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42 COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 24, 1988 the original fire department in the event that the Fire District is dissolved. Mr. Schumacher explained that he has sent a copy of the Joint Powers Agreement along with a letter requesting that a review of the Agreement be made by David Cody as soon as possible. Mr. Bisel suggested one of the questions to be addressed should be, does this City want to spend an additional $265,000.00 in 1989 for the Fire District and what do we gain from it? He noted that it gets progressively more costly and asked at what point do we decide to go on our own. Mr. Reinert asked wouldn't Lino Lakes expect to pay more of the costs as the City grows? Mr. Bisel said yes, however, Circle Pines is almost fully developed and will be paying less and less of the costs and Lino Lakes will be paying more and more of the costs. Mr. Reinert explained that Lino Lakes could demand that services be located nearest the population and therefore Lino Lakes would have more of the facilities located in Lino Lakes. Mr. Bisel agreed but asked would it be cheaper to operate our own department. Mr. Reinert felt the emphasis should be on where we can derive better services. Mr. Hawkins checked the Joint Powers Agreement and told the Council that ownership of the land and equipment stays with the original department. Mr. Bisel asked if Centerville wanted out of the Agreement and the equipment went back to Centerville, would Lino Lakes in essence have been paying rent? Mr. Schumacher will contact Mr. Cody and explain to him that a response is needed from him by mid December. 2nd Avenue Improvement Project - Mayor Benson noted that at the last Council meeting Mr. Bisel had questions regarding the manner in which the improvement was handled and caused him to rethink his decision regarding having another engineering firm look at the improvement. Mayor Benson then contacted TKDA and asked them to recommend another firm and was told Braun Engineering could provide-the information needed. This firm is not associated with-TKDA but does geographical studies for TKDA upon request. Mr. Stahlberg explained where the improvement now stands and noted that TKDA uses three or four other firms for this type of study. Mayor Benson said he then contacted Mr. Reinert and Mr. Bisel and attempted to reach Mr. Neal and Mr. Bohjanen but was unable to contact either of them. He asked Mr. Reinert PAGE 9