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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 5 another vacancy on that board. The Environmental Board appointments were handled 178 recently and the council agreed they would be reaffirming those appointments also. 179 180 Councilmember Ruhland said he would be okay reappointing incumbents and 181 interviewing only new applicants. 182 183 Councilmember Lyden and Cavegn concurred. 184 185 The council will set up an interview process – including the Park Board applicant. 186 187 The council will be available on December 13th and December 20th beginning at 5:00 188 p.m. Staff will check with applicants on their availability. 189 190 7. 2021 Budget Discussion – Public Safety Capital Equipment – Finance Director 191 Lynch noted that based on the council’s previous discussion, staff is planning to remove 192 funding for Alexandra House from the budget. The discussion of moving a public safety 193 vehicle from police to fire was tabled by the council. 194 195 Mayor Rafferty noted his recommendation to not move Vehicle 317 to Fire, thereby 196 having Fire continue to utilize Vehicle 617. Also he prefers that the budget include 197 purchase of Explorers rather than Tahoes. 198 199 Councilmember Ruhland said he visited with four police officers at his house 200 (specifically to look at their vehicles). He saw an officer riding (training) with another 201 officer and him being a larger person did not fit well in the Ford; to him, that represents a 202 need for the larger vehicle to accommodate officers. He has also done research on the 203 vehicles and sees the Tahoe has superior carriage space and that works well for cross 204 trained officers now and fire personnel when those vehicles get handed down. Safety 205 concerns also come into play; he saw a situation where a vehicle has a spare tire removed 206 and that could have an impact in a rear end collision situation. Councilmember Ruhland 207 added that he has seen that getting out of a window in an emergency situation could be an 208 issue in the Ford also. He sees the percentage savings as very small in consideration of 209 the size of the City’s budget and especially with the rationale he’s presented. 210 211 Councilmember Stoesz said he thinks it’s good to have a mix; there are some Tahoe 212 vehicles currently in the fleet. Councilmember Ruhland suggested that a mix isn’t ideal 213 when equipment may be located in different places in different vehicles. 214 Councilmember Stoesz remarked that differences will occur no matter but he likes the 215 idea of comparing vehicles and a mix allows for that; he supports the savings. 216 217 Mayor Rafferty asked for comments on holding Vehicle 317 in the police division. 218 Councilmember Ruhland said he doesn’t like the idea of moving the car with more miles 219 because there is an inherent cost to equip the vehicle for Fire. Mayor Rafferty said the 220 vehicle currently has 15,000 miles on it. Director Swenson remarked that there is a 221 chance that the vehicle wouldn’t be replaced until the end of the next year (due to 222