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PROJECTS BY YEAR (PAGES 12-18) A detailed listing of projects by year is located on pages 12-18. 2021 projects will be included in the 2021 Budget that will be adopted by Council in December. The 2022-2025 projects should be considered a planning tool, and the projects included for 2021 will serve as a work plan for staff. PROJECTS BY TYPE (PAGES 19-31) Projects have been classified as: • Buildings (except the fire station) • Administration • Fire • Parks & Recreation • Public Works Equipment • Streets • Trails • Storm • Water and Sewer 2021 highlights by project type and significant future projects are as follows: Buildings (Page 19) Highlights of building improvements in the Capital Projects budget include: • Upgrades at the City Center for $97,300. This includes windows, doors, efficiency upgrades and preliminary costs for staff bathroom upgrades. • Miscellaneous office furniture and reconfiguration of the front office space at the City Center (Preliminary estimate of $8,000) Administration (Page 20) The City of Little Canada has traditionally required administrative employees to utilize their private vehicles for inspection activities. While employees are reimbursed for their mileage expenses, they are not readily identifiable as a City employee. This also creates additional liability issues when conducting official city business in a private vehicle. Staff is recommending that up to $23,000 be included in the 2021 Capital Projects budget for the purchase of a small all-wheel drive SUV. The vehicle would be used primarily for rental licensing and code enforcement inspections, but could also be utilized by other administrative staff for meetings or conferences when needed. This amount was included in the 2020 projects but not purchased, due the delay in the hiring of the Code Enforcement Officer. Additional capital project expenditures in the Administration Department include standard computer and network switch upgrades ($12,450) and replacement phones ($5,000). The current phones will not be supported after 2021. Fire (Page 21) Fire equipment has traditionally been funded by the General Capital Improvement Fund (400) and the Fire Equipment Fund (457). The City levies $160,000 in property taxes for fire equipment in the Fire Equipment Fund. There should be discussion whether all fire equipment purchases after 2021, should be included in the Fire Equipment Fund (457). 2021 fire equipment to be replaced include the fire radios ($192,000), and the 3rd Command Vehicle ($63,700). The other two Command Vehicles were replaced in 2019 and 2020. As has been done in the past, the reserve line ($40,200) is included in the 2021 capital as requested by the LCFD. These funds will only be utilized if there is an unforeseen capital emergency. 3DRAFT DOCUMENT 10-09-2020