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WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 3 <br />Date: Council Work Session, September 7, 2010 <br />To: Mayor Reinert and City Council Members <br />From: Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director <br />Re: Emergency Generator Proposal — Civic Complex <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Currently, there is not any type of emergency power backup for City Hall and the ECFE <br />should electrical service be disrupted to the Civic Complex. The existing generator <br />provides back -up to the Police Department only. Hooking up the generator to provide <br />back -up power to the entire civic complex will result in our ability to continue services <br />(warming /cooling, computers, telephones, lights) in case of a power outage. This was <br />originally planned when the Civic Complex was built, but was removed as a cost cutting <br />measure. The total project cost to rewire the generator and install a new transfer <br />switch is $67,000. <br />This proposal also makes us eligible for peak shaving savings from Xcel. The projected <br />energy cost savings is $5,600 per year, resulting in a total project payback term of 12 <br />years. <br />If supported, staff recommends that funding for the above project be designated from <br />the Municipal Buildings & Facilities Fund. <br />