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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL MEETING APR 2 6 1999 Cl I Y U mUIVO DATE: April 22, 1999 ITEM NO: Department Approval:Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Name RonMoorse City Administrator’s Title City Administrator Report Item Description: Long Lake Fire Department Capital Expenditure Plan Attachments: 1. Long Lake Fire Department Fifteen Year Capital Outlay Plan 2. Fifteen Year Major Capital Outlay Detail 3. Fifteen Year Minor Capital Outlay Detail 4. Requested 1999 Capital Expenditures 5. Long Lake Fire Department First Quarter 1999 Report At the April 14, 1999 Long Lake Fire Commission meeting, Chief Persian presented a Fifteen Year Capital Equipment Replacement Plan and a request for 1999 capital expenditures. The 1999 capital expenditure request is for the purchase and installation of foam systems on the two main fire engines and the repainting of Engine No. 12. Chief Persian has indicated many fires can be more quickly and completely suppressed using foam rather than using water. The Long Lake Fire Department has the capability of using foam, but it is an inefficient manual process. The request would provide a foam system that would be integrated into the operation of the engine. Chief Persian indicated Engine No. 12, which is the number two engine, needs to be repainted to control rust and to provide a more professional appearance. The total cost of the 1999 capital items is $38,000. Orono's share of this cost is $26,600, Funding The City has been placing p».-; year into the Improvement and Equipment Outlay Fund for several years to be used for Long Lake Fire Department capital equipment expenditures. The current balance in this account is $102,000. Fifteen Year Capital Outlay Plan The Fifteen Year Capital Outlay Plan requires Orono expenditures (in today’s dollars) of $550,900. With the $102,000 current balance, these expenditures would require an average annual expenditure of approximately $30,000. However, because the higher cost items are front-loaded in the Fifteen Year Plan, the City would need to increase its funding from $20,000 per year to $72,000 per ye^ to fiilly fund the proposed expenditures through 2004. To avoid the substantial tax levy increase this would require, the City may want to consider an internal loan to be repaid in the years 2005 to 2013.