HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 72-74 RESOLUTION #72-74
ON
JOINT PO~,/ERS AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 471.59
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center and other municipalities
have or wlll commence legal proceedings to test the
validity of the action of the Metropolitan Council In tts
determination to adopt a new formula for the allocation
and collection of certain "current costs" to be borne by
municipal governments pursuant to Chapter 473C of
Minnesota Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oolumbla Heights ts in agreement
wlth the objective of the aforementioned l~wsult and
hereby authorizes the attorneys engaged by the City of
Brooklyn Center to act as Tts attorney for the purpose
of joining or tntervenlng as a party 11tlgant to said
legal action.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Columbla Heights agrees to
share equally with all other participating municipalities
In the costs and expenses of said legal action, including
attorneys fees, except that no party other than the City
of Brooklyn Center shall be obligated to the extent of
more than $I,000 by th~ agreement. The pro rata share
of the expenses and fees attributable to each municipality
shall be calculated at 60 day intervals beginning
January 2, 1973, and shall be payable on 30 days notice.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Manager be
and they are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement
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consummating the foregoing and establishing a termination
of said agreement as to any party upon t5 days written
notice to each of the other participating municipalities.
Passed this 24th day
Offered by: Norberg
Seconded by: Land
Roll Call: All Ayes
of October, 1972
s~e:c-retary to the Council