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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 17th day of November 2003 at 7:00 p.m. The following members were present: Maschka, Schroeder, Kough, Klausing and Kysylyczyn and the following were absent: none. Member Maschka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION 10162 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE MONITORING OF THE STUDY OF A JOINT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ENTITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF RAMSEY COUNTY UNITS OF GOVERNMENT WHEREAS, the use of information technology by the City has become an increasingly important tool to provide high quality public services to the citizens of Roseville, and will become even more critical in the future as the public familiarity with and demand for electronic government services continues to increase; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of Roseville residents and business partners that local units of government leverage their investments in technology, business applications, and the collection, use and dissemination of data to the extent that doing so minimizes costs of developing and maintaining the infrastructure and allows for the acquisition and use of technology solutions that improve services and allow local governmental units to operate more effectively; and WHEREAS, The City of Roseville has developed and maintains business relationships with area communities to share expertise and purchasing power in information technologies; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution inviting the members of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments and the City of Saint Paul to participate in a joint study to assess the feasibility, opportunities, costs, and risk of developing a single management and technology entity to meet the business needs of participating units of government; and WHEREAS, This project is intended to allow elected officials, with the support of business and technical staff, to assess the feasibility, opportunities and risks of jointly owning and managing business information and technology services that can meet the needs of two or more units of government in a cost- effective and efficient manner while retaining and/or improving quality;