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i. Prepare budgets for the Department as required by Sections 15.4 and 15.5 below. <br />15.3 Transfer of Equipment. Effective on the Operative Date, each Member agrees to <br />convey and transfer to the Department its respective ownership interests in the equipment and <br />personal property identified in the attached Exhibit B ("the Equipment") for no consideration, in <br />accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.85. Based on the Members' review and <br />evaluation of the comparative values of the Equipment to be transferred to the Department, and <br />the allocation formula in Section 7 of this Agreement, no payments shall be required by the <br />Members with respect to any Equipment conveyed to the Department as of the Operative Date, <br />15.4 2025 Budget and Funding Shares. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, the <br />Board must prepare a Department budget for the period commencing on the Effective Date and <br />ending December 31, 2025 and the Members' initial contributions toward that budget, which will <br />be calculated in accordance with Section 7; no Member's initial contribution may exceed <br />$XXXX. The Board's determination is final, and approval of the Member's governing bodies is <br />not required. The Members agree to pay their respective shares within thirty (30) days after <br />receipt of an invoice from the Department. <br />15.5 2026 Budget and Funding Shares. The Board shall prepare a budget for Fiscal Year <br />2026, commencing with the established Operative Date, and shall allocate the initial budget <br />among the Members in accordance with Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement. The Board must <br />provide the proposed budget to the Members no less than 45 days before the Operative Date. The <br />Members shall have thirty (30) days to approve the budget. If there is a dispute regarding the <br />2025 budget, the dispute resolution provisions of Section 8.3 apply, except that the Board - <br />approved budget will serve as the interim budget, pending the final decision of an arbitrator. <br />15.6 Fire District Formation. The Members agree to consider transitioning the Department <br />to a Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Special Taxing District as identified in MN <br />Stat. 144F.01. The Members agree to prioritize the completion of a study for such a transition <br />within the first five years from the Operative Date of the Department. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Members have caused this Agreement to be executed by <br />their duly authorized officers. <br />[signata�re pages follow) <br />235703v20 <br />