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Using the same three cities, the second graph depicts the financial costs assuming the cities provide for their IT function through partnerships. In this example, City 'A' serves as the administrative agent. Again the costs include hardware, software, and general administrative. !�� t� BO E�{] �� �[� [} IT Function with Partnerships City A City B City C Hardware ■ Software O Admin As is shown, cities 'B' and `C' no longer provide for its administrative functions; they have transferred the task to City 'A'. In addition, cities 'B' and `C' are spared a portion of their hardware costs as similar functions can now be grouped together. Collectively, the three cities have reduced their overall cost from $300 to $270; a savings of 10%. Clearly the example presented above is on a much smaller scale than the City's e�sting business partnerships. It is estimated that the collective savings within the existine nartnering or�anizations is annroximately $300,-000 annuall�. As the administrative agent in the partnership, Roseville receives the largest share of the savings. Update on the Ramsey County IT Initiative The Council may recall that last year, Ramsey County approached the City on an idea of creating an initiative to study the costs and benefits of local governments within Ramsey County creating a consortium to provide the IT function on a county-wide basis. Ramsey County agreed to lead the process. At the time, Roseville decided to participate at the Council level to determine whether such an initiative would prove potentially successful. In the past three months, the Ramsey County IT Initiative Group(s) has met on only one occasion. Although it's too early to determine whether a Ramsey County-led initiative will be considered desirable; it is known that many of the suburbs have already made a choice to establish a partnership with Roseville's IT Division. Still more have made offers to join. These suburbs, many of whom are listed above, have clearly expressed a desire to partner with Roseville for the foreseeable future. In the event that current or future business partners choose to terminate their partnerships, the City of Roseville has the ability to downsize staffing levels in the IT Division.