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Rf- REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date.- 7/11/11 Item No..- 7. g Department Approval City Manager Approval Ak a A yka-,o Item Description.- Consider Approving a Supplemental Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Forest Lake BACKGROUND 2 Minnesota State Statute .59 authorizes political subdivisions of the State to enter into joint powers 3 agreements (.IPA) for the joint exercise of powers that are common to each. Over the past several months, 4 the City of Forest Lake and the City of Roseville have held on-going discussions in regards to the sharing of the City's IP Telephony System. The Cities of Roseville and Forest Lake have an existing agreement to 6 share information technology services. "7 8 The City of Roseville currently employs eight full-time employees and one part-time employee to 9 administer the information systems for the City of Roseville and 24 other municipal and governmental '10 agencies. The proposed .IPA with the City of Forest Lake is similar to the other Agreements in both structure and substance. 12 13 The attached JPA has been approved by the City of Forest Lake and is awaiting approval from the Roseville 14 City Council. 1 POLICY OBJECTIVE 1 Joint cooperative ventures are consistent with past practices as well as the goals and strategies outlined in 1 7 the Imagine Roseville 2025 process. 1(", FINANCIAL IMPACTS '19 The proposed .IPA provides non-tax revenues to support City operations. The hourly rates charged to other 20 cities are approximately twice the total cost of the City employee; yet substantially lower than could be 21 obtained from private companies — hence the value to other cities is greater. 22 23 There is no budget impact. The presence of the JPA along with existing revenue sources is sufficient to 24 fund the City's added personnel and related telephone systems costs. 25 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 2�, Staff recommends the Council approve the attached .IPA. 27 0,1�