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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—December 14, 2009 29 8C. Renewal of the Police Services Agreement with Ramsey County Sheriff's Department (continued) Mayor Harpstead stated that his understanding is that "in all contract cities" are the words of Administrator Moorse and you would need to reference the chart to see if this particular car was called into these areas. City Administrator Moorse stated the time this vehicle spends in either Gem Lake or North Oaks is very minimal and this .was taken into consideration when allocating the costs. Councilmember Grant restated that Arden Hills should not be charged for a patrol car that is designated to a street or corridor that is not part of Arden Hills. Councilmember Holden asked how it was calculated how much time this patrol car spent in each City. Mayor Harpstead stated this was based on actual number of calls not actual minutes. Councilmember Holden clarified that based on that the charge would be for when an additional car came into the City since Arden Hills was paying for a separate 24/7 vehicle or the Arden Hills car was in Shoreview and it had to come into Arden Hills. City Administrator Moorse stated that this is not clear in these documents. There are a large number of call types that do require more than one squad car be present and would assume that the majority of the calls would be when there is more than one squad car required. Councilmember Grant asked if the Arden Hills car gets called out to assist another community if Arden Hills would get credit for their car being outside of Arden Hills. Mayor Harpstead stated the Arden Hills car gets called out to Shoreview and Shoreview's cars are the one predominately called into Arden Hills. Councilmember McClung stated the Arden Hills car also spends time in Vadnais Heights and Little Canada. Councilmember Holmes asked for additional clarification on the economies of scale.