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/ZC Ste\ CITYI �;OF LINOLAKES �ARTT�� DATE: July 25, 2022 Lino Lakes Public Safety Department Memo TO: John Swenson, Public Safety Director W CITY,�i�""-OF IN KE ID FROM: Dan L'Allier, Deputy Public Safety Director — Fire Division RE: Apparatus Committee Recommendation Some background and progress of the specifications for the replacement pumper/tenders that we will be replacing is our current water tenders. I've reached out to staff and was able to put together a committee of firefighters from both fire stations and from our Duty Crew. The Committee is made up of the following; From Station 1 Firefighters: West Thole, Brian Gustafson, and Vince Kasprowicz. From Station 2: Mark Tembreull, Paul Kartman. From the Duty Crew Brian Finke. My goal with this group was to have people who understand our agency's needs, as well as the needs of our community we serve. The committee started meeting on May 18th. We have met 8 times, both in person and via Zoom. The meetings lasted several hours. A list of items that set the basics of what our agency needed to meet the ISO (Insurance Services Office) and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) requirements. At our first meeting, we came to an agreement on these items. The next item was commercial chassis or custom chassis. Supply chain issues and unknown manufacturers' delivery played a great part in this decision. Finding availability of components and researching alternatives of components occupied many of the meetings. Many of these components that are available have been seeing price increases monthly. We met Thursday, July 21 st and we have a specification complete. The estimated cost is between $1,100,000 to $1,200,000 per truck. We are finding that the cost is rising around 5% per month since we started working on this specification in early May. With the cost of steel and other components increasing, the sooner we can order and secure pricing the better. This cost does not include equipment that we cannot move from the current tender to the new trucks. Some of this equipment is not currently carried on our tenders, because they are not pumpers. This equipment is fire attack hose, supply hose, thermal imaging camera, and other miscellaneous tools. Also, not included in this price, is the cost to install the radios, intercom, tool mounting and graphics on the apparatus. The estimated cost of these items would be approximately $100,000. ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. LINO LAKES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT.