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approval and execution of this Agreement by the Original Parties. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until it is terminated in a manner provided herein.Except as providedshall herein, the Fire Services Commencement Date is the date that all provisions of this Agreement be implemented in full transferring all Fire Services operations to the District,provided however,that the Original Parties hereto have adopted a resolution approving this Agreement and authorizing its execution, and the Agreement has been fully executed by the authorized representatives of the Original Parties. ARTICLE VI ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE A Joint Powers Fire Board(hereinafter referred to as the`Board")is hereby created for the governance of the District and to facilitate the performa ice of this Agreement throughout its term. Such Board shall have the powers specifically given'`herein and shall have the power to make recommendations to the Parties to improve cooperation and efficiency in canying out the intent of this Agreement and to make recommendations "for amendments_and supplements to this Agreement. Subdivision 1. The Board shall consist of sr ;(6).tnembers and be made up as follows: a. The Mayor for the city of each Original.Party shall..serve on the Board until the end of his or her term. IL Two members ofthe Board,one appointed from each Original Party,shall be a respective citizen of eat Original Party recommended for appointment by the Mayor of each respective Original Party With approval thereof by the respective City Council of the city making the respeve appointment with such person serving on the Board for the term stated herein or until'eager**laced by another citizen of the respective city of that Original Party. c. Two members of the Board, one from each Original Party, shall be appointed by the respective City Council of eac ,Original Party from its City Council members to serve on the Board for the term stated hereinor until earlier replaced by the respective City Council of that Original Party as provided herein. In addition,one City Council member from each Original Party shall be appointed as an alternate to attend meetings of the Board in the event that a respective city's Mayor or appointed Council member is unable to attend a Board meeting. Subdivision 2. In order to stagger the term ending dates,in the first year of this Agreement, the citizen representative appointed by each respective city shall be appointed to a one(1)year term;and the city council representative appointed by each respective city shall be appointed to a two (2) year term. Thereafter, with the exception of the Mayor of each Original Party, Board Member terms shall be two(2)years in duration,except that the term must coincide with the Board Member's term on their respective City Council.The City Administrators of each of the Original Parties shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board. Board members appointed Joint Powers Agreement to Provide Fire Services Page 4 of 23