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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 9,2013 Page 9 At the request of Mayor Roe, Interim City Manager Trudgeon reviewed this re- quest as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated December 9, 2013. Mr. Trudgeon noted that, as requested by the City Council, this agreement offered more flexibility than previous JPA's, with the possibility of using City of Blaine employees in the future; with any of those decisions coming back to the City Council for consideration if eventually negotiated. In those past discussions, Councilmember Willmus noted his expressed prefer- ence that the City of Roseville begin being more proactive in approaching poten- tial partners to contribute to the consortium; and while future consideration was addressed in this draft JPA, he questioned if the City of Blain would be willing to step in at the onset of this agreement. Finance Director Miller advised that neither city was ready for that type of part- nership arrangement; and while the City of Blaine recognized and was willing to consider those opportunities in the future, there was no interest in expanding that relationship at this time. Councilmember Etten expressed his interest in moving forward with such an ex- pansion in the future, and his preference for sooner rather than later, serving as a key way to improve the flexibility of JPA's around IT and make it more useful to the City of Roseville in the short- and long-term. Specific to financial impacts, Councilmember Etten advised that he had previously contacted Finance Director Miller for details of the estimated monthly revenue, which had not been included in the RCA. Councilmember Etten reiterated his request for staff to include that detail in future RCA's, and to clearly define if the revenue offsets expenses, and that such added detail be provided as part of staff's analysis of financial impacts. Councilmember McGehee expressed her satisfaction with Mr. Miller's previous presentation regarding IT services and the benefit to the City of Roseville overall in representing other communities and their cooperation with each other. As the operator of the consortium and staffing, Councilmember McGehee noted the rea- sonable benefits to the City of Roseville to have access to IT staff as needed. Councilmember McGehee expressed her happiness with the JPA's and continuing with them in their current format. Councilmember Etten clarified that he was not unhappy with the current business model; however, he was simply seeking more detail and enhanced JPA's with more shared workload in the future, identifying new ways to use the consortium to everyone's advantage. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, approving an Information Technology Shared Service Agreement (Attachment A) between the Cities of Blaine and Roseville, for the purposes of sharing Roseville's interne connection.