Res 2024-61 JPA Dakota County Organics Drop Off SiteCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2024-61
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAKOTA COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
MENDOTA HEIGHTS FOR THE OPERATION OF A RESIDENTIAL ORGANICS
DROP-OFF SITE
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. 471.59 authorizes local governmental units to jointly or
cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County ("County") is a political subdivision of the State of
Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights ("City")
is
a Minnesota
municipal corporation
(collectively herein the County and the City are referred to
as
the "Parties");
and
WHEREAS, the County and City are desirous of entering into this Agreement to provide
a residential organics drop-off site at Mendakota Park, 2171 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights, MN
55120. The partnership responsibilities are further defined in Dakota County Contract
W0034100.1,
NOW THEREFORE TT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City
Council that in consideration of the mutual benefits the County and the City shall derive from
this Joint Powers Agreement ("Agreement"), the Parties hereby enter into this Agreement for the
purpose of cooperation and funding by the County to the City for actual costs of the Project and
to define the responsibilities and obligations of the County and the City for cost contribution.
All funds provided by the County are to be used by the City solely for this purpose. The City
shall use funds pursuant to this Agreement exclusively for the payment of actual costs as
provided in this Agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this fifteenth day of October, 2024.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF�ME/NDOTA HEIGHTS
Stephanie B. Levine, Mayor
ATTEST
ney Wier, City Clerk