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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 11,2014 Page 32 In referencing discussions in October of 2013, Mr. Miller clarified that current the funding with JPA partners was supported by the partners, and support hours for the Roseville network were calculated with the equivalent of four FTE's availa- ble, but the City of Roseville only paying for two FTE's. Therefore, Mr. Miller noted that the rest of the group was already paying for two City of Roseville FTE's, which was a benefit of these partnerships. If the question is whether the partners are paying enough, Mr. Miller clarified that the Roseville IT staff was asking the City Council to recognize the service burden just for Roseville that was not currently supported by Roseville, as the explosive growth and needs of Rose- ville over the last decade were maintained. Mr. Miller advised that the same two engineers could not be continually asked to permanently work 24/7, and 60 hours per week. Mr. Miller opined the only reason for the success of the IT Division to- date was due to the dedicated employees the City had been fortunate enough to re- tain; and asked that the City Council expedite this position request to alleviate that pressure. Councilmember Willmus noted the continuing interest from other communities and agencies in this joint venture, and suggested the need to review the formula, understanding that some may drop off. Councilmember Willmus concurred with Councilmember Etten's sentiments that at some point the fee structure in billing other communities under JPA's needed to be reviewed to maximize that for the City of Roseville. Councilmember McGehee recognized the comments of fellow Councilmembers; however, she expressed her personal concern that only two employees were cur- rently performing these essential functions, without backup. Councilmember McGehee questioned if the majority was willing to go ahead and authorize this now and request that staff talk with the remainder of the group, even if this person is only designated to serve Roseville. Councilmember McGehee recognized the concerns and comments raised by Mr. Miller; as well as having listened to staff's repeated requests to fill this position and alleviate the pressure on the IT Division; opining that under any circumstance, the consortium needed a third person in that key role. Mr. Heiser advised that he fully intended to bring this back to the consortium dur- ing negotiations in 2016, with those partners having been fully involved and sup- portive in the past. However, Mr. Heiser reiterated the specific needs of the City of Roseville as their operations have become more complex; noting that what the services provided by the IT Division for the City of Roseville was completely dif- ferent, and the City needed to fend for itself along that line. Mr. Heiser noted that the City of Roseville didn't have an IT Department, and didn't create an IT Divi- sion until three JPA's were already in place; and the City had never to-date taken the burden on itself with its own IT needs and growth. Mr. Heiser reiterated that he had no problem bringing the consortium into the discussion and future negotia-