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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 4, 2016 <br />DRAFT <br />DATE <br />TIME STARTED <br />TIME ENDED <br />MEMBERS PRESENT <br />MEMBERS ABSENT <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />: January 4, 2016 <br />. 6:00 p.m. <br />. 9:00 p.m. <br />: Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, <br />Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert <br />: None <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; City Clerk Julie Bartell; Finance <br />Director Sarah Cotton; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Deputy Director of Public Safety <br />Police Kelly McCarthy; Public Safety Director John Swenson; Public Services Director <br />Rick DeGardner; Deputy Director of Public Safety Fire Dan D'Allier. <br />Oath of Office - The Oath of Office was administered by the City Clerk to the following <br />elected officials: <br />- Jeff Reinert, Mayor; <br />- Melissa Maher, Council Member; <br />- Michael Manthey, Council Member. <br />1. <br />Public Safety/Public Services Vehicle Capital Replacement Plan. <br />Public Safety Director Swenson reviewed his written report, including the current <br />equipment inventory for the Public Safety Department - Fire and his recommendation for <br />a replacement schedule. Director Swenson discussed his recommendation to use <br />Centennial Fire District (CFD) capital replacement fund assets that will be transferred to <br />the city for the purchase of two light rescue/mini pumper vehicles. He reviewed the <br />benefit of adding those vehicles to the city fleet, including less use of the larger used fire <br />vehicles thus cutting down on repair costs, a reduction in city's fire vehicle fleet (sell <br />grass trucks and possibly a rescue vehicle) and the possibility of improving the city's ISO <br />rating. <br />The council discussed the use of the capital funds coming from the CFD. <br />Mayor Reinert said he recommends a model where the city is putting money into a fund <br />regularly, sets a schedule for projected needs and establishes an annual amount without <br />fluctuation; he can't speak in favor of spending all the funds coming from the CFD fund <br />right away. The city does have the needed equipment now to provide services to the <br />residents. He'd like to see a situation where the city can stand down and look at how <br />things go and decide on a spending plan. Since the services will be somewhat less than <br />CFD, he thinks the funds needed for equipment should be further analyzed, after the <br />department has been in operation for a while. <br />1 <br />