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2 <br /> <br /> <br />As with any joint powers agreement, all member communities need to adopt the same <br />agreement language. VLAWMO staff worked with member community staff to seek review and <br />comments. Staff reviewed the City’s comments at the June 2, 2025, work session. Those <br />comments were then incorporated into the JPA. <br /> <br />The Board considered the revised JPA at its June 25, 2025, meeting and adopted a resolution to <br />approve forwarding the JPA to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) for review and <br />then to the member communities. VLAWMO submitted the JPA to BWSR for review and then <br />made some revisions to respond to BWSR’s comments. <br /> <br />City staff made some final comments on July 31,2025 which have since been incorporated into <br />the document. The finalized JPA is now before the City Council for consideration and approval. <br /> <br />While the wording was substantially updated to create the current JPA, there were relatively <br />few substantive changes. The primary changes from the previous agreement are: <br /> <br />1. The specific years each group of Board members are to serve was removed. <br /> <br />2. It was made clear the secretary-treasurer can delegate duties of the position as <br />currently occurs. <br /> <br />3. Requires a majority vote on matters coming before the Board. <br /> <br />4. The storm water utility and the authorizing special legislation is called out and is <br />recognized as the primary funding source for VLAWMO. <br /> <br />5. The process for capital improvement projects was more specifically spelled out. <br /> <br />6. Expanded the language on the Technical Commission to further detail its role and <br />authority. <br /> <br />7. The budgeting and funding processes were updated to reflect the current process and <br />to make clear Member assessments are no longer used to fund VLAWMO’s operations. <br />Member assessments, which is the primary source of funding the operations of most WMOs, is <br />still in the agreement as a possibility if it ever needs to be relied on to help fund VLAWMO’s <br />operation. <br /> <br />8. Revised the capital improvement language to reflect how projects are currently funded. <br /> <br />Page 653 of 679