and Chicopee and the Town of Hadley to participate in the Pioneer Valley Bike Share
program along with the following entities which are already part of the existing inter-municipal
agreement for the program: Holyoke, Springfield, Amherst, South Hadley, UMASS, PVPC and
Easthampton already approved through FY2021.
Contract to participate in the Connecticut River Task Force with the police departments of
Easthampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Chicopee and the Northwestern District Attorney in
partnership with the Massachusetts Environmental Police to enhance law enforcement efforts
on the Connecticut River due to the heavy volume of boating activity within the regional
boundaries of the adjacent agencies – three year agreement to May of 2022
Agreement for Fiber Optic Cable with Five College Net, LLC – Agreement to allow the city use of
four strands of the Cable Network, including the right to transport and distribute digital signals
for data – renewal of agreement for five years from 2019 – 2024 and allowing for automatic
renewal for another five years from 2024-2028.
Agreement to participate in the Domestic Violence Intervention Project, a regional partnership
formed between the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, Safe Passage, The New England
Learning Center for Women in Transition and area police departments – four year agreement to
December of 2022.
Agreement to participate in the Northwestern District Anti-Crime Task Force with all
communities and their respective law enforcement entities within the jurisdiction of the
Northwestern District, which are within the jurisdiction of the Northwestern District courts and
that of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office – multi-year agreement with no end date.
Contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission,
and multiple towns for the Mass in Motion Program, renew for three more years - through
FY2022.
Public Health Nursing Program - Contract to partner with the following communities to provide
assistance with infectious disease surveillance reporting thru the Massachusetts Virtual
Epidemiologic Network (MAVEN) for the COVID-19 crisis: Middlefield, Chesterfield, Huntington,
Plainfield, Worthington, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, and the Foothills Health District,
which serves the towns of Whately, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Goshen for FY2020 and
FY2021.
Young Adult Empowerment collaborative of Western Massachusetts - Contract to partner with
the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North
Quabbin Region – agreement to work cooperatively to develop and strengthen regional data
systems serving your adults, preventing and addressing young adult misuse by creating and
promoting evidence-based programming to support young people as they transition into the
five stages of adulthood; and engaging families and communities in their roles to support young
adults for FY2020 and FY2021.
20.089
In City Council, July 9, 2020
Passed First Reading on Roll Call Vote of 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: __________________________________________________, Clerk of Council
In City Council, July 9, 2020
Passed Second Reading on Roll Call Vote of 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: ___________________________________________________, Clerk of Council
Approved: David J. Narkewicz, Mayor
Rules suspended, passed two readings and enrolled.
I hereby certify that the above Order passed the Northampton City Council on July 9, 2020
David J. Narkewicz, Mayor approved the Order on July 13, 2020
Attest: ___________________________________________________, Clerk of Council