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DRAFT Comprehensive Fire Service Study MEDINA, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Matrix Consulting Group Page 99 <br /> A Sample Joint Powers Agreement <br /> <br />The sample joint powers agreement included in this appendix is for refere nce purposes <br />only. It was used in 2014 to establish a fire district in Rice County Minnesota that involved <br />10 units of government similar to the number of potential participants in the Medina area. <br />This sample provides background and support to the process of creating a successful <br />organization. <br /> <br />JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT <br />FIRE PROTECTION AND RESCUE SERVICES <br /> <br />THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered as of April 1, 2014 by <br />and between the City of Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, 801 Washington Ave., <br />a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota (“Northfield”); the <br />City of Dundas, Rice County, Minnesota, 216 Railway Street N., a municipal <br />corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota (“Dundas”); and the Northf ield <br />Rural Fire Protection District, PO Box 280, Dundas, Minnesota 55019, a joint powers <br />board formed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59 (comprised of <br />Bridgewater Township, Northfield Township, Webster Township, and Forest <br />Township in Rice County, and Waterford Township, Sciota Township, and Greenvale <br />Township in Dakota County, Minnesota) (hereinafter referred to as “Rural Fire”); <br />(collectively Northfield, Dundas and Rural Fire are hereinafter referred to as the <br />“Parties”). <br /> <br />Recitals <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Parties hereto and each of the undersigned Members are each <br />authorized by law to provide fire protection and rescue services to their respective <br />residents; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Parties hereto have determined that such power may best <br />be exercised jointly; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59 authorizes two or more <br />governmental units by agreement of their governing bodies jointly to exercise any <br />power common to the contracting parties and provide for a joint board representing <br />the parties to the agreement; and <br />