02-01-2016 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED February 1, 2016 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : February 1, 2016 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 10*05 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 8 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT :None 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 13 Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; Public Services Director Rick 14 DeGardner; Public Safety Director John Swenson; Public Safety Deputy Director (Fire) 15 Dan D'Allier; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 1. Public Safety Vehicle Capital Replacement Plan —Fire Division- In regard to 18 the written staff report, Director Swenson explained that the report contains updated 19 numbers based on the latest meetings. He noted the audit of the Centennial Fire District 20 (CFD) that will bring additional information on those funds. At this point, the 21 distribution to Lino Lakes from the CFD funds is about $1.1 million but that is pending 22 the results of the audit. In regard to the department's recommendation for capital 23 equipment replacement for the fire department, it remains the same. 24 25 Council Member Rafferty said he has reviewed the staff recommended plan and 26 appreciates the information and foresight, however, he isn't prepared to commit to all the 27 funding at this time. He'd like to see how things fall into place over the next few years. 28 29 Council Member Manthey recalled that the council's discussion on the plan has seemed 30 to portray concern about the costs and an interest in seeing how the department runs prior 31 to purchasing additional equipment. 32 33 Council Member Rafferty said he's heard one person from the CFD express concern 34 about the purchase plan. He's not certain all council members and the chief received that 35 communication but he did look into the questions posed. He has spoken with people in 36 the field who have lots of experience and some that are using the pumper truck. He's 37 heard good things about the equipment. He feels the department's recommendation is 38 good and he supports the purchase of one pumper truck to see how they work for this 39 department. Then look at an additional unit in a year or two. 40 41 Mayor Reinert noted his experience with the CFD and knowledge that they were 42 preparing to purchase new equipment. Regarding the pumper truck, it is a "rock star" in 43 the firefighting field and he also could support purchasing one of the units and testing the 44 practice. 45 1