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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
RESOLUTION
DATE: May 16, 2005 RESOLUTION NO.: 05-70
MOTION BY: Wulff SECONDED BY: Rieb
Resolution Agreeing to Participate in a Countywide Joint
Dispatch Center Governed by a Joint Powers Agreement
WHEREAS, the High Performance Partnership (HiPP) effort of the County and
the cities has identified joint dispatch as one activity to study; and
WHEREAS, a HiPP Joint Dispatch Policy Committee co-chaired by Elizabeth
Kautz, Mayor of Burnsville, and Steve Mielke, Lakeville City Administrator, has been
studying joint dispatch for the past four months; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County and its cities are currently cooperating in the
design of a Dakota County 800 MHz public safety radio communications subsystem; and
WHEREAS, an important design consideration is the number and location of
. Public Safety Answering Points (dispatch centers); and
WHEREAS, currently there are six dispatch centers in Dakota County serving
a total population of 390,000; and
WHEREAS, one dispatch center can provide more efficient, effective, and
economic dispatch services for the county population; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Auditor's Report on PSAPs and 911 Service
Delivery encourages PSAP consolidation; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County has agreed to provide the capital cost of one ]oint
Dispatch Center to serve all public safety agencies in the County; and
WHEREAS, the HiPP Joint Dispatch Policy Committee recommends that the
County and its cities participate in a Joint Dispatch Center; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County and participating cities will share the annual
operating costs of one joint dispatch center; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville will save significant funds. by participating in a
Joint Dispatch Center versus providing its own dispatch services; and
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WHEREAS, the management and operation of the Joint Dispatch Center will
be governed by a Joint Powers Agreement that will give all participants a strong voice in
the operations and management of the Center.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lakeville hereby
agrees to participate in a countywide Joint Dispatch Center to be governed by a joint
Powers agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrator is directed to bring
the Joint Powers Agreement to the City Council for approval; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Administrator inform the County of
its decision to participate in the Joint Dispatch Center.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 16th day of May, 2005.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
David Luick, Acting Mayor
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Charlene Friedges, City Irk