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i RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement
z with Hennepin Technical College to provide credit based fire protection courses to firefighters and the new
s recruitment class of firefighters, which includes an indemnification clause, as provided by the Saint Paul
a Fire Department; a copy of said agreement is to be kept on file and of record in the Office of Financial
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� AC[ion Requestetl:
Approval of ffie attached Council Reso]ution authorizing the Saint Paul F'ue Depariment to enter into an agreement with Hennepin
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1. Has this person(firm ever worked under a contract for fhis deparUnent?
Yes No
2 Has this person/frtn ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Problem, lssues, OppoKunity (Whn, What, When, Where, Why):
The Saint Paul F�re Department needs to provide ongoing training to the firefighters and training for the new recmit firefighters and
Hennepin Technical College can provide the training.
Advantages If Approved:
The Saint Paul Fire Department firefighters would receive haining on fire pLOtection based courses.
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Disadvantages If Approved:
None.
Disadvan Wges If Nat Approved:
The Saint Pau1 Fire Depariment would not be able to provide fire protection based courses for the firefig]�ters or new recruit
firefighters.
7ransaction: $25,50Q.00
Fundiny Source: Q01 - General Eund
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Q���O�7
HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING CONTRACT
THIS CONTRACT is between Hennepin Technical College (hereinafter COLLEGE), located at
11187 Excelsior Boulevazd, Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 acting by virtue of its delegated authority
from the Boazd of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and City of Saint
Paul, tt�rough its Fire Department, Attn: Bob Morrison, the current Fire Chief, or designee
(hereinafter CLIENT), located at 100 East l lth Street, St Paul, MN 55101.
I. COLLEGE'S DUTIES. The COLLEGE agrees to provide the following:
A. Title ofInstruction:
Credit Based Fire Protection courses as requested by the CLIENT. College will
incorporate appropriate Fire Deparhnent Standard Operating Procedures into each course
delivered. The prescribed classes will be:
1. FRPT 1161 Building Conshuction for Fire Services - 3 credits
2. FRPT 1130 Fire Inspector Basic - 3 credits
3. FRPT 1175 Haz-Mat -First Responder Operational - 3 credits
4. FRPT ll25 Fire Investigation Basic - 2 credits
5. FRPT ll 15 Company Functions - 3 credits (NFA MCTO Series)
6. FRPT 1110 Fire Instructor Basic - 2 credits
7. FRPT 1165 Apparatus Operator - 3 credits
8. FRPT 1180 Hazardous Materials Technician - 3 credits
9. FRPT 1120 Line Officer Basic - 2 credits
B. Date(s) ofTnstruction:
Dates of all scheduled courses to be determined mutually by COLLEGE and CLIENT.
C. Name of Insriuctor:
To be Determined, CLIENT has exclusive right to interview and choose the COLLEGE
instructor of their choice for each course.
D. Location:
Saint Paul Fire Department Training Facility with a COLLEGE facility as a backup.
E. Attendees
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All courses will meet the apprenticeship agreement, Attached as Exhibit A, and will be
delivered exclusively for Saint Paul Fire Deparhnent employees. Courses with a class
size of twenty-five students or smaller will be open to other fire deparhnent
personnel. Students from agencies other than St. Paul Fire will pay a fee in the
amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the CLIENT for every course, to cover the use of
the CLIENT's facility and fire appazatus. Class size will not exceed thiriy (30) when
made available to other depariment personnel.
2. If the CLIENT cancels any course, at any time, pursuant to Section IV ar Section VII,
the COLLEGE is solely responsible to any non-CLIENT students, who are enrolled in
courses made possible under this Agreement, for the continuarion of those courses.
The CLIENT shall beaz no responsibility to the non-CLIENT students or the
COLLEGE for the costs, continuation, reimbursement of those canceled courses. The
CLIENT has no relationship with the non-CLIENT students other than to allow those
students, with signed waivers, access to the CLIENT's facilities and fire apparatus, as
used by the COLLEGE, when the COLLEGE is providing services to the CLIENT,
under this contract.
3. Waver of Liability:
Students employed by fire departments, other than the CLIENT's, must sign a waiver
of liability for the CLIENT, at the first class. Students refusing to execute an
approved waiver shall be denied admission to any CLIENT facilities ar the use of any
CLIENT fire apparatus. See IX.
F. COLLEGE will collect registration forms and release of information forms from
each student.
G. COLLEGE will conduct participant evaluations at the completion of each course and
provide the results to the CLIENT.
H. COLLEGE will provide, as needed, a backup COLLEGE facility or the
UAW{FordlMnSCU training center to the Saint Paul Fire Deparhnent Training
Facility and back-up fire apparatus.
I. Cost for CLIENT's employees.
The cost for the FRPT ll 65 Apparatus Operator course for each individual will be
one-hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per credit, minus five dollars ($5.00), for a
total cost of one-hundred and forty-five dollars ($145.00) per credit. The cost for
each individual credit, per student, is being reduced at a rate of five dollars ($5.00), as
payment for the COLLEGE's use of the CLIENT's fire apparatus. The fire apparatus
is limited to fire engine and ladder truck; hydranUwater supply; audio visual
equipment; and copy machine.
The cost for all other courses for each individual will be one-hundred and fifty dollars
($150.00) per credit.
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3. Maximum cost under this Agreement is $49,999.00.
J. COLLEGE will grant college credit for Fire Protection courses to individuals who
successfully complete courses as part of a St. Paul Fire Department Recruit Academy.
The process will involve application to the college and registration for the course(s).
1. COLLEGE will charge and collect a one time college application fee in the
amount of twenty dollars ($20.00) from fire recruits of CLIENT if they desire
to receive college credit for courses taught in the fire academy.
2. COLLEGE will bill CLIENT a twenty-five dollaz ($25.00)
registrationlprocessing fee for each individual emolled in the following
courses during the recnxit academy:
a. Fire Fighter I $25.00
b. Fire Fighter II $25.00
a HAZMAT Operational $25.00
f. HAZMAT Technician $25.00
3. COLLEGE will process the applicaUon and registration and maintain an
academic transcript for each individual.
4. COLLEGE will awazd appropriate college credit far courses successfully
completed
5. College will provide onsite credit based instruction for the St Paul Fire
Department recruit academy. Recruit academy courses aze:
a Firefighter I- five credits
b. Firefighter II- 2 credits
a HazMat Operational - 3 credits
Cost for all recruit academy courses are $150.00 per credit.
6. College will provide one instructar throughout the durarion of the academy
for classroom and hands-on inshucrion.
7. College will provide additional inshuctors to assist with the hands-on skills
sessions of the recruit academy at the request of the CLIENT. Cost for the
hands-on sldlls inshuctors is $50.00 per hour far each inshuctor required.
II. CLIENT'S DUTIES. The CLIENT agrees to provide the following:
A. Roster of participants. 12 students - minimum - per class.
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B. Saint Paul Fire Department Training Facility with the understanding that the
COLLEGE will provide a COLLEGE facility or the UAW/Ford/MnSCU training center
as backup.
C. The CLIENT will provide fire equipment or fire appazatus as needed for FRPT 1165
Apparatus Operator when the course is held at the Saint Paul Fire Department Training
Facility. 'The fire apparatus is limited to: fire engine and ladder truck; hydranUwater
supply; audio visual equipment; and copy machine. The COLLEGE will provide backup
fire apparatus for the course, if at any given time, a course is held at a COLLEGE facility
or the UAWJFordJNInSCU training center as backup.
D. Make all contacts for training and services through the COLLEGE and will not employ
the presenteriinstructor directly for additional sessions of the COLLEGE curriculum.
E. The CLIENT wili collect a fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) from students
representing fires departments other than St. Paul on the first day of class. See I-E.
F. The CLIENT will provide personnel to collect waivers of liability for the CLIENT from
the non-CLIENT students on the first day of class. No non-CLIENT student will be
allowed admission to any CLIENT facilities or use of any CLIENT fire apparatus
without a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee and signed waiver to the CLIENT.
III. SITE OF INSTRUCTION.
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N. CONSIDERATION AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
A. The CLIENT'S consideration in this Agreement is the security of acquiring an agreement
in which an accredited college, the COLLEGE, is to provide St. Paul Fire and Safety
Services Department's employees with necessary credit based Fire Protection courses.
B. Students can purchase books from the COLLEGE or the Fire Instructors Association of
Minnesota.
C. Notwithstanding the thirty (30) day notice period established in paragraph VII, in the
event that the CLIENT desires to cancel or reschedule the instruction due to low
enrollment, CLIENT shall give at least five (5) days notice in writing to the COLLEGE'S
authorized agent to cancel or reschedule. If the instruction is canceled as provided herein,
the COLLEGE shall be entitled to payment calculated according to paragraph VII. If the
instruction is rescheduled as provided herein, payment shall be according to this
paragraph IV.
D. Terms of payment. The COLLEGE will submit an invoice for the instruction/service
performed. The CLIENT will pay within thirty (30) days of receiving the invoice. Please
submit payment to: Aennepin Technical College, Attn: Business Office, 9000 Brooklyn
Blvd, Brooklyn Park MN 55445.
E. Costs.
The CLIENT will pay the course charges for their employees. The costs for each course
credit are one-hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), with the exception of FRPT 1165
Apparahxs Operator as described in Section I.
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F. The COLLEGE will use the CLIENT's Saint Paul Fire Department Training Facility, for
training at the request of the CLIENT, as a convenience for the CLIENT's employees,
with the understanding that the COLLEGE will provide a COLLEGE facility or the
UAW/Ford/MriSCU training center, as backup.
V. AUTHORIZED REPRESBNTATIVES. All communications regarding the terms of this
contract shall be submitted to the following persons:
A. COLLEGE CONTACT PERSON/BILLING ADDRESS
Name: Jon N. Olson
Title: Manager, Fire/EMS/Safety Training
Phone: (952) 995-1312 Fax: (952) 550-7272 E-Mail: Jon.Olson@hennepintech.edu
B. CLIENT CONTACT PERSONBILLING ADDRESS:
Name: John Swanson
Title: Accounting Administration
Address: 100 E llth St, St Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 228-625b FaY: (651) 228-6255 E-Mail: john.swanson@ci.stpaul.mn.us
VI. TERM OF CONTRACT.
A. Effective Date: September 1, 2007
B. End Date: June 30, 2008, or until all obligations set forth in this contract have been
satisfactorily fulfilled, whichever occurs first.
VII. CANCELLATION.
A. This contract may be canceled by the COLLEGE ar the CLIENT at any time, with or
without cause, upon thirty (30) days written notice fo the other party. In the event of such
a cancellation, the C�LLEGE shall be entitled to payment, determined on a pro rata
basis, for work or instruction satisfactoril� performed for the CLIENT under this contract.
B. Also, in the event of cancellation, the CLIENT shall have no liability to the non-CLIENT
students for residual portions of any courses canceled; that responsibility belongs solely
to the COLLEGE.
VIII. ASSIGNMENT. Neither the CLIENT nor the COLLEGE shall assign or transfer any rights
or obligations under this contract without the prior written approval of the other pariy.
IX. LIABILITY. COLLEGE and the CLIENT agree that each will be responsible for its own acts
and the results thereof to the extent authorized by law and shall not be responsible for the
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inventions, reports, studies, designs, drawings, specifications, notes, documents, soflware and
documentation, computer based training modules, electronically or magnetically recorded
materials, and other work in whatever form, developed by the COLLEGE and its employees
individually or jointly with others or any sub CLIENT in the performance of its obligations
under this contract. This provision shall not apply to materials provided by the CLIENT for
which the CLIENT has ownership of.
XIV. JLJRISDICTION AND VENiTE. This contract, and amendments and supplements thereto,
shall be govemed by the laws of the State of Minnesota. Venue for all legal proceedings
arising out of this contract, or breach thereof, shall be in the state or federal court with
competent jurisdiction in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
XV. OTHER PROVISIONS. (AtYach additional page(s) ifnecessary): N/A
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IN VJITNESS WT the parties have caused this contract to be duly executed intending to be
bound thereby.
APPROVED:
HENNEPIN TECf3NICAL COLLEGE
By:
(Signature of person authorized to sign on behalf of COLLEGE)
Title: Dean of Customized Training Services
Date:
ST. PAUL FIRE DEPARTMENT
CLIENT certifies that the appropriate person(s) have executed this contract on behalf of the
CLIENT as required by applicable articles, by-laws, resolutions or ordinances.
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Title: Chie£ Saint. Paul Fire Depariment
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Title: Saint Paul Citv Attornev
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Title: Mavor
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Title: Director of Office of Financial Services
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