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MINNESOTA WATER AGENCY RESPONSE <br />NETWORK (MnWARN) MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT <br />This Minnesota Water Agency Response Network (MnWARN) Mutual Aid Agreement is made <br />and entered into by the undersigned Parties. <br />WHEREAS, the Parties hereto are authorized by law or home rule charter to establish a water, <br />wastewater or storm water utility; and <br />WHEREAS, the Parties hereto have established a water, wastewater and/or storm water utility; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that an Emergency may require Assistance in the form of <br />personnel, equipment and supplies from a Utility outside the Governmental Unit; and <br />WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the Parties have investigated the facts and determined that <br />it is in their best interests to authorize their Utilities to work cooperatively with another Party’s <br />Utilities when there is an Emergency; and <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59 authorizes the Parties by agreement of their <br />governing bodies to jointly or cooperatively exercise any power common to them. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants made herein, the Parties agree <br />as follows: <br />ARTICLE I <br />PURPOSE <br />The Parties recognize that in an Emergency, their Utilities may require Assistance in the form of <br />personnel, equipment and supplies from outside the area of impact. The purpose of this <br />Agreement is to provide a framework, in the event of an Emergency, for the Parties to <br />participate in an intrastate program for mutual aid assistance to provide water, wastewater and <br />storm water utility services. The Parties authorize their Utilities to cooperatively assist other <br />Party’s Utilities when there is an Emergency, subject to the discretion of the Responding Party’s <br />Authorized Official as set forth in Article IV. <br /> <br />