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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 11, 2014 Page 31 for Roseville and other municipal employees in being able to work within any city within the twenty-seven full-service agreement partnership network system and continued operation from those locations in case of power failures or other emer- gencies within one of those jurisdictions. Mr. Heiser addressed the number of residents and employees served in those twenty-one municipalities, as well as other jurisdictions and agencies, on that network; and comparable staffing metrics of the Roseville IT Division and similar systems. By adding this additional engineer, Mr. Heiser advised that this would allow him to better manage the network and off-load day-to-day administrative tasks to expand and address strategic plans; all dedicated to Roseville tasks. Mr. Heiser provided comparisons numbers and increases specific to the City of Roseville since 2001, in the number of computer users within the City and ex- tended e-mail accounts for employees, City Councilmembers, advisory commis- sions, and interns; along with discreet user accounts required by law to protect private data and individual passwords; computer equipment in police squads and public works vehicles; and separate accounts for every user and clerk in the Li- cense Center handled locally versus formerly handled by the State of MN, but now at the Deputy Registrar offices. Mr. Heiser noted that, in the near future, Ramsey County would be mandating CAD in all fire vehicles as well. Councilmember Etten questioned how this person could remain dedicated only to the City of Roseville with Roseville footing the bill, when they would be theoreti- cally relieving those other agencies as well through vacation time and other bene- fits. Mr. Heiser clarified that the City of Roseville currently paid 25%-28% of each IT employee costs; and the hope was that Roseville would keep this JPA group to- gether and get everyone caught up and remain consistent with ever-changing technology. Mr. Heiser advised that there was more than sufficient Roseville- specific projects over the next 1.5 years to ensure that position was always•availa- ble and staffing and anchoring the needs of Roseville, as well as other partners. Mr. Heiser noted the management challenge would be to utilize that person for the intended purpose and not for the immediate benefit of other partners. At 9:59 p.m., Etten moved, McGehee seconded, to extend the meeting to completion of this item. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, McGehee, and Roe. Nays: None. Councilmember Etten stated that, while he supported the purpose of serving Ro- seville and creating sanity for other IT employees, he favored looking at combin- ing some of the costs for this position with the JPA partners, since they'll benefit from services and the greater system would benefit.