Laserfiche WebLink
<br />WS Item #1 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. #1 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: April 3, 2023 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Dan L’Allier, Deputy Director <br /> <br />Re: Sale of Vehicle #605 Grass #1 <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />During the split from Centennial Fire District, through the distribution of assets, the City <br />acquired a 1994 Chevy S-10 pick-up. This vehicle was put into commission as City of Lino <br />Lakes vehicle #605. In the Fire Division, the vehicle is also assigned as Grass 1 and used <br />for responding to and combating grass or wildland type fires. <br /> <br />Grass #1 (Veh. #605) has provided the Fire Division with dedicated and reliable response <br />to date. In 2015, the Fire Asset Distribution valued the vehicle at $9,000. When the City <br />took possession of Grass #1 in January 2016, it had an odometer reading of approximately <br />13,688 miles. Over the last 7 years, the City has since put approximately 1,700 miles on <br />Grass #1, putting the current odometer reading at 15,395 miles. Since January 2016, the <br />City has paid out approximately $2,796.18 in maintenance and repairs on Grass #1, which <br />equates to a cost of $1.64 per mile of operation. The tires on Grass #1 have not been <br />replaced since 2014, since this is a fire vehicle, National Fire Protection Association <br />Standard 1911 (NFPA) states that tire replacement should be scheduled every 7 years. <br />Grass #1 would require new tires and on State Contract the cost to replace the tires would <br />be $1,200. <br /> <br />The sale of Grass #1 will not reduce our ability to conduct wildland fire suppression <br />operation or access remote areas of our community with fire suppression equipment <br />because of the our current Utility Task Vehicles (UTV). In the current Fire Division fleet <br />we have UTV #1 (Veh. #615; 2000 Polaris Ranger 6X6) and UTV #2 (Veh. #627; 2022 <br />Polaris Ranger Crew XP with tracks). These UTVs are equipped with wildland fire <br />suppression equipment and are better suited than Grass #1 to access remote areas of our <br />community that our staff have had to conduct wildland fire suppression operations. <br /> <br />Requested Council Direction <br /> <br />Staff is seeking to liquidate vehicle #605, Grass #1, to another Municipality or Fire <br />Department/District. This would include all firefighting equipment and emergency <br />lighting installed on the vehicle. <br /> <br />