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REQUEST FOR COUNCII, ACTION DATE: 09/26/OS ITEM: 7. Department ApprovaL• Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: .v — , . { — ��- - - �- -- — �---- - Item Description: Approval of Joint Powers Agreements for Engineering Services with the Cities of Falcon Heights and Arden Hills Background: Staff discussed the possibility of Roseville providing some engineering services to the cities of Arden Hills and Falcon Heights with the Council at your July work session. We have worked out the details of Joint Powers Agreements to allow for the provision of these services and are asking for Council approval at this time. City staff was approached separately in 2004 by the cities of Arden Hills and Falcon Heights regarding the possibility of Roseville providing some level of engineering services for their communities. We have had several discussions with staff from both cities regarding the level and nature of the services desired. Both communities presently contract all of their engineering needs out to local consultants. While their basic needs are being met by their consultants, their staff, and in the case of Arden Hills, their Council, has a desire to have a staff inember to coordinate engineering projects with consultants and respond to resident concerns and problems relating to public works issues. Arden Hills wishes to have an engineer office in their city hall on a part time basis, Falcon Heights does not. Neither city feels it has the workload to support a full-time staff person on their own and, at this time, possibly less than a full-time staff position combined. They are also limited in ability to hire a part-time position to fill this need. For Roseville to provide the requested services, it will require an additional engineer position being created to accommodate the additional workload. The benefit to each community would he the availability of a full-service engineering department to meet their communities' needs at a cost that is less than the cost of those services as now provided. The benefit to Roseville is this position being available on a part time basis to meet Roseville's engineering needs as well as providing some revenue to offset Roseville's engineering overhead. The new staff position would office in Arden Hills a minimum of three days per week. This person would be available to provide engineering customer service and support to other Arden Hills staff and departments. Other current Roseville staff could also provide occasional engineering support to Arden hills as well. Roseville staff would also provide a full range of engineering services to Falcon Heights as well. Financial Implications: Roseville will bill monthly for services provided on an hourly basis using a 1.9 multiplier times the base hourly rate of the staff inember providing the service. This will cover all staff salary and