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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 13, 2007 Page 5 stated this was partly due to the great weather. He provided a breakdown of their trauma/medical calls, working fire calls, fire loss costs, and all other calls. Chief Malenick reported on the 3000 hours of training provided, fire prevention programs and the community projects they were involved in for 2006. He discussed the $200,000 grant awarded and how the money was spent. 8 Chief Malenick summarized the local code enforcement and total documents reports. He 9 reported there were a total of 192 documented reports in 2006 compared to 104 in 2005. He 10 explained these consist of parking violations, vegetation, garbage, refuse, sign violations, 11 structure and yard maintenance, and noise violations. 12 13 Chief Malenick stated pandemic planning for the City has begun. He explained the World 14 Health Organization identified a potential pandemic flu epidemic and asked all Cities to 15 minimize the impact. He reported his focus would be on department heads and workings with 16 City Administrator Mornson on the letting residents know what to expect with manpower and 17 supply shortages in case of a pandemic. 18 19 Chief Malenick thanked his staff for the outstanding job they did in 2006. He reported they work 20 hard for him and the City. 21 22 Councilmember Gray congratulated the Fire Department on a great year. He asked if there are 23 communities that do not report the dollars lost. He also asked Chief Malenick to talk about $91 24 amount per fire and the number of fires, explosions, and hazards and how it relates to previous 25 years. 26 27 Chief Malenick replied some communities did not report the dollar loss amounts. He stated the 28 low dollar amount is mostly due to the weather. He indicated the State average is about $2500 29 lost per fire. 30 31 Councilmember Gray asked if dollar amount impacts the ISO rating for insurance purposes. 32 33 Chief Malenick replied they did look at it but it did not have much weight in the calculations He 34 explained that what the insurer looks at were for the ISO is mostly manpower, equipment, and 35 the water system used at each fire. 36 37 Councilmember Horst stated one of the community's concerns with regards to the development 38 of Silver Lake Village was the influx of up to 2,000 residents, raising the population about 20 39 percent and the impact it had on emergency services. 40 41 Chief Malenick replied most calls would be for emergency services. He reported seeing and 42 increase in calls but nothing significant. He reported what did generate more calls was the new 43 clinic that moved into Silver Lake Village. 44 45 Councilmember Horst asked if this stress the Fire Department.