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Orono Fire Needs Assessment <br />53 | Page <br /> <br />use approximately 22% of the service but fund 34% of the budget. As one of 10 <br />municipalities Orono would have very little local control. Improvements in service <br />standards, capital investment and operations would require agreement between the cities <br />served or convincing an independent board. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6.3 Course of Action (COA) 3: Orono Municipal Fire Department with POC <br />Firefighters <br />• Description. This COA looks at Orono forming a fire department with a full time chief and <br />Paid on Call (Volunteer) firefighters. facilities and equipment plan for this COA is <br />sustainable and achieves NFPA standard within the first ten years. This COA would use a <br />1/3 Tax Value + 1/3 Population + 1/3 Call hour formula to distribute costs to any <br />municipalities contracting with the Orono Fire Department for service. <br />• Cost. Costs for this COA were calculating using current Operating costs for LLFD but adding <br />a capital improvement plan that achieves NFPA standard within 10 years and then provided <br />sustainingly funding for the future. This COA would cost Orono $1,009,000 per year if in <br />partnership(contracts) with the current municipalities covered by LLFD. This amounts to an <br />average of $315 per Orono household. If the department did not serve and contract <br />partners the cost would be $1,399,000 per year. The table below summarizes the cost <br />analysis. <br />Estimated Annual Department Cost Estimated Annual Cost for Orono (Assumes <br />Same Contract City Partners as current LLFD) <br />Operating Budget $ 683,050 <br />Estimated Orono Portion of <br />total 72% <br />Capital Investment <br />(Equipment and Facilities) $ 715,000 <br />Orono's Annual Cost $ 1,009,000 <br />Estimated Cost (Operating <br />+Capital) $ 1,399,000 <br /> <br />10 year Estimated Cost <br />(Assume 2.2% Operating <br />Inflation) $ 14,697,959 <br /> <br />10-year Orono Cost <br /> (Assume 2.2% Operating Inflation) $ 10,591,350 <br /> <br />Average Annual Orono <br />Household: Alone $ 437 <br /> <br />Average Annual Orono <br />Household: With Partners $ 315 <br /> COA Cost Comparisons <br />Estimated Annual Cost <br />Difference with COA1 $ 612,000 <br /> <br />Orono Annual Portion <br />Difference with COA1 $ 114,000