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d. A quality assurance program will be adopted based on national standards. 5.04 Dispatch Users Group a. A Dispatch Users Group shall be formed, to be comprised of one chief or command officer from each of the following agencies: 1. St Paul Police; 2. St Paul Fire; 3. Maplewood Police; 4. Maplewood Fire; 5. One suburban fire department other than Maplewood; 6. One suburban police department other than Maplewood; and 7. One undersheriff or command officer from the Ramsey County Sheriffs Office. b. The Dispatch Users Group may adopt rules regarding the selection by the agencies of their Dispatch Users Group member by job classification and the duration of membership in the Dispatch Users Group. If the City of Saint Paul does not sign an agreement to consolidate its PSAP/Dispatch Center with the County's PSAP/Dispatch Center, the Dispatch Users Group will be made up of the appropriate representatives from the jurisdictions that have entered into a consolidation agreement. c. The suburban fire department representative will be selected annually by the Ramsey County Fire Chiefs Association. The suburban police department representative will be selected annually by the Ramsey County Chiefs of Police. The Dispatch Users Group will meet quarterly or at some other interval as determined by the group. d. The Dispatch Users Group shall have a Law Enforcement Subcommittee and Fire and EMS Subcommittees. The Law Enforcement Subcommittee shall be comprised of one police officer, deputy, or supervisor from each law enforcement agency served by the Dispatch Center. The Fire and EMS Subcommittees shall be comprised of one firefighter, emergency medical responder, or supervisor from each fire and EMS agency served by the Dispatch Center. e. Each representative to the Dispatch Users Group will have one vote. f. The roles and responsibilities of the Dispatch Users Group will be to: 1. Provide user agency input to the Radio System Manager into the process of developing protocols and dispatching standards for the Dispatch Center. 2. Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between Dispatch Center staff and users for the purpose of improving service, reviewing critical incidents, and resolving complaints. 3. Provide for coordination of service between the Dispatch Center and local agencies with the intent of providing seamless public safety service that makes the administrative boundary between dispatching and field responders as transparent as possible to the public. 4. Provide input to the Dispatch Policy Committee as to the overall performance of the Dispatch Center in serving the needs of the user agencies. g. Issues that cannot be resolved by the Dispatch Users Group may be referred to the Committee. Article VI. Cost and Funding 6.01 Capital Expenditure and Equipment a. The County will pay the facility construction and site development costs for a Dispatch Center that will be of such size and configuration as to provide communications and dispatch services to meet the needs of consolidated dispatch. b. The County will pay for the 800 MHz radio system equipment in the Dispatch Center, including consoles and connections to the regional system backbone. 6.02 Operating Costs a. For the first Year (2007) and second Year (2008) of the Initial Service Term, the City will pay the annual sum of $3,653.00 if the City of Saint Paul is not a Member and the annual sum of $2,466.00 if the City of Saint Paul is a Member. The City shall make payment to the County monthly in an amount equal to 1/12 of the appropriate sum for that Year. The County will be responsible for the balance of operating costs for the Dispatch Center ("Dispatch Operating Costs") not covered by payments from Members. b. Thereafter, sixty (60) percent ofthe Dispatch Operating Costs will be paid through a county- wide property tax levy, and forty (40) percent of the Dispatch Operating Costs will be paid through an assessment to each Member based on Calls for Service from within the Member's jurisdictional boundaries compared to total Calls for Service to the Dispatch Center. A three-year rolling average of the Member's Calls for Services 1 as a percentage share of Total Calls for Service for those three Years will be used to compute the Member's share. The City's annual share of the Dispatch Center Operating Costs that will be paid based on Calls for Services will be computed as follows after the second Year of the Initial Service Term.