Thanks to Dakota County for sharing notes on their Dakota County Broadband Joint Powers Agreement from Mendota Heights. It’s a good model for anyone else looking at community broadband. Here’s a quick take from the document…

Introduction The City Council is asked to authorize the execution of a Joint Powers Agreement with Dakota County, cities in Dakota County and Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) to create a Dakota County Broadband joint powers entity to manage the Dakota County Fiber Network.