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<br />Item No: 2 <br />Meeting Date: March 7, 2011 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Update on SBM Fire Department Capital Needs and Engine <br />Analysis <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Fire Chief Nyle Zikmund will make a presentation to the City Council regarding the <br />department’s future capital needs, beginning in 2012 with the planned replacement of two <br />fire engines. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />I met with Chief Zikmund on February 2, 2011, along with Blaine’s City Manager Clark <br />Arneson and Spring Lake Park’s City Administrator Barb Nelson, to review the five year <br />capital needs analysis. Chief Zikmund presented two versions of the five year plan, one <br />showing the cost of replacing two engines at $660,000 each, and another plan with two <br />“mini pumper” style engines at a much lower cost of $325,000 each. (Specifications for the <br />Mini Pumper Extreme are attached to this report for the Council’s reference.) <br /> <br />Other equipment and vehicle needs are addressed in the proposed 2012 capital budget. <br />The City‘s share of the total proposed capital expenditures in 2012 will be approximately <br />15% of the total, which amounts to either $215,000 or $115,000. The Council could budget <br />for its share of the Fire Department’s 2012 capital budget in the Vehicle and Equipment <br />Replacement Fund or use a portion of any LGA received from the State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Review the two versions of the Fire Department’s Five Year Capital Budget as well as the <br />specifications for the Mini Pumper Extreme. Should you have any questions for Chief <br />Zikmund prior to the meeting, feel free to call him by phone at 763-786-4436. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />