07. Red River Regional Dispatch Center Joint Powers Agreement review

10 Version Oct 13, 2022 subdivision hereof. All references to the office of the mayor of a city shall be deemed to include the office of the president of the city commission when applied to the City of West Fargo. ARTICLE III. PURPOSE Section 3.01 GENERAL PURPOSE. This Agreement is made pursuant to N.D.C.C. § 54- 40.3-01 and Minn. Stat. § 471.59, which authorize the joint and cooperative exercise of power common to the contracting parties. The purpose of this Agreement is to allow the Member Entities to work collaboratively to own, operate and maintain a regional public safety dispatch center, to maximize efficiencies of the Member Entities with respect to Dispatch Center public safety dispatch center related activities, to have the Member Entities’ employees, architects, engineers, attorneys and professional consultants cooperate in the design, operation and maintenance of the Dispatch Center The Member Entities desire to establish and continue a joint powers structure to design, finance, construct, operate and/or maintain the Dispatch Center consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, N.D.C.C. § 54-40.3-01, and Minn. Stat. § 471.59. Section 3.02 COMPLIANCE WITH DISPATCH CALL REQUIREMENTS. Given that the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority responds to calls from Minnesota as well as North Dakota, for the purpose of responding to calls in each jurisdiction the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority will comply with that state’s laws, regulations as applicable to the particular call. Section 3.03 SEPARATE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. This Agreement is expressly intended to confirm the ongoing existence and operation of a separate political subdivision named the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority. The Member Entities recognize that pursuant to and in conformance with N.D.C.C. § 54-40.3-01 and Minn. Stat. § 471.59, the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority may not exercise a power unless that power is expressly granted by this Agreement. As a result, the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority will from time to time request that one or several of the Member Entities use their Best Efforts to exercise their respective powers in furtherance of the Dispatch Center. ARTICLE IV. RESERVED ARTICLE V. RED RIVER REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER AUTHORITY Section 5.01 COMPOSITION OF BOARD. There is hereby established and continued a joint powers board to be known as the “RRRDC Authority Board.” The RRRDC Authority Board is the Governing Body of the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority and shall consist of: