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Authorizing the Emergency Management Department to enter into an Amended Joint Powers Agreement with Ramsey County for the continued utilization of the Radio Subscriber Agreement.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“City”) and Ramsey County (“County”), collectively the “Parties” entered into the Countywide Public Safety Radio Communications Subsystem Subscriber Agreement (“Agreement”) for the City’s use of Ramsey County’s 800 MHz radio subsystem, executed by the Parties in May 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement expires December 31, 2026, and Ramsey County has requested a two-year extension so that essential services may continue while it modernizes the Joint Powers Agreement for Dispatch Services and related agreements; and
WHEREAS, Amendment 1 on the Agreement revises Section 6.1 of the Agreement to read, “[a]fter the initial Term, this Agreement will automatically be extended for an additional one (1) year terms, up to a maximum of ten (10) twelve (12) renewals” extending the term of the Agreement through December 31, 2028; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Saint Paul City Council, that the appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to execute an Amended Joint Powers Agreement in substantially the form as attached.