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City Council Regular Meeting - 09/13/04 Minutes - Page 38 City Manager Beets advised the City Council of the need for them to come to the September 27, 2004 meeting prepared to make decisions on financial strategies that staff will have outlined via draft resolution(s). Counciln1ember Schroeder left the meeting at 11 :23 p.m., as recognized by the Chair. 12. Consider a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the City of North St. Paul for Information Technology Support, and Consider Authorizing aNew Position with the Information Technology Division paid for with JP A Contract Revenues Finance Director Chris Miller reviewed the request for entering into another J oint Powers Agreement for provision of information teclmology support, based on past experience with nine other organizations, and anticipated ailllual revenue of $30,000. Kough moved, Maschka seconded, approval of a Joint Powers Agreement (JP A) between the City of Roseville and the City of North St. Paul for the purposes of providing information technology support. Roll Call Ayes: Maschka, Ihlan, Kough and Klausing. Nays: None. Finance Director Miller reviewed the City's IT Business Plan, current needs and available funding from partnering cities, with staff approving the creation of a new entry level IT position in order to allow the City of Roseville to expand services to meet or exceed the expectations of partnering agencies. Mr. Miller noted that there are funds set aside in the 2005 proposed budget for this position, and if Council concurred with stafP s report and analysis, requested that the Council amend the 2004 Budget accordingly to reflect expenditures and additional revenues to support the proposed position. Mayor Klausing noted that Councilmember Schroeder had left written conm1ent, that he was supportive of action to add the position, contingent upon recognition that if the Joint Powers IT JTP A North St. Paul New IT Position