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As our community and the communities around us continue to grow, more of our residents and the public will be <br />introduced to our County Park. With larger amounts of public using the park, the Public Safety Department will be called <br />to a larger volume of difficult to reach calls. This is why I am asking for $55,000 to purchase an 18' Gator Tail Boat, <br />motor, trailer, fire pump and equipment. Gator Tail Boats were originally designed for the use of duck hunters to use in <br />the muddy slews of Louisiana. Overtime departments have seen the value of having these boats as fire rescue boats. <br />These boats are a flat bottom boat with a specifically designed motor to operate in mere inches of water and weigh much <br />less. The vegetation that fills our waterways, low water levels and the many low clearance bridges that cross the water <br />will be no problem for a Gator Tail Boat (a fan boat cannot fit under the bridges). By equipping the Gator Tail boat with a <br />fire pump, this will allow personnel to fight wild fires safely from the water without the worry of running out of water and <br />the pump can also provide an endless supply of water to personnel fighting the fire on shore. With the use of a UTV, the <br />Gator Tail boat can easily be deployed into most of our holding ponds in the event of an emergency as well. The yearly <br />maintenance of having a new boat is very minimal once the factory warranty expires, the estimated cost would be $500 <br />per year. <br />Funding Sources <br />FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 Total <br />Capital Equipment Replacement Fund <br />$0 <br />$65,000 <br />$0 <br />$0 <br />$0 <br />$65,000 <br />402 <br />Total <br />$0 <br />$65,000 <br />$0 <br />$0, <br />$0 <br />$65,000 <br />Expenditures FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 <br />Capital Equipment <br />$0 $65,000 <br />$0 $0 <br />$0 <br />Total <br />$65,000 <br />Total $0 $65,000 $0 $0 $0 $65,000 <br />50 <br />