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3. Consideration of an enaineerina contract with the City of Roseville • Administrator Worthington began by explaining the contract and negotiation between the two cities over the last 5 months. She explained that due to the understaffing at H.R. Green, Falcon Heights contract has been allowed to lapse. Currently, there are 2 people left in their municipal section, and Falcon Heights began exploring other options, including contracting with a neighboring city this summer. She explained that as afully-developed city, engineering tasks are increasingly routine, with jobs like crack sealing .and seal coating among the major tasks. Administrator Worthington stated that Roseville has also been approached by Arden Hills to undertake their engineering duties. Roseville will be hiring one full-time staff person for Arden Hills' use, and Falcon Heights will be able to utilize this staff person. Worthington explained that the agreement allows for a payment of 1.9 times the base salary of the staff utilized. Falcon Heights estimates that the city will pay approximately $10,000 per year at the 200 hour billed minimum. This figure is based on the forecasts of upcoming projects that engineering services will be used for. Under the new contract with Roseville, Falcon Heights will be saving money as opposed to with the H.R. Green agreement. Administrator Worthington stated that the 200 hours is a minimum for billed hours, not a fixed rate. Councilmember Talbot asked who we have worked with in the past at Roseville. Administrator Worthington answered the City has worked with Deb Bloom and Dean Findell. Parks and Public Works Director Hoag added that Dean is the project coordinator, and has been working on the draft drawings for the Roselawn Reconstruction project. Administrator Worthington stated that Roseville approved this contract 5-0. • Councilmember Lamb stated his pleasure at Falcon Heights being able to share services with other cities, especially in this time of budget constraints and strapped finances. He added that this is a positive step, and that sharing services is one of the ways small cities can survive. Councilmember Lindstrom listed the number of shared services Falcon Heights has by naming the IT contract with Roseville, building official with Little Canada, police with St. Anthony, water and ambulance with St. Paul, and the providing of fire service to Lauderdale. Councilmember Kuettel added she is excited again to move into a joint powers agreement with another city to share services. Councilmember Lindstrom asked how this agreement matches up with the last contract with H.R. Green. Administrator Worthington replied this agreement is in line and in the ballpark with the past engineering contract, within budgeting and spending, and very fair. She explained that if Falcon Heights goes over, the City pays an hourly rate above the 200 hours, and if we are under 200, there is no refund to the City. She added that the City will have access to Roseville's GIS system and will be able to get our maps and GIS data updated -something that there is not enough staff to handle presently. Mayor Gehrz added that Arden Hills will be utilizing this staff engineer for their TCAAP project, and there will be a lot of engineering required. She asked if Roseville would be hiring another staff person to handle this project, or if Falcon Heights have to share that staff person with the