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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 4 Councilmember Lyden thanked staff for the amount of good information provided. He is 124 interested in having a stable tax rate for the City so if this plan does that, it is good. He 125 does share concerns mentioned about being able to tweak the plan to allow for, for 126 instance, maintenance rather than replacement. He’d consider a plan to shelter the 127 vehicles also if that helps. It makes sense to spend more on maintenance and make the 128 vehicles last longer. 129 Mayor Rafferty suggested that unmarked vehicles could be purchased in white rather than 130 black to allow them to be rotated back into the marked car system. The maintenance issue 131 is importance and it’s understood that there is a facility issue. 132 Councilmember Lyden noted that the issue with Fords is the PTUs and it’s a major issue; 133 why are those still the vehicles of choice? Director Swenson explained that the Ford 134 vehicles are on the state bid list and they are less expensive than other options; it’s difficult 135 to transition to a different model. Mayo r Rafferty asked if the other vehicle options are 136 holding out better and staff said they will investigate. Councilmember Lyden suggested 137 that staff explore the possibility of extending the warranty on the Ford vehicles. 138 Administrator Cotton asked the council to review the Public Services capital plan. 139 Councilmember Stoesz asked if the pay as you go plan can be considered separately. 140 Director Lynch suggested that a resolution approval isn’t requested but rather the pay as 141 you go would be incorporated into the budget. 142 The council discussed the bond contingency and staff explained that it’s funding put aside 143 for anticipated costs. 144 Councilmember Lyden asked staff to explain the bump in fire capital expenditures and Ms. 145 Lynch recalled the plan details that call for replacement of more expensive apparatus at a 146 certain time; years previous to that it calls for replacement of less expensive equipment. 147 The plan does spread the cost of expensive equipment over two years. 148 Councilmember Cavegn asked if the plan takes into consideration the population growth 149 expected in the City in the next ten years. Director Lynch said, as a beginning capital plan, 150 it does not take growth into consideration but she anticipates that the plan will be 151 reviewed and updated regularly in the future. Director Cotton remarked that with 152 increased population a tax capacity rate increase should occur and that would assist in 153 growth in capital needs. 154 Mayor Rafferty remarked that the council has a budget work session planned prior to final 155 budget adoption and he would expect councilmembers to continue to ask questions of 156 staff in the meantime. 157 4. 2021 Engineering Services – Community Development Director Grochala said 158 staff is looking for some guidance on going forward with engineering services for the City. 159 The council had some discussion about a review in the past year. He explained that the 160 City has utilized contract engineering services since the 1990’s and most recently uses 161