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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 27, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 7 of 22 Walsh said the problem we're going to have is nobody else here has gone through the video verbatim. And so you're saying trust me, this is the transcription. I think what Matt is saying is, we've approved the standard service summary that we already have. And that's what we have as the exhibits in Exhibit A from our City Clerk. That's the motion that's been raised and seconded. Do you have any more discussion about that particular motion? Benson said if these are all going to be essentially together then I'll just vote that way. Johnson moved, Crosby seconded, to approve the City Council Minutes in Exhibit A for the dates listed. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 1 (Benson). FIRE CHIEF REPORT 9. ALL-HAZARDS INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM (AHIMT) PARTICIPATION Fire Chief Van Eyll said what I have in front of you is an opportunity that I've done in the past with the hazard incident management team. In order for me to be a member of that team, the City of Orono needs to be part of the organization. It really comes down to that the City of Orono agrees to hold the workers comp and some of the HR stuff for me if and when I would ever be deployed, and then also take in a reimbursements for my salary or any expenses or anything like that. We get reimbursed back to the City at that point in time. Van Eyll said as a member of this group in the past, he’d been deployed to a wildfire, helped with the Superbowl and also helped with some of the civil unrest by the University stadium. He said he has not deployed outside the state and is not really interested in doing so, although that can happen. Staff recommends the authorization to become a participant in this organization. Crosby moved, Johnson seconded, to approve the authorization for the City of Orono to become a participant in the Minnesota State All hazardous Incident Management Organization. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. 10. AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE MOBILE & PORTABLE RADIOS FOR LADDER TRUCK Van Eyll reported the Council had voted on January 9 to purchase portable radios for the ladder truck. In my research, the mobile radio that is in the truck is no longer available to use on Hennepin County's system. In talking to Mark Parker at the County, that radio is no longer used on their system. So we needed to purchase a new mobile radio and that costs about $6,500. When I went back to the vendor to obtain that quote for the mobile radio, he talked to me about the APX 4000 radios that we had quoted in the past, and also use at Long Lake Fire. Those portable radios are going to be sunsetted soon by Motorola. That doesn't necessarily mean they're going to come off Hennepin County’s system just yet. But it makes no sense to purchase radios that are going to be sunsetted by the manufacturer. So I had them quote up four new APX 6000 XE portable radios. The cost has risen significantly to $27,622 for those four portable radios, chargers, and spare batteries. It nets out to an extra $20,000 that I'm asking for radios for that particular truck. The new APX 6000 radios are the same ones that the PD uses also. APX 6000 radios are the ones that the officers use right now for Long Lake fire, but we don't use them on all of our portable radios for our crews. Staff would recommend the approval of the purchase of the mobile and portable radios for $34,100.