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<br />Item No: 7E <br />Meeting Date: May 26, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Thomas Kinney, Chief of Police <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8418 for Approval to Purchase Nine Automated <br />External Defibrillators (AED’s) <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The police department equips police vehicles with automated external defibrillators <br />(AED’s) to use during response to medical emergency calls in the event of a cardiac <br />arrest. In addition, there are 4 locations in city owned buildings that have AED’s <br />available for public use. There are a total of 15 AED units in the squads and city <br />buildings. <br /> <br />Last year, the police department determined our supply of automated external <br />defibrillators, acquired in 2006, would no longer be supported by the manufacturer, <br />Physio Control, beginning in 2015. It is critical that these life saving devices be reliable <br />and dependable. Therefore, six of those units were replaced last year with new units <br />from Philips. Those units were purchased through donated funds from Bethlehem <br />Baptist Church and an Allina Health Heart Safe grant. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />In order to fully replace the remaining nine units still being used, an amount of $14,400 <br />was budgeted in 2015 to fund the total purchase. <br /> <br />The total cost to purchase the requested Philips AED’s totals $11,707.20, which <br />includes a trade in credit for the old AED units. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff is requesting council approval for the purchase of nine Philips automated external <br />defibrillators (AED’s) at a total cost of $11,707.20. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />__________________ <br />Thomas Kinney <br />Chief of Police <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />