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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL MEETING OCT 1 1 1999 CITY OF ORONO DATE: October 6, 1999 ITEM NO: / ^ Department Approval: Name RonMoorse Tltk City Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator’s Report Item Description: Long Lake Fire Department Year 2000 Budget The proposed year 2000 Long Lake Volunteer Fire Department operating budget is attached. As the cover letter from Joe Lynch, Long Lake City Administrator, indicates; the operating expenses, with the exception of the pension contribution, are increasing $5,394.00 or 3.31%. In addition, the pension contribution is increasing $6,000.00, which brings the total operating budget increase to $11,394.00 or 7%. The increase to the pension contribution is needed to begin to move the fire pension funding and benefits to a level that is more competitive with those of other volunteer fire departments in the area. Similar pension funding increases are planned for the next three years to move the pension funding to a level adequate to attract and retain quality fire fighters. A survey of other volunteer fire department compensation, including pension contribution and benefit levels, is attached. Capital Budget The Long Lake Volunteer Fire Depart nent's fifteen year Capital Equipment Repair and Replacement Plan has programmed expenditures of $24,000 in the year 2000 for painting and minor refurbishment of En^e 11 and Tanker 11. This will improve the serviceability of the units, prevent premature deterioration of the truck bodies and storage cabinets, and provide consistency in the color of all fire apparatus. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to approve the proposed Long Lake Volunteer Fire Department operating and capital budgets for the year 2000, and to amend the General Fund and Improvement and Equipment Outlay Fund budgets to reflect these expenditures.