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I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS I MEMORANDUM .. DATE: July 23,1997 TO: Fire Services Task Force I FROM: Terrance Post, City Accountant I SUBJECT: Contract Discussion Issues As a result of the fourth meeting of the Arden Hills Fire Services Task Force on July 22, 1997, I the group identified several changes they would support in the next round of contract negotiations with the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department (LJVFD). These negotiation I issues include the following: 1. Endorsement of a change back to city representation on the Fire Board in the form I ofa Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) structure. 2. Support for the creation of an independent full-time Fire Chief position selected I by the contract cities. This would represent a change from the current method of the LJVFD membership selecting the Chief. " 3. Removal of capital expenditures from the LJVFD budget. All such capital outlays would be approved, and funded, by individual contract cities. I 4. Change in the current contract payment terms from semi-annually to monthly. 5. Establish a balance sheet cash cap of LJVFD for working capital needs purposes I only. Excess funds in excess of cap to be distributed back to contract cities on proportional basis of contract revenues paid. For discussion purposes, the I December 31, 1995 cash and temporary investments balance of LJVFD was $793,404. The approximate contract cities services payments on a percentage basis has been Arden Hills 28%; North Oaks 13%; and Shoreview 59%. I 6. Eliminate detailed contract verbiage about ISO and replace with a requirement that the organization's ISO rating must not be higher than 5. I 7. Reduce the length of the fire protection contract from ten (10) years to three (3) to I five (5) years. I .. I