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• The costs of construction, reconstruction, remodeling, expansion, or improvement of a police station, including related facilities. o "Related facilities" includes access roads, lighting, sidewalks, and utility components on or adjacent to the property on which the police station is located that are necessary for safe access to and use of the building Staff begin discussions for potential project ideas. Many of these are fire department equipment needs that would normally be paid from the general budget or CIP funds. These are all high-level concepts but we wanted to start having conversations with Council so we can appropriately plan for the use of this one-time allocation. Options include: • Create a Fire Department Technology and Equipment Fund for payments related to the replacement or purchase of equipment within the fire department. Initial funding would utilize the 2023 Public Safety Aid allocation. Future revenues generally consist of property taxes collected from levies specified for equipment, investment income, and other miscellaneous revenues sources. It is expected that this fund is to be self-supporting from the related revenue sources. • Transfer $523,028 back to the Vehicle Replacement Fund to cover 2023 expenses for Engine 1, CV3 and Boat CIP replacements. Specific equipment and program needs: • Comprehensive personnel and operational policy adoption program • In-building 800 MHz radio repeater for improved radio coverage • In-building paging system • Station incident alerting system • Employee wellness initiatives: sauna, wellness/fitness app • Additional fire/rescue ballistic protection • Replacement/upgrade of gear washer/extractor and PPE decontamination equipment • Community Risk Reduction programs: hands only CPR training and materials, smoke and CO alarm programs, fall prevention programing for seniors, digital fire extinguisher training system • Create a long-term funding source for higher dollar value equipment needs: turnout gear and personal protective equipment, vehicle repair and equipment replacements • Advanced medical equipment: LUCAS device, Pulse/CO oximeter, heart monitor • Forcible entry training prop FISCAL IMPACT: Lake Elmo received $553,787 in Public Safety Aid. Funds were distributed to the city on December 26, 2023. As noted above, equipment or projects that utilize funding from the Public Safety Aid would not need to requested in future budget requests as general fund or CIP expenditures. If a Fire Department Technology and Equipment Fund was created, an amount would be allocated annually from the General Fund budget to support this fund.