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Section 2. The Board shall approve and adopt the formula for the Users Group member dues annually by December 31 for the <br />following year. <br />Section 3. The Board shall arrange for and facilitate regular meetings of the Users Group and for Users Group activities. <br />Meetings shall be held in accordance with Minnesota Statute 13D.01 . <br />Section 4. The Chair presides at Users Group meetings. The Vice Chair will preside in the absence of the Chair. The Secretary <br />is responsible for recording the proceedings of the Board and communicating these proceedings to all Member organizations. <br />The Treasurer is responsible for the funds and financial records of the Board. <br />Section 5. The Chair and the Treasurer must sign vouchers or orders disbursing funds of the Users Group. Disbursement will <br />be made in the method prescribed by law for statutory cities. <br />Section 6. The Board may take such actions as it deems necessary and convenient to accomplish the general purposes of this <br />Agreement. <br />Section 7.The Board shall purchase liability insurance on behalf of the Users Group to insure against liability of the Users <br />Group and its constituent Members. <br />Section 8. The Board may: <br />(i) Enter into contracts to carry out its powers and duties, in full compliance with any competitive bidding <br />requirements imposed by State or local law; <br />(ii) Provide for the prosecution, defense, or other participation in proceedings at law or in equity in which it may have <br />an interest; <br />(iii) Employ such persons as it deems necessary on a part-time, full-time, or consultancy basis; <br />(iv) Purchase, hold, or dispose of real and personal property; <br />(v) Contract for space, commodities or personal services with a Member or group of Members; <br />(vi) Accept gifts, apply for and use grants or loans of money or other property from the state, the United States of <br />America, and from other government units and may enter into agreements in connection therewith and hold, use and <br />dispose of such money or property in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, loan or agreement relating <br />thereto; <br />(vii) Appoint a fiscal agent. <br /> <br />ARTICLE V. NEW MEMBERS <br />Section 1. Any Governmental Unit that is not a party to the initial Agreement may join as a Member at any time. <br />Section 2. To become a Member, a local unit of government shall adopt a resolution and shall sign this Joint Powers <br />Agreement. <br />Section 3. New Members will pay the annual membership dues for the year in which the new Member is joining, as set by the <br />Board pursuant to Article IV, Section 2, as calculated by the current formula. Fees will not be pro-rated for new Members who <br />join after January 1 of each year. <br /> <br />ARTICLE VI. GIS DATA TO BE EXCHANGED AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT <br />Section 1. Members agree to exchange any GIS data with Ramsey County and with any requesting Member for the requesting <br />party’s own use where that GIS data has been in some way derived and/or developed from the County GIS Data accessed <br />through this Agreement or future agreements between the Users Group and Ramsey County. Members agree to exchange <br />with Ramsey County and with any other Member any attribute data that it has created and maintained where that data can be <br />associated to a parcel using a parcel identifier. Members also agree to exchange any building permit data requested by <br />Ramsey County for the identification of future physical feature data base updates.