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q.&-,SFaC+E City Manager's Office f1%� i'i�i7 To: Metro I -Net Members cc: Pete Bauer & Jason Swalley, Metro I -Net From: Patrick Trudgeon, Roseville City Manager Date: February 13, 2020 Re: Metro I -Net Discussion Points Metro I -Net originally started as a collaboration between Roseville and Mounds View to share IT resources in 1999. Since that time, Metro I -Net has grown to 35 member organizations receiving full IT services and 9 associate members receiving limited IT services. Not only has the number of Metro I -Net members grown, each member agency's needs have grown exponentially. Some examples in recent years include the deployment of laser fiche, remote compute_ r access, electronic door access, wireless access points, as well as body cam support for law enforcement. Currently, Metro I -Net is under organizational control of the Roseville City Manager and Roseville City Council. All Metro I -Net employees are actually Roseville employees and fall under Roseville personnel policy, its liability coverage, and compensation structure. The Roseville City Manager makes employment decisions for Metro I -Net including the hiring and termination of employees. The City of Roseville includes the $3.5 million Metro I -Net budget as part of its city budget. While this arrangement has worked for many years, the following issues is making it harder to keep Metro I -Net sustainable into the future: • Roseville City Council concern about the amount of Metro I -Net staff and the added liability and carrying costs for that amount of employees • Roseville City Council concern the use of space within City given other city department space needs • The Roseville employee compensation plan lags behind the market for other local governments and especially with LOGIS, a joint powers entity that provides IT services to many local governments in the Twin Cities. LOGIS has recruited several Metro I -Net staff members over the past couple of years