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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 08/12/13 Item No.: 7.l Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consider Approving Joint Powers Agreements with the City of Birchwood Village Page 1 of 2 B ACKGROUND 1 Minnesota State Statute 471.59 authorizes political subdivisions of the State to enter into joint powers 2 agreements (JPA) for the joint exercise of powers that ar e common to each. Over the past several months, 3 the City of Birchwood Village and the City of Roseville have held on-going discussions in regards to the 4 sharing of IP Telephony and IT support services. 5 6 The City of Roseville currently employs eleven full-time employees and one part-time employee to 7 administer the information systems for the City of Roseville and 30 other municipal and governmental 8 agencies. The proposed JPA’s with the City of Birchwood Village is similar to the other agreements in 9 both structure and substance. 10 11 The attached JPA’s have been approved by the City of Birchwood Village and is awaiting approval from 12 the Roseville City Council. 13 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 14 Joint cooperative ventures are consistent with past practices as well as the goals and strategies outlined in 15 the Imagine Roseville 2025 process. 16 F INANCIAL I MPACTS 17 The proposed JPA’s provide non-tax revenues to support City operations. The hourly rates charged to 18 other cities or entities are more than the cost of a City employee; yet substantially lower than could be 19 obtained from private companies – hence the value to other cities is greater. 20 21 There is no budget impact. The presence of the JPA’s al ong with existing revenue sources is sufficient to 22 fund the City’s added personnel and related information systems costs related to the contracted services. 23 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 24 Staff recommends the Council approve the attached JPA’s. 25 26