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Capital Equipment Purchases - Appropriation = $386,743
<br />The proposed 2015 Capital Equipment Budget totals $386,743. Traditionally, revenue for funding
<br />capital equipment has come from various sources including: transfers from the General Fund and
<br />Utility Funds, profits from Liquor Operations, Liquor Reserve Funds, MSA Revolving Funds,
<br />interest earnings, trade/sale of existing equipment, and the Capital Improvement Levy. A review of
<br />the 2015 revenue and expenditures is as follows:
<br />Revenues:Finance/Administration
<br />Capital Improvement Levy 50,000$ Computer Hardware 13,455
<br />Liquor Operating Transfers 108,200 Council Chambers 10,000
<br />MSA/Revolving Funds 90,000 Total Finance/Administration 23,455$
<br />Water Filtration Transfer 50,000
<br />Utility Fund Transfer 15,000 Public Works:
<br />Trade/Sale of Equipment 5,400
<br />Total Revenues 318,600$ Utility Department
<br />Fleet replacements 52,785
<br />Expenditures:Speciality Equipment 1,530
<br />Police Department Technology 2,000
<br />Squad Cars 110,007$ 56,315
<br />Unmarked Cars 28,000 Streets Department
<br />Technology 15,500 Heavy Equipment 6,150$
<br />Specialty Equipment 10,670 6,150$
<br />General Equipment 5,100 Parks Department
<br />Total Police 169,277$
<br />Heavy Equipment 10,200$
<br />Fire Department Field Maintenance 2,040
<br />Rescue Vehicle 80,000$ Speciality Equipment 4,641
<br />Protective Gear 12,250 16,881$
<br />Technology 15,880
<br />Protective Equipment/Tools 3,500 Total Public Works 79,346$
<br />Office Furniture 3,035
<br />Total Fire 114,665$ Total Expenditures 386,743$
<br />Grants
<br />To help offset the cost of operations and capital equipment, Staff continues to participate in Federal
<br />and State grants, seeking donations from private sources and partners with local organizations.
<br />During 2014 the City these awards total value was $1,571,552. Therefore the City has received
<br />$18,989,975 in total grants and donations since 1999. When spread over a population of 8,333, this
<br />represents $2,279 per resident.
<br />2014 grants awarded included $770,154 from the Federal Transportation Department for street and
<br />intersection safety improvements within the City. Final designs for these improvements will be
<br />completed in 2015 with constructed beginning in 2016. The City continued to participate in a
<br />longstanding grant program which promotes public safety and alcohol awareness due to the Police
<br />Department’s ability to secure Safe and Sober Grant funding. The City also benefited from
<br />Metropolitan Council shared services I & I Grant associated with the replacement of deteriorated
<br />sewer lines.
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