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I ~ 94-1084C REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Sec ber 9.A FYI" ; Q Report Number:...t.;..-_" ;.y C,�,{ i , REPORTReportDate: 2-24-94 .� Counal Action: 0 Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETEIG DATE February 28, 1994 0 Pubiic Hearings 0 Consent Agenda M Council Business Item Description: Consideration of Contract to Furnish Fire Protection Services to the Cities of Blaine, Mounds View and Spring Lake Park Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. E--xplanationiSummarF(attach supplemeat-sheets as necessary.) i TJMiVj AY; The contract to provide fire service to the cities of Mounds View, Blaine and Spring Lake Park is presented for consideration and approval. The contract has been approved both by the City of Blaine and the Fire Department's Board of Directors. The City of Spring Lake Park had previously expressed concerns regarding sections of the contract. The City Attorney, Jim Thomson, has also questioned contract language. However, it must be noted that the contract with the Fire Department is very unique and traditional contract language may have to be set aside for the continued viability 1 of a relationship between three cities and a contract/departmental service provider. I have attached a letter from the Blaine City Manager, Don Poss, who succinctly and comprehensively addresses the issues raised by the City of Spring Lake Park. In Don's letter, he expresses the reality issues that are a part of a historical transaction between three cities and a heretofore private, independent service provider. In exchange for turning over to the three cities the Department's assets (land, buildings and equipment) , the Fire Department must be assured that they will remain the sole source provider for fire protection services for a minimum of 10 years. In the past, the three cities contracted with what was then a private and autonomous organization. The cities provided funding based on a formula which allocated costs per a combination of property valuations and the number of fire calls per city. The three cities had very little input into the budget process, revenues, expenditures or hiring procedures of the organization. The 1990 Fire Bond Referendum, which was passed of all three cities, changed the scope of the relationship between the cities and the organization. ----:-----• 1.z.,. Samantha Ord�.no RECOMMENDATION Motion to Approve the Contract to Furnish Fire Protection Services to the Cities of Blaine, Mounds View and Spring Lake Park