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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 28, 2011 Page 8 Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; McGehee; Willmus; Pust; and Roe. Nays: None. 8. Consider Items Removed from Consent a. Approve Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with East Metro SWAT (former Consent Item 7.e) At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Bill Malinen briefly reviewed this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action dated February 28, 2011. Councilmember McGehee sought assurance that this was not an expansion of the current SWAT program; and questioned whether any additional services or mate- rials were required that would cause additional expense to the City under this JPA. Police Chief Rick Mathwig advised that this was not an expansion of SWAT ser- vices, but due to a mandate of the federal government and Homeland Security, services of tactical response units formerly managed under Mutual Aid Agree- ments were being revised as JPA's, in consultation with respective attorneys of those participating jurisdictions and agencies. Chief Mathwig advised that the on- ly additional cost to the City of Roseville would be for insurance costs of approx- imately $200 once the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) completed equipment inventories for all five(5)jurisdictions. Councilmember McGehee noted that the City of Roseville was shown as fiscal agent for the group; and questioned if there were additional staff costs as well. Chief Mathwig advised that costs would be basically for supply/materials costs, the same as in the past, with the City of Roseville initially purchasing and then in- voicing the other jurisdictions for reimbursement of those costs. Mayor Roe clarified that the change was basically to recreate a different gover- nance structure with Chiefs of those agencies, or their designees, serving as a Go- verning Board; and that each entity would no longer carry their own insurance under the terms of the JPA, rather than previously done under the Mutual Aid Agreements. Chief Mathwig concurred. McGehee moved, Johnson seconded, authorizing the City of Roseville Police De- partment to enter into a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Joint Powers Agreement (Attachment A) with the Cities of New Brighton, St. Anthony, No. St. Paul, and the University of Minnesota Police Department.