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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, Apri120, 2009 Page 9 City Manager Malinen advised that another item on tonight's agenda was consid- eration of another partner (City of Vadnais Heights); and noted that, to his knowl- edge, no users have pulled out of their JPA over the 15 year history of the pro- gram; and didn't anticipate any doing so, given the stability of the program and its management. City Manager Malinen offered his compliments to Mr. Heiser and staff in keeping this stability in place and his experience with his peers from other Cities in never having heard a negative word about their services. City Manager Malinen advised that he anticipated the City of Roseville being approached in the future from even more cities looking for these cost-effective services in this econ- omy. Mr. Heiser noted that, in working through his staffing analysis, it would be pro- vided when final to the City Council; and they would notice a gap in the number of Roseville staff compared to their peer group; and the need for additional dis- cussion among user groups if staffing were reduced; noting that cost-sharing was currently done collaboratively with those costs having been phased in over a three year period, actually reducing Roseville financial responsibilities even further. Councilmember Pust spoke in support of the motion; noting that the program was completely funded from other municipalities; and opined that the last place cities would cut would be in their IT services under current economic constraints. Councilmember Pust further opined that, in a worst case scenario, if things changed dramatically, people would need to be laid off, but that didn't make this requested position high risk. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of the motion, opining that making the po- sition permanent made more sense. Roll Call Ayes: Roe; Pust; Johnson; and Klausing. Nays: Thlan. Motion carried. e. Approve Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Vadnais Heights for IT Services Mr. Heiser briefly reviewed this request, noting that the JPA was consistent in structure and substance with previous JPA's, and maintained a joint exercise of powers common to each member city. Roe moved, Johnson seconded, approving a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) be- tween the City of Roseville and the City of Vadnais Heights for the purposes of providing information technology support. • Roll Call