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EN HILLS
Request for Council Action
Prepared By: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director Council Meeting Date: February 13, 2012
Joint Powers Agreement Update
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Recommendation:
Informational only. No action required.
Sunporting Documents:
1. Memorandum dated February 13, 2012, from Terry Maurer, Public Works Director.
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�` �EN HILLS
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 13, 2012
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
Patrick HIaers, City Administrator
FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director ,�'`
SUBJECT: Joint Powers Agreement Update
Background
For a few months, starting in late 2011, the City Administrator and I have been
discussing changes to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the City of Roseville for
engineering services. In discussions with the Roseville Public Works Director and City
Engineer they were both open to making a change which would remove the minimum
number of hours to be used by Arden Hills and would also eliminate a Roseville staff
member having office hours in Arden Hills City Hall.
In concept we discussed about a six month phase-out period in 2012 so Roseville staff
could complete projects they are already involved in. On January 23, 2012, the Roseville
City Council authorized the funding of a staff engineer position from the Water, Sanitary
Sewer and Stortn Sewer Funds effective July 1, 2012. Kris Giga is slated to fill this
position.
On January 30, 2012, the City Administrator and I had a follow-up meeting with the
Roseville Public Works Director and City Engineer. At that meeting we were told that
the proposed changes to the JPA were informally approved by staff and we were asked to
make a written request to the Roseville Manager to formalize the changes. That letter has
been sent requesting that the JPA be modified to have no minimum number of annual
hours or a Roseville staff inember with office hours at Arden Hills City Hall. We do
believe that it would be advantageous to still have a JPA with Roseville that would allow
the sharing of engineering staff if the opportunity arises. The modified JPA, likely
modeled after the Roseville/Maplewood JPA will be a future agenda item.
City Council Meeting
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