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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE <br />FUND: General <br />DEPARTMENT: Fire <br />DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVE <br />The objective of the Fire Department is to provide efficient and effective fire <br />protection. <br />DEPARTMENT ACT MES <br />The Fire Department provides for the City's share of the funding for the Blaine - <br />Spring Lake Park -Mounds View Fire Department, a tri-city operated volunteer <br />department funded by a joint powers agreement between the three cities. The <br />Department provides fire protection to three cities and the Anoka County -Blaine <br />Airport through a Contract for Fire Protection Services and an annual budget. <br />DEPARTMENT GOALS <br />The goal of the Fire Department is to provide the best level of fire protection <br />possible for the residents of Mounds View. <br />1994 DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE COMMENTS <br />The 1994 Budget for the Fire Department is a decrease over the 1993 Budget due to <br />several factors: a decrease in department expenditures, number of call formula <br />calculations and the successful contract negotiations with the Twin Cities Army <br />Ammunition Plant (TCAA) to provide fire services to the site in Arden Hills. The <br />contract reduced the amount of annual expenditure for all three cities. <br />The Department's Capital Outlay for the next several years will be paid from the <br />proceeds of Ge..eral Obligation Bond Issue approved by voters in 1990. <br />