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A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number Section: 9 3- :al-CS 93-654C Report Date: 10-21-93 EN STAFF REPORT Council Action: 0 Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE October 25, 1993 0 Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda ) Council Business Item Description: Consideration Approving the Contract Between the Spring Lake Park, Blaine and Mounds View Fire Department and the Twin City Army Ammunition Plan (TCCAP) Administrators Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanatiop/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) UMMARY; In an effort to reduce the costs to the three cities, the Fire Department has successfully negotiated a contract for fire services with the Twin Cities ARMY Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) . • The Fire Department will provide fire services to the plant at a cost of $85, 000 (excluding buildings leased by Alliant Tech. , Army Reserves, and National Guard. The site, located approximately 20 minutes from our stations, is expected to generate no more than four or five calls per year plus an appropriate amount of time drilling at the site. One unusual feature consists of Federal requirements that, while drilling or firefighting at the facility, firefighters must be paid the minimum wage in the fire contract of the former fire department. This is not a substantial amount. of money, but it is disconcerting that, once again, a Federal agency is dictating what a local unit of government must pay their employees for services. The bottom line to the contract is that it is a very good contract, one that represents yet another fine example of inter-governmental cooperation and also an opportunit to reduce the three cities budget amount for fire -services area wide. -1 _ (Q9 Saman ha Or uno, City Administrator RECOMMENDATION: Motion to approve the contract for fire services between Spring Lank Park- Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department and TCAAP.