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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />APPROVED <br />124 Councilmember Lyden thanked staff for the amount of good information provided. He is <br />125 interested in having a stable tax rate for the City so if this plan does that, it is good. He <br />126 does share concerns mentioned about being able to tweak the plan to allow for, for <br />127 instance, maintenance rather than replacement. He'd consider a plan to shelter the <br />128 vehicles also if that helps. It makes sense to spend more on maintenance and make the <br />129 vehicles last longer. <br />13o Mayor Rafferty suggested that unmarked vehicles could be purchased in white rather than <br />131 black to allow them to be rotated back into the marked car system. The maintenance <br />132 issue is importance and it's understood that there is a facility issue. <br />133 Councilmember Lyden noted that the issue with Fords is the PTUs and it's a major issue; <br />134 why are those still the vehicles of choice? Director Swenson explained that the Ford <br />135 vehicles are on the state bid list and they. are less expensive than other options; it's <br />136 difficult to transition to a different model. Mayor Rafferty asked if the other vehicle <br />137 options are holding out better and staff said they will investigate. Councilmember Lyden <br />138 suggested that staff explore the possibility of extending the warranty on the Ford vehicles. <br />139 Administrator Cotton asked the council to review the Public Services capital plan. <br />140 Councilmember Stoesz asked if the pay as you go plan can be considered separately. <br />141 Director Lynch suggested that a resolution approval isn't requested but rather the pay as <br />142 you go would be incorporated into the budget. <br />143 The council discussed the bond contingency and staff explained that it's funding put aside <br />144 for anticipated costs. <br />t45 Councilmember Lyden asked staff to explain the bump in fire capital expenditures and <br />146 Ms. Lynch recalled the plan details that can for replacement of more expensive apparatus <br />147 at a certain time; years previous to that it calls for replacement of less expensive <br />148 equipment. The plan does spread the cost of expensive equipment over two years. <br />149 Councilmember Cavegn asked if the plan takes into consideration the population growth <br />15o expected in the City in the next ten years. Director Lynch said, as a beginning capital <br />151 plan, it does not take growth into consideration but she anticipates that the plan will be <br />152 reviewed and updated regularly in the future. Director Cotton remarked that with <br />153 increased population a tax capacity rate increase should occur and that would assist in <br />154 growth in capital needs. <br />155 Mayor Rafferty remarked that the council has a budget work session planned prior to final <br />156 budget adoption and he would expect councilmembers to continue to ask questions of <br />157 staff in the meantime. <br />158 4. 2021 Engineering Services —Community Development Director Grochala said <br />159 staff is looking for some guidance on going forward with engineering services for the <br />160 City. The council had some discussion about a review in the past year. He explained that <br />161 the City has utilized contract engineering services since the 1990's and most recently uses <br />