NJPA - About Us - (Page 4) FAQs WHO IS NJPA? Frequently Asked Questions The National Joint Powers Alliance®, referred to as NJPA, is a Municipal Contracting agency operating under the legislative authority of Minnesota Statute 123A.21. This statute was created in 1978 and revised in 1995 to allow participating municipal agencies to reduce the cost of procurement by leveraging the benefits of contract purchasing. NJPA serves all education, government and non-profits agencies nationally. WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS OF NJPA? NJPA employees are public employees. All employees are required to pay into Public Employment Retirement Association (PERA) through payroll deduction. One level of comfort for Members is that NJPA employees have the same employment status as NJPA municipal Members. HOW IS NJPA GOVERNED? NJPA is governed by the NJPA Board of Directors. The eight-member board is comprised of governing officials; including school board, city council or county commissioners. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PARTICIPATE IN NJPA? There is no cost, obligation or liability to join or participate in NJPA contracts. HOW IS NJPA FUNDED? NJPA is funded by a Vendor contract administrative fee. The fee is paid by the Vendor and not passed on to the NJPA Member. The fee covers the costs of contract marketing and facilitation and it offsets operating expenses incurred by NJPA. NJPA does not receive state or federal aid, nor do we have taxing or levying authority. Therefore, we are a governmental agency, entirely entrepreneurial and functioning much like a self-supporting business. NJPA also shares these fees with other partnering cooperatives or associations as they demonstrate the desire and ability to help facilitate and market available NJPA contracts. Any excess funds will be returned to participating agencies through a declared dividend program. HOW CAN WE JOIN AND PARTICIPATE IN NJPA AND ITS CONTRACTS AND SERVICES? The NJPA Bylaws, Article II, Subd. C describes our Membership and participation. Full voting Memberships are limited to the school districts, cities, counties and other governmental units defined in M.S. 471.59 and as established annually by the NJPA Board of Directors. Non-voting Memberships, what we call Participating Memberships, are available to all other partnership agencies or organizations that go on-line to www.njpacoop.org, click on the join button and submit the required information. Full-voting Members are required to sign a Membership agreement and pay a one-time $10.00 fee. These organizations are eligible to nominate their governing board members to serve on the NJPA Board. They also become responsible for any liabilities NJPA may incur. Participating Memberships are free and carry no organizational liability. 4 http://www.njpacoop.org
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