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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 23, 2011 6 <br />2nd Quarter 2011 Financial Report <br /> <br />The City Council received and reviewed the 2nd Quarter Financial Report which <br />highlighted the 2011 second quarter financials, along with the second quarterly report for <br />year 2011. <br /> <br />Consideration of Request for the City of Lake Elmo to Join the Transportation Alliance <br /> <br />The City Council considered and denied the request for the City to join the <br />Transportation Alliance. <br /> <br />Consideration of Migrating CodeRED Emergency Notification System to Washington <br />County under a Joint Powers Agreement <br /> <br />The City Council considered approval of the proposed Joint Powers Agreement with <br />Washington County to allow for migration of the CodeRED Emergency Notification <br />System from the City to the County, at a significant savings and operational benefit to the <br />City. <br /> <br />The Sheriff’s Office has purchased the CodeRED Emergency Notification System and <br />deployed such countywide. Under a proposed Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) the City of <br />Lake Elmo would see its annual costs for Code RED reduced from $5,250 to <br />approximately $635.The County will provide a “pool” of 150,000 minutes to be used for <br />Public Safety notifications only. For non-emergency notification there will be a $0.25 <br />per minute fee billed by the County. Some additional funds would continue to be <br />budgeted within the communications Budget for these types of official non-emergency <br />communications. <br /> <br /> The term of the JPA Agreement will be from January 1, 2012 and end December 31, <br />2012, and will automatically renew for two additional one year periods wit final <br />termination on December 31, 2014. The City does have the option of termination the <br />agreement at any time with a 30-day written notice. The existing City contract with <br />Emergency Communication’s Network will be terminated as soon as possible, as part of <br />the migration to the County system. <br /> <br />MOTION: Council Member Pearson moved to approve the Joint Powers Agreement with <br />Washington County for utilization of the Code RED Emergency Notification System and <br />to migrate as soon as possible the City’s current agreement into the countywide program. <br />Council Member Park seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0. <br /> <br />The Council adjourned the meeting at 10:40 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted by Sharon Lumby, City Clerk