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226039 RCVCET JPA 2018 Page 1 of 14 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT OF THE RAMSEY COUNTY VIOLENT CRIME ENFORCEMENT TEAM This is an agreement between Ramsey County, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, and the City of Maplewood, the City of New Brighton, the City of Roseville, the City of St. Paul, and the City of White Bear Lake, Minnesota municipalities (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Parties”), pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes § 471.59, the Joint Powers Act (“Agreement”). WHEREAS, The Parties each have law enforcement agencies with police powers within their respective jurisdictions: Ramsey County has the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Maplewood has the Maplewood Police Department, the City of New Brighton has the New Brighton Police Department, the City of Roseville has the Roseville Police Department, the City of St. Paul has the St. Paul Police Department and the City of White Bear Lake has the City of White Bear Lake Police Department (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Agencies”); and WHEREAS, The Agencies are responsible for the enforcement of controlled substance laws in their respective jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, On February 7, 2005, Ramsey County, through the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, and the City of St. Paul, through the St. Paul Police Department, executed a Joint Powers Agreement (“JPA”) creating the East Metro Narcotics Task Force for a term of one year, with an automatic renewal clause; and WHEREAS, On January 31, 2007, the JPA was amended to add the Cities of Maplewood, Roseville, and White Bear Lake as members of the Task Force; and WHEREAS, On June 1, 2010, a Second Amendment to the Agreement was executed to change the name of the East Metro Narcotics Task Force to be the Ramsey County Violent Crime Enforcement Team (“RCVCET”) and to add the Cities of Lino Lakes and North St. Paul as members; and WHEREAS, Since the execution of the Second Amendment, the Cities of Lino Lakes and North St. Paul have withdrawn from the RCVCET; WHEREAS, On January 1, 2013, the parties amended the JPA for another one-year term, with four automatic one-year renewal terms; WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall constitute an amendment to the JPA, as previously amended, to be effective on January 1, 2018; WHEREAS, The RCVCET was formed for the purpose of enforcing controlled substance laws and investigating and prosecuting gang and violent crimes, especially felonies that have the likelihood of being related to the distribution of narcotics and/or other cases that have an impact on all Parties; and