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BUILDINGS – CITY CENTER & OLD FIRE HALL Overview The City Center houses the Little Canada City Hall and the Little Canada Historical Society. Previously, the Old Fire Hall was the home to the Little Canada Fire Department. The Old Fire Hall is now utilized as a public gathering space (lower level) and by the Parks Department for storage (upper level). Service Areas City Center Old Fire Hall 2024/2025 Departmental Accomplishments •Continued to utilize the Old Fire Hall for meetings and storage as well as a rental facility. Ramsey County is continuing to rent the lower level, daytime Monday-Friday, for special adult programming 2026 Departmental Goals Oversee capital improvement projects at City Center to increase building efficiencies and improve aesthetics Continue to utilize the lower level of the Old Fire Hall as a public gathering space and explore opportunities to maximize its use Conduct feasibility study for a Community Building Dedicated PW staff for building maintenance and projects management Budgetary Commentary City Center- The budget contains operating costs for the City Center. Items in the budget include utilities, cleaning services, alarm monitoring, camera monitoring, and repairs for the City Center. The 2026 budget is based on the average of costs incurred in the budget for the past several years and current year projections. The City of Little Canada has four (4) primary building assets that require ongoing maintenance. The Little Canada Fire Hall was built in 1990, the old Little Canada Fire Hall in the 1950s, the Public Works Shop was built in 2015, and City Hall was built in 1974. The city has dedicated employees for street, fleet, and park maintenance, but we have never had a dedicated facility maintenance or project management position. A new Public Works Supervisor position was adopted to dedicate a staff person to coordinate and manage these projects, but that employee resigned in May 2025, and the position was reconsidered. A new Maintenance Worker III position was created instead for 2026, and this employee will dedicate time to building maintenance and projects, along with regular parks maintenance duties. The 2025 Budget included $20,000 for this role, however for 2026 this amount was allocated toward the Maintenance Worker III personnel cost in the parks department. The City Center cleaning costs are based on cleaning the facility two times per week. Old Fire Hall-The budget contains operating costs for the Old Fire Hall. Cleaning services for this building are provided by a part-time Custodian. The 6.79% or $875 increase is primarily due to an increase in personnel cost. 60