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Public Safety Aid Use Recommendation: City Staff recommends utilizing most of this amount ($450K) towards the final payment for the LCFD ladder truck. This will be a strategic move that would allow us to decrease the current levy in the Fire Fund from 160K to 130K and reallocate the 30K toward increasing the levy in the General Capital Fund which is currently at 100K. This will be a net-neutral change to the 2025 levy but should help the General Capital Fund be much more sustainable in the future. The anticipated final payment for the ladder truck is approximately 650K. With $450K of One-Time Public Safety Aid reducing the budgeted amount coming out of the Fire Fund in 2024 for the final payment on the new ladder truck, this will make up for 15 years of the $30K reduction in levy funds for the Fire Fund. 2)Fire Department Contracted Services: Overall, there is approximately a 4.94% increase under contractual services for the Little Canada Fire Department for the 2025 budget, a $24,460 increase in expenditures. The increase is primarily related to a 17.29% or $43,467.22 increase in compensation. A copy of the actual Budget from the Fire Department is included with the packet. 3)Administration Department: The Administration Department oversees the daily administrative functions of the City. The department also includes the City Clerk’s office which is responsible for recording and retaining all official proceedings and actions taken by the City Council. The finance, communications, and community engagement divisions are also included in the Administration Department. The financial function is to provide financial information, analysis of financial information, and financial services for internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, professional, and fiscally responsible manner, whereas the community engagement and communications function is responsible for the City’s internal and external communication activities with a focus on cultivating positive relationships with residents, business, staff, and other stakeholders. Overall, there is a 11.38% or $62,846 decrease in the Administration department. The decrease can be primarily attributed to the $100,000 contracted services for exploring alternative options that were budgeted in 2024 as part of the administrative department rather than the police department. For the 2025 budget, these expenditures have been moved to the Police department. Excluding the $100,000 noted above the department's proposed budget is an increase of $37,154 or 8.22%. This increase can be attributed primarily to the following: 1.Personnel Services – An increase of 2.69% or $9,664 is projected in the administrative department for 2025 when compared to 2024. The increase can be attributed to a preliminary 3% COLA increase for the department combined with a 3.25% step increase for eligible employees.