Resolution - #98-12-302 - 12/08/1998

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Councilmember Beyer introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #98-12-302 RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANOKA COUNTY JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTRAL RECORDS PROJECT WHEREAS, the County and the Cities have previously recognized the need to cooperate in their law enforcement efforts, and have created the Anoka County Joint Law Enforcement Council (the "JLEC") for this purpose; and WHEREAS, the JLEC, the County and the Cities have determined that there is a need for alternative means to store and access law enforcement data, to communicate among law enforcement agencies, and to improve the speed and accuracy of law enforcement information requested from another jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the JLEC has developed specifications and requested proposals for an integrated central records communication system, including computer hardware and software (hereinafter, the "System"), to address the foregoing need; and WHEREAS, the County is authorized under Minn. Stat. §373.01, subd. 3, to issue capital notes without a referendum to finance capital equipment including public safety and data processing equipment; and WHEREAS, the Cities are similarly authorized under Minn. Stat. §412.301, to issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes without a referendum (provided that the amount of the debt does not exceed 0.25 percent of the market value of taxable property in the City) to finance capital equipment including public safety and data processing equipment; and WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. §471.59 provides for the joint exercise of common or similar powers by governmental units, and also provides that a county may perform on behalf of another governmental unit any service or function which that unit would be authorized to provide for itself; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to provide for the joint financing of the System and to provide for the sharing of the ongoing costs of the System; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has received from the County a cost estimate itemizing the total hardware and software costs for the project and an estimate of the hardware and software costs for which Ramsey would be responsible; and WHEREAS, the County has agreed to finance Ramsey's share of these hardware and software costs totaling $47,867.56 (Forty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars and Fifty-six Cents) over a period of four (4) years; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey intends to enter into a joint powers agreement by and between Anoka County and the other member cities to move forward with and finance this project subsequent to the project's approval by the County Board and subsequent to review of the agreement by the Ramsey City Attomey; and