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County Contract #950153 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, is made and entered into between the Cities of Anoka, Blaine, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Lino Lakes, Ramsey, Spring Lake Park, and St. Francis, the Circle Pines -Lexington Joint Police Commission, and the County of Anoka, each acting by and through its governing body, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §471.59 providing for the joint exercise of powers. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the County and the municipalities joined together by joint powers agreement to form the Anoka County Joint Law Enforcement Council (ACJLEC); and WHEREAS, the ACJLEC is supportive of joint arrangements being entered into between interested parties in order to combine efforts to provide transport service to the Anoka County Jail Facility (ACJF), the Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), or the Anoka County Juvenile Shelter Facility (ACJSF) during selected hours on the weekends; and WHEREAS, Anoka County is willing to provide a transport vehicle for use in providing such transport service in order to facilitate such an effort; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and in exercise of the power granted by Minn. Stat. §471.59, the parties to this agreement do mutually agree as follows: 1. PURPOSE The parties agree that they have joined together for the purpose of providing prisoner transport service from the point of arrest or detention to the ACJF or the AMRTC or the ACJSF. The law enforcement agency of each party is referred to as the participating agency. TERM This agreement shall begin effective June 23, 1995 and remain in effect until terminated in accordance with the terms of this agreement. 3. TRANSPORT VEHICLE Anoka County agrees to provide a transport vehicle which shall be available during selected hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for use to provide transport service in accordance with the terms of this agreement. Availability of the transport vehicle may be expanded to include selected Thursday hours at such time as the Anoka County Sheriff, after conferring with the participating agencies, makes a determination that the addition of transport service on Thursday would he in the best interest of the participating agencies. 4. PERSONNEL ROTATIONS Each of the participating agencies shall he responsible for assigning personnel who will operate the transport vehicle during their assigned shifts. Personnel assigned by a party may consist of two licensed law enforcement officers, a licensed law enforcement officer and a non -licensed reserve officer, or two non -licensed reserve officers in those circumstances when a licensed law