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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 - 2 - 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