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JOIN? POWER8 ~RREMF. NT ?HIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this___ day of 1984, by and between the CITY OF ANOKA, COUNTY OF ANOKA, MINNESOTA, the CI?¥ OF CHAMPLIN, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, MINNESOTA and the OITY OF RAMSEY, COUNTY OF ANOKA, MINNESOTA: WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the parties hereto are each authorized by law to provide fire protection services to their residents, and WHEREAS, the parties hereto have determined that such power may best be exercised jointly, and WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to reach an agreement for joint operation, ownership and control of said fire department, and WHEREAS, M.S.A. S471.59 authorizes governmental units by agreement of their governing bodies jointly or cooperatively to exercise any power common to the contracting parties to provide for.a joint board representing the parties to the agreement, and WHEREAS, M.S.A. S365.15 and ~412.22i, subd. 17, authorize the Cities respectively, each individually, to establish a fire department, and WHEREAS the City of Anoka presently owns fire fighting equipment and a fire station which has operated with an efficient staff of firefighters including a fir% chief and a staff of fire officers, who have served on a volunteer basis. The fire station and all present fire department inventory to remain the property of the City of Anoka. All maintenance, operating expenses,, replacement of equipment, salaries, insurance costs and all other regular and necessary expenses necessary for the operation of the Anoka- Champlin-Ramsey Fire Department to be shared by the Cities of Anoka, Champlin and Ramsey. Collectively the Cities of Anoka, Champlin and Ramsey are financially able to provide fire fighting.and other.fire related services and the necessary fire and related equipment and service to protect the areas of each of the Cities in a better manner than singly, and WHEREAS, after conference and study the respective City Councils of the Cities of Anoka, Champlin and Ramsey hereby find it necessary and advisable to continue to use presently owned fire station and equipment and to jointly purchase fire fighting equipment and other fire department related equipment for use in preventing and extinguishing fires, effecting rescue and extracation procedures, emergency first aid, and other standard and normal duties expected of a fire service and to provide for a Fire Prevention Bureau, as an operating section of, the fire department, to furnish fire inspection, fire education and fire prevention programs to the member cities of the Fire Department. The purpose of this contract is to provide for such use and future joint purchase of equipment, and for its use in the area involved, which is the territory contained in the City of Anoka, the City of Champlin and the City of Ramsey and those other areas for which the City of Anoka fire department has lawful contracts for fire services and in any territory which may become lawfully included in this contract at some later time, and