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Department Approval <br />��� � <br />l�'�, <br />Jy <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: February 9, 2009 <br />Item No.: 7.c <br />City Manager Approval <br />� / <br />Item Description: Approve an Agreement for Supplemental Law Enforcement Services on Lake Owasso <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Lake Owasso Task Force, in 1997, presented the City Council a series of recommendations regarding issues <br />on Lake Owasso. The Council, as a result of the recommendations, approved: <br />• Ordinance regarding water surface use on Lake Owasso <br />• Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Shoreview, and <br />• Resolution adopting other recommendations including authorizing 36 additional hours of water patrol on <br />Lake Owasso for the summer of 1997 at a cost of $1,152. <br />The Council approved the additional hours in prior years of 1998 — 2008. Attached is an agreement with <br />Ramsey County for 42 additional hours of water patrol on Lake Owasso during the weekends and holidays <br />in the summer of 2009. These hours are in addition to the regularly scheduled county patrol. <br />The hourly rate has remained the same from 2006 through 2008, which was $39.50 per hour. The rate for 2009 <br />was raised to $41.18 per hour, a five percent increase. <br />PROPOSED ACTION <br />This agreement is within the policy direction of the City Council as set out in its Collaboratlon and Cooperatlon <br />Policy. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />The cost for the additional patrol is not to exceed $1,742.16, which is included in the 2009 budget. It is <br />understood that payment for the 2009 services will be made upon a billing from the Sheriffs office, which <br />includes a log of actual time spent in accordance with this agreement. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />