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11/28/23 <br />2"d Draft <br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br />FISCAL AGENT SERVICES <br />FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY'S <br />VICTIM SERVICE DEPARTMENT <br />THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("Agreement") by and between the STATE ATTORNEY FOR <br />THE 19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ("SA") and INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, MARTIN COUNTY, OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, <br />and ST. LUCIE COUNTY, political subdivisions of the State of Florida that collectively constitute the 19th <br />Judicial Circuit (the "Counties") (the SA and the Counties will be collectively referred to as the "Parties"), <br />for the purpose of providing fiscal agent services for the SA's Victim Service Department ("VSD"). <br />WHEREAS, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, provides that public agencies may cooperate by <br />agreement to provide necessary and essential public services; and <br />Akl- <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, is to permit public agencies to make <br />the most efficient use of their powers by cooperating with other public agencies for their mutual benefit; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Counties currently fund the SA VSD and the VSD also receives grants from the <br />Florida Council Against Sexual Violence; and <br />WHEREAS, the SA ca of serve as the fiscal agent for grants that the SA receives; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River State College currently provides fiscal agent services to the VSD but has <br />indicated that the College will be unable to provide those services to the VSD due to a change in accounting <br />systems; and <br />WHEREAS, the Parties desire that St. Lucie County ("St. Lucie") provide fiscal agent services to the <br />SA for the VSD. <br />WHEREAS, St. Lucie is willing to serve as the fiscal agent for the SA VSD in accordance with the <br />terms set out below;,;and <br />h <br />WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that it is in the best interest of the health, safety, and <br />welfare of the citizens of the Counties to allow St. Lucie to provide fiscal agent services to the SA VSD. <br />NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual advantages afforded to the Parties, the <br />Counties, and the SA agree as follows: <br />1. General. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 163.01, Fla. Stat., the Florida <br />Interlocal Cooperation Act. <br />2. Recitals. These Parties adopt and ratify those matters set forth in the foregoing recitals. <br />1 <br />64 <br />