HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Workshop Agenda Packet 6-03-2020CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
City Council Workshop
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
AGENDA
June 3, 2020
6:30 P.M.
NOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY WEB CONFERENCE
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL: ANDREWS ___ GUSTAFSON____ LEEHY___
MIAZGA ___ WEHYEE___
STAFF PRESENT: THONGVANH____ NANDKUMAR____
C. PRESENTATIONS:
D. POLICY ITEMS:
1. Fire Services Contract with Lauderdale
E. INFORMATION/ANNOUNCEMENTS
F. ADJOURNMENT:
BLANK PAGE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Families, Fields and Fair __________________________
The City That Soars!
Item Fire Services to the City of Lauderdale
Description
Update: It has come to our attention that the City of Lauderdale has decided to
contract fire services with the City of Saint Paul. Their draft contract is included in
the packet. The City of Lauderdale has until July 15, 2020 to provide the City of
Falcon Heights a termination letter. Per the contract, the City of Falcon Heights will
provide fire protection services until December 31, 2020.
The fire service discussion runs from 34:13 to 51:00. The link to the meeting video
replay is:
https://webstreaming.ctv15.org/viewer.php?streamid=4187
Please review the City of Lauderdale City Council Meeting.
At no time was it conveyed to the Falcon Heights their intentions. Mayor Gustafson
held a phone conversation with the Mayor of Lauderdale and stated that if they were
going to go out for bid, to include Falcon Heights.
We have not received a meeting from the City of Lauderdale.
From May 6th:
The City of Falcon Heights has provided fire protection services to the City of
Lauderdale for at least three decades and every fall, we sends the City of Lauderdale
a letter with cost breakdown that will be invoices in the upcoming year. The cost
allocations in readiness to serve, fire inspection services, billable fire calls/false
alarms and capital payments for Ladder Truck 757.
The City received a total of $ 40,605 from the City of Lauderdale for Fire Services.
Readiness To Serve
The readiness to serve formula is based on the pervious year’s total market value
with a multiplier for the City of Lauderdale. The concern with this model structure
is that fire operations and serves does not decrease if the City’s total market value
decreases. This will put more of the burden on our levy. The alternative would be
to base the Readiness To Serve cost on the percentage of calls for service.
Meeting Date June 3, 2020
Agenda Item Policy D1
Attachment
Submitted By Sack Thongvanh, City Administrator
Fire Inspection Services
The City also provide fire inspection services to the City.
Billable Fire Calls and False Alarms
Lauderdale is billed for calls for service and false alarms.
Capital Payment for Ladder Truck 757
The truck was purchase for 2015 and a calculation was used to determine capital
payments from the City of Lauderdale. The City of Lauderdale contributes $2,250
annually. The formula used was not accurately calculated.
Budget Impact N/A
Attachment(s) • Fire Contract
• Contract Letter
• Lauderdale Contract with City of Saint Paul
Action(s)
Requested
Staff is looking for direction on how to proceed.
September 17, 2019 Heather Butkowski City Administrator City of Lauderdale 1891 Walnut Street Lauderdale, MN 55113 Dear Heather:
On behalf of the Mayor Council members and firefighters of Falcon Heights, I want to express our enthusiasm for continuing our long-term relationship in sharing fire services. As you know,
this has been a cost-effective way of providing services to both of our communities, and we look forward to serving Lauderdale in 2020.
Per the Agreement for Fire Services between the City of Falcon Heights and the City of Lauderdale signed in 2013, the below serves as the costs for the City of Lauderdale in 2020 as defined in the said agreement. 1. Readiness to serve:
The readiness to serve factor covers partial cost for guaranteeing fire service. This is billed in January 2020. Estimated 2020 Market Value $226,256,200
X Multiplier .00009723
Total $21,998.89
2. Fire Inspection Services: The City of Falcon Heights will continue to provide Fire Inspection services to Lauderdale at the following estimated rate:
Estimated budget is $31.50 per hour X 140 hours=$4,410.00
3. Response to fire calls and false alarms:
0-45 Minutes 46-120 Minutes 121-360 Minutes Over 360 Minutes
(Extreme)
Fire Call
(per truck)
$457.68 $457.68 $893.83 $1,420.03
Identified False Alarm (per call)
$228.85 $457.68 Not Applicable Not Applicable
4. Capital Payment for 2016 Replacement of Truck 757 $2,250 annually based upon the updated 2013 Fire Agreement. 5. Estimated total costs: Capital Share (Last Payment 2023) $2,250
Readiness to Serve $21,998.89 Fire Inspections $4,410
Fire Protection $20,000 (estimate) Total Estimate: $48, 658.89 We are very pleased to be continuing our service to Lauderdale in this capacity. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at (651) 792-7611 or sack.thongvanh@falconheights.org. Sincerely,
Sack Thongvanh City Administrator cc: Roland Olson Amanda Lor