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I,RRWMO Meeting Minutes July 15, 1993 Page 8 added that should the board get into an indecision on a capital improvement, it can go to the county board and tax everything. This. language was put into the law because there must be some way to get the project done. Pearson again emphasized he does not think this proposed agreement will do anything to change this board's costs. Weaver requested confirmation that much of the information being questioned in this proposed agreement is in the statutes now and that we are required to do them any way. Pearson confirmed that assumption, adding the language in this agreement just gives this board the authority to do what the law tells you to do. It is a structure as to how you will operate. It is no different than in the past; however, this organization will have to do more reporting. Pearson stated he doubts there will be any capital improvements in the watershed other than within the local communities. Jankowski queried the financial section of this agreement, asking whether there are other methods of assessing the member cities other than valuation. Are other WMOs struc- tured differently? Pearson responded that this method of assessing member cities for contributions is being used by all others he knows of. It balances the valuations. Jankowski concurred that valuation is an acceptable method of assessing the cities, but questioned the fairness of then granting an equal vote to all members, no matter the size of their assessment. Pearson stated voting could be based on the amount of contribution, but that method could get cumbersome. It was his opinion that the present method of voting has worked very well for this board. Pearson stated there will be a to. be .done which this board resist. You will have to plan become more. and more important. board to protect the water planning. lot of things that will have and its member cities will for it. Water quality will The public expects this quality and do the proper The procedure for ratifying this updated, proposed Joint Powers Agreement was discussed. Pearson stated once the communities approve the agreement by resolution, a report is made to this board by the city representatives; and the Joint Powers Agreement is filed with BWSR. If at all possible that should be done by August 1, 1993. Pearson noted although Andover has already adopted the resolution accepting this proposed Joint Powers Agreement, the changes discussed at this meeting are not a major concern. The board will just be addressing the best manage- ment practices and taking into account financial management.