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Page 1 of 1 CONSENT ITEM – 7F MEMORANDUM DATE: January 14, 2019 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Sue Polka, Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: Authorizing the State of Minnesota Public Works Mutual Aid Pact Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A $0 N/A Council Should Consider Adopt Resolution 2019-003 (Attachment A) approving the State of Minnesota Public Works Mutual Aid Pact and authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement. Background/Discussion The purpose of this agreement is to provide a process for local units of government to share public works personnel and equipment with participating agencies. There is no membership or fixed cost to participate in this Public Works Mutual Aid Pact (Attachment B). This agreement should not be interpreted as being limited to only use during catastrophic situations, rather may be leveraged for routine circumstances such as training efforts and maintenance operations. The decision as to when to request assistance or provide assistance is left entirely to the discretion of the requesting and or sending party. The sending party has discretion as to whether to provide personnel or equipment and can recall such assistance at any time. If resources are requested, it should be expected that those costs would be invoiced. However, the agreement states that “charges may be levied”, so it is the decision of the sending party as t whether or not to invoice the receiving party. The agreement also speaks to responsibility and liability. Each party shall be responsible for its own personnel or damaged equipment for example. Responding personnel shall be deemed to be performing regular duties for each respective sending party for purposes of workers compensation.