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<br />WS – Item 3 <br /> <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 3 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: February 6, 2017 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: John Swenson, Public Safety Director <br /> <br />Re: Public Safety Update <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />During the summer of 2016, Council directed staff to prepare a Public Safety Update for <br />presentation to Council. These presentations started in the next quarter, which was 3rd <br />Quarter of 2016. <br /> <br />Staff will be on hand to present 4th Quarter and year-end data for 2016. <br /> <br />Attached to this staff report is the Public Safety Department’s 2016 Q4 Report and the <br />2016 Annual Report. <br /> <br />Staff is also seeking Council direction on fire apparatus/replacement for 2017. As you <br />may recall, Council authorized the purchase of two Ford F650 chassis’ and build-out of <br />one Quick Attack Engine. The total Council approved expenditure for these purchases in <br />2016 was $297,820. Custom Fire is estimating the first Quick Attack Engine will be <br />completed in late February 2017. <br /> <br />Staff has prepared a fire apparatus/vehicle replacement plan for consideration and it is <br />attached to this staff report. This replacement plan would begin in 2017 and is laid out <br />through 2032. This plan is for planning purposes only with any purchases requiring <br />future Council approval in the year of the purchase. <br /> <br />Staff is seeking Council consideration and approval to build-out the second Quick Attack <br />Engine ($183,357), and purchase a used aerial that is at least 100 feet in length (not to <br />exceed $400,000 including apparatus acquisition and equipment), and refurbish both <br />current tenders (T11 $12,500 & T21 $12,500). All of these proposed expenditures would <br />be covered with existing funds in the fire apparatus fund. <br /> <br />The build-out of the second Quick Attack Engine and purchase of a used aerial would <br />address two major issues: <br />1. Decrease the amount spent on fire apparatus repairs. In 2016 repairs on all fire <br />apparatus totaled $70,285.96.