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Commission Minutes—October 17, 2022 5647 <br />9. RED RIVER REGIONAL DISPATCH CENTER, Joint Powers Agreement review <br />Mr. Wilson said Cass County, Clay County, the City of Fargo, the City of Wet Fargo, and the City of <br />Moorhead have been working to update the governance structure of the Red River Regional <br />Dispatch Center (RRRDC). He said the policy, public safety, legal, and administrative leaders from <br />all the partner entities have reviewed and propose the presented Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). Mr. <br />Wilson discussed a summary of key elements in the proposed JPA. He said the Authority Board will <br />consist of ten members, two policy board members from each of the five partner entities. He said the <br />Policy Board chair will rotate annually and the vice chair must not be from the same state as the <br />chair. Mr. Wilson said there will be two committees who report to the Authority Board, the Budget <br />and Finance Committee and the Executive Committee. He said there will also be four committees <br />who report to the Executive Committee; the Law Enforcement Operations Committee, the Fire and <br />Emergency Service Operations Committee, the Radio Communications Committee, and the <br />Personnel Committee. Mr. Wilson said the budget will be prepared and submitted to the Authority <br />Board by August 1st of each year. He said Cass County will serve as the fiscal agent for the Dispatch <br />Center. He said the City of Fargo will act as the Human Resource agent for the RRRDC Authority <br />Board. <br />Mr. Wilson said all partner entities acknowledge a need for a new RRRDC facility and agree an <br />updated JPA is needed in addition to a separate agreement for a new RRRDC facility. He said Cass <br />County will coordinate the facility design, site selection, and construction of the facility in <br />coordination will all partner entities. He said Cass County will be financially responsible for the North <br />Dakota portion of the design and construction costs. He said the City of Moorhead and Clay County <br />will contribute 25% of the construction costs up to $2.5 million with the City of Moorhead paying 40% <br />and Clay County paying 60%. Mr. Steen said agreement to the JPA does not agree to the <br />construction of the new facility. He said the construction agreement will be separate and will need to <br />be approved by all partner entities and the RRRDC Authority Board. <br />Mr. Kapitan asked where work on the architectural design of the new RRRDC facility is at. Mr. <br />Wilson said the architectural work was paused to complete the JPA governance work and to sort out <br />the location of the facility. He said discussions are happening with the RRRDC and Sanford Health <br />on leasing space near the Sanford Hospital in West Fargo. He said the goal is to finalize draft work <br />with the architect in the next few weeks and have a draft and cost estimate to present at one of the <br />Board's November meetings. <br />Mr. Peterson asked if the City of Moorhead is in agreeance to the JPA. Clay County Commissioner, <br />Kevin Campbell was present and said Moorhead is in agreement with the JPA with the exception <br />that they would like to pay Clay County rather than through Cass County. He said Clay County is <br />willing to create a Memorandum of Understanding to allow this and it would require an amendment <br />to the JPA. <br />10. ROAD, Casselton Soybean Road Improvement project engineering service agreement <br />approved <br />County Engineer, Jason Benson was present and said for the Board's consideration today are <br />contract documents with Houston Engineering, Inc. to provide engineering services for the detailed <br />design, permit applications, and construction management of Phase two and three to reconstruct <br />36th Street Southeast and transition it to a county highway east of County Highway 23 in Casselton. <br />He said North Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC (NDSP) is working with Everest Township to <br />extend County Highway 23. Mr. Benson said phase two of the project is planned to be bid in January <br />2023 at an estimated cost of $106,000 and phase three is planned to be bid in the fall of 2023 at an <br />estimated cost of $78,000. He said on December 6, 2021 the Board approved funding of up to $3 <br />million in local funding for two miles of roadway improvements and any improvements over $3 <br />million will be paid by the developer. He said this approval also included 50% of the County's local <br />share to be funded by the NDDOT.