City of Blaine Anoka County, Minnesota - File #: RES 20-70

• File #: RES 20-70
• Version: 1
• Name: NMTC JPA Amendment
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/4/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/4/2020
• Final action: 5/4/2020
• Title: AMENDING THE JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE NORTH METRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
• Sponsors: Michelle Wolfe

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/4/2020	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

ADMINISTRATION- Michelle Wolfe, City Manager

Title

AMENDING THE JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE NORTH METRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Background

The North Metro Telecommunications Commission approved recommended updates to the organization’s Joint Powers Agreement at their April 15, 2020 meeting.

Recommended changes include:

•                     Removing references to two budgets (the Commission/NMTV has had one budget for the last twelve years)

•                     Removing the requirement that a city joining the Commission must be contiguous to a current member city

•                     Rephrasing quorum requirements that maintain the status quo, but would not require additional changes should cities join the Commission

•                     Removing reporting and oversight language no longer applicable due to law/rule changes

•                     Including PEG fees as fees available for payments for bonds

These changes would give the commission and cities more control over who could join the commission, and over how franchise and PEG fees are spent. 

Any changes to the Joint Powers Agreement will require approval of the member city councils.

Recommendation

By resolution, approve the updates to the Joint Powers Agreement.

Body

WHEREAS, the City of Blaine is a member of the North Metro Telecommunications Commission (the “Commission”), a municipal joint powers entity organized pursuant to a Joint and Cooperative Agreement, as amended (the “JPA”), adopted by the Cities of Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Ham Lake, Lexington, Lino Lakes, and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota (the “Member Cities”) pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59; and

WHEREAS, the Commission has reviewed and unanimously recommended certain changes to the JPA contained in Attachment A to update Commission membership eligibility and weighted voting, to clarify the use of PEG Fees to pay for certain expenses, and to eliminate archaic language that was no longer applicable to the Commission or its Member Cities. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Blaine as follows:

1.                     That the Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Administration of a cable communications system shall be amended as noted in Attachment A.

PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 4^th day of May, 2020.