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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 6, 2023 Item No.:10.e Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with Metro-INET Joint Powers Authority to provide internet services to the Ramsey County Library System on behalf of the City of Roseville 1 B ACKGROUND 2 Metro-INET became a separate IT joint powers authority in 2021. Previously, Metro-INET was part 3 of the City of Roseville and provided IT services to 43 other local government agencies. 4 5 Metro-INET has provided internet services to the Ramsey County Library System (RCLS) for many 6 years. As part of that arrangement, the City of Roseville entered directly into a contract with RCLS 7 for the internet services. The current contract goes through June 30, 2023. As the City no longer 8 directly controls Metro-INET and therefore cannot directly provide internet services to RCLS, an 9 agreement between the City and Metro-INET is necessary to allow for the City to continue to 10 invoice and collect fees from RCLS and transmit those fees to Metro-INET for a small service 11 charge. 12 13 Additionally, the funding from the federal governmentthat RCLS receives to provide internet 14 service requires payment be made to a recognized local government unit. Currently, Metro-INET is 15 not recognized as local governmental unit bythe funding agency. Metro-INET is working on getting 16 recognized as a local governmental unit, but it will take some time to receive formal recognition. As 17 a result, the agreement between the City and Metro-INET will remain in place until June 30, 2024 to 18 allow for continued internet service to RCLS. After June 30, 2024, Metro-INET will have a direct 19 contract with RCLS to provide internet services. 20 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 21 Roseville has long valued shared partnerships with other local government entities and the private 22 sector to provide cost-effective and efficient services to the community. Since its creation, Metro I- 23 Net has been a model of partnership of providing local government IT services in the Twin Cities 24 metro. Entering into the proposed agreement allow for the Ramsey County Library System to 25 continue to receive internet services from Metro-INET 26 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS 27 The City will receive a minimal revenue of $180 for administering this contract. 28 29 R ACIAL E QUITY I MPACT S UMMARY 30 According to census data, about 10 percent of Black and Hispanic Americans and 13 percent of 31 American Indians and Alaska Native have no internet subscriptions at home compared to 6% of 1 32 White households. The use of libraries has been long utilized to partially address the “digital 33 divide” faced by many. Through the Telecommunications Act of 1996, libraries are able to receive Page 1 of 2