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maintaining solar panels does not exist on the It cllt r" totters. (,easing agreements continue to be the best method to rna.,, late e revenue. 4. Snowplowing; Would it be more cost effective to have the SE corner of the city plowed by Hugo or WBL, and at the same time would it be profitable for LL to plow some Blaine, Shoreview, FL or Centerville streets at a rate that works for those cities? Don't get hung up on just this department, this is just an example. .Plowing is just one aces oft the essential d2liiesibr street maintenance Staff. Contracting services for a plot,, truck and operator are $125 -5150 per hour. in- house hourly vi'ages for street maintenance workers are $34.77 (including wages, benefits, FICA, workers comp.. etc). I assume the intent of contracting out snowplowing is to reduce our work, force. If this is done, we would then need to address hove, the other essential services such as street and trail patching, street sweeping, catch basen repair. sign maintenance, tree trimming, boulevard maintenance, pedestrian crosswalk painting, etc. would he taken care c)f. A fee s- Pears ago. the City Of Hugo decided 10 hire a private contractor 10 plow their streets'. That experirnent_Jailed if e don 't have the manpower or equipment 10 explore providing pea ing services 10 other cities. 5. Could we take over police dispatch for Centerville using our economies of scale to make a "profit" for LL at the same time be a cost reduction to Centerville? Anoka County currently dispatches for the entire county through a Joint Law Enforcement Council initiative that was instituted in the .1970s. This joint venture has been used as a model throughout the state as it has been proven to be fiscally responsible, efficient and effective. There may be economies of'scale should the quad communities decide to combine resources for one police and fire department 10 serve all four- communities agency but the merger issues have not been resolved. Both Mayor Reinert and Council Member O'Donnell have served during the merger discussions and may be able to she'd some light on the issues presented at that ante. 6. Are there other city functions (i.e. water billing) that we could do for other cities that our size gives us a competitive cost advantage to take on and make a profit while being a cost reduction for that city. Reverse of that would be outsourcing something like water billing to the City of St. Paul? Not to pick on water billing, I have my own well, so this is just a non -bias example. We clo continually look for opportunities to partner with other communities for providing services. I'or• example, we partner with White Bear Township as a backup for building inspection services or in some joint powers agreements we currently have for providing sewer and water services to bordering cities. We could also look into other opportunities to share or provide services. f:Iowever,