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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 4/9/2012 <br /> Item No.: <br />7.h <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Amend the Current Joint Powers Agreement of East Metro SWAT to <br />Include Additional Insurance Language <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />The City of Roseville Police Department Tactical Team was established in 1999. In 2002, <br />2 <br />the City of Roseville approved a Joint Powers Agreement for a combined tactical team with <br />3 <br />the City of St. Anthony. In 2007, the City of New Brighton’s Department of Public Safety <br />4 <br />was invited to join and accepted which made the team more viable in the community. Since <br />5 <br />that time, the North St. Paul Police Department and the University of Minnesota Police <br />6 <br />Department have also joined. The combined tactical team is known as the East Metro <br />7 <br />SWAT. <br />8 <br />9 <br />In 2011 the current Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) was authorized by Roseville City <br />10 <br />Council authorizing the JPA and to allow for the mayor and city manager’s signatures. <br />11 <br />12 <br />PA <br />ROPOSEDCTION <br />13 <br />Since the original document was signed the League of Minnesota Cities’ Insurance Trust has <br />14 <br />authored language to clearly address insurance coverage of vehicles used by East Metro <br />15 <br />SWAT. The language has since been authorized by the city attorney. The proposed <br />16 <br />language has been included in Attachment A. beginning on page 6, line 308, and reads in <br />17 <br />full, “When a party to this agreement loans an automobile to East Metro Swat, East Metro <br />18 <br />Swat’s automobile liability coverage shall be primary when East Metro Swat is in <br />19 <br />possession of the automobile. East Metro Swat agrees to defend and indemnify the owner of <br />20 <br />the automobile and any other parties to this agreement for any liability claims related to the <br />21 <br />use of the automobile, subject to the limitations in Section 3.08 of this Agreement.” <br />22 <br />23 <br />Each agency of East Metro SWAT will arrange to have <br />24 <br />FI <br />INANCIALMPACTS <br />25 <br />None <br />26 <br />SR <br />TAFF ECOMMENDATION <br />27 <br />Authorize the revision of the current JPA and to allow for the mayor and city manager’s <br />28 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />