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k" REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/28/2011 Item No.: 7. e City Manager Approval Item Description: Approval for the City of Roseville Police Department to Enter into a Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) Joint Powers Agreement with the New Brighton Department of Public Safety, the City of St. Anthony Police Department, the City of North St. Paul Police Department and the University of Minnesota Police Department. 2 me The City of Roseville Police Departnt Tactical Team was established in 1999. In 2002, the City of 3 Roseville approved a Joint Powers Agreement for a combined tactical team with the City of St. 4, Anthony. In 2007, the City of New Brighton's Department of Public Safety was invited to join and 5 accepted which made the team more viable in the community. Since that time, the North St. Paul 6 Police Department and the University of Minnesota Police Department have also joined. The combined "7 tactical team is known as the East Metro SWAT Team. 9 Given the nature of the current Mutual Aid Agreement, the Agreement has been revised as a Joint 110 Powers Agreement. The Joint Powers Agreement was drafted in cooperation with, and reviewed by the 11 League of Minnesota Cities. The Agreement has been reviewed and endorsed by the Roseville City 12 Attorney. The Joint Powers Agreement has been approved by the cities of New Brighton, St. Anthony, 13 North St. Paul, the University of Minnesota, and their respective attorney's. 14, PROPOSED ACTION 15 To allow all parties (the City of Roseville Police Department, the City of New Brighton Department of 116 Public Safety, the City of St. Anthony Police Department, the North St. Paul Police Department and the 1 ��7 University of Minnesota Police Department) and their respective officers to extend services beyond 11 111",,'11 their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of providing assistance and enforcing the law in 119 emergency situations. The parties believe the establishment of procedures whereby parties to this 2o Agreement (copy attached) may provide personnel or equipment assistance to another party or parties- 21 in the event of an emergency would be of great benefit to public health, safety and welfare. 22 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 23 East Metro Swat will be required to obtain separate liability insurance coverage and property 24, insurance coverage from the League of Minnesota Cities for a minimum of $,950 in premiums to 25 be paid annually. In order to determine the actual costs of coverage for East Metro Swat, the 26 League of Minnesota Cities will be conducting a review. The review will cover the previous 27 year's budget, as well as any property owned by East Metro Swat. Once that review is complete, 28 the League of Minnesota Cities will establish the actual premium costs. Page I of 2