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Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />CONSENT ITEM – 6F <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: December 14, 2020 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> <br />FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Authorize Entering into the Metro-INET Joint Powers Agreement <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />$81,645 $81,645 Various Funds <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br />City Council should consider authorizing the City to enter into the Metro-INET Joint Powers <br />Agreement (JPA). <br /> <br />Background <br />Currently, the City of Roseville provides information technology (IT) services to 44 local <br />governmental agencies, including the City of Arden Hills. Roseville first began providing IT <br />services in 1999, and since that time this collaboration has evolved to what Metro-INET is today. <br /> <br />In early 2020, the City of Roseville and members of Metro-INET created a working group to <br />discuss the logistics of forming a JPA. The Arden Hills City Council was provided an update on <br />the efforts to transform Metro-INET from a Roseville operation to a JPA. The Council gave <br />their informal approval that they would, if the terms were acceptable, like to be a part of the JPA. <br /> <br />A working group of six members and Metro-INET staff worked to craft the draft joint powers <br />agreement which will need to be ratified by each Metro-INET member. The City Attorney has <br />reviewed the document and is comfortable with it. To date, all members are planning to remain <br />in the newly formed JPA. The City of Roseville voted to approve the agreement on December 7, <br />2020. <br /> <br />Once the member approvals are completed, Metro-INET will constitute itself and begin the <br />process of transition from a City of Roseville enterprise to a JPA. One of the first actions the <br />Metro-INET Board will need to take is to hire an Executive Director to assist the Board in the