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MEMO TO: Mayor and City councill \\ ) f� FROM: Clerk -Administrator\ ' f ( � DATE: September 22, 19W SUBJECT: 1984 FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET On the afternoon of September 21st Fire Chief Ron Fagerstrom, Blaine City Manager Les Johnson, Spring Lake Park Clerk -Administrator Don Busch, and myself met to discuss further reductions in the Fire Department's 1984 budget request. As you will recall, we had previously met on August 23rd and agreed on $68,461 in reductions to the Fire Department's initial budget request of $495,550 which was a 32.6% increase over their 1983 Budget. These reductions included the elimination of the part-time clerical and full time Inspector positions, a 50% reduction in the proposed car allowance for volunteers and the elimination of funding for the new Station 2/training area/ administrative offices with the understanding that this item would come before the cities for further discussion either when the new Highway 10 construction program became more firmly scheduled or when the Fire Department's existing debt• service needs are reduced in order to allow for this increase without any significant increases in their capital outlay expenditures. The amended budget resulting from these aforementioned cuts amounted to $427,089 or a 14.3% increase over the 1983 Budget. In discussions held among the city staffs on September 15th, it was determined that this increase was still unacceptable and that further modifications would be necessary. The September 21st meeting resulted in the agreement to make further reductions resulting in an additional $18,450 for a total 1984 Budget of $388,539 or a 88 increase over the 1983 Budget. This $388,539 budget would result in a cost to the City of Mounds View in 1984 of $97,135 as compared to the budgeted amount of $101,684 or a savingsof $4,549. It is staff's recommendation that the City's 1984 Budget be adopted as presented and then when all three cities have approved the Fire Department Budget, any excess funds can be transferred to the Contingency account or other accounts as deemed appropriate. The representatives of the three cities present at this meeting felt that the resulting modifications provided for a budget which funded needed activities but did not provide for any excess funding. Therefore, I would commend this budget to the City Council as being the best that we can or should expect in view of the needs of the Fire Department and their present costs. DFP/pf