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Date: September 23, 2024 Item: 3 <br />Presenter: Maggie Jin, Finance Director <br />Section: Consent Agenda <br /> <br />Title: Adopt 2025 Long Lake Fire Operating Budget <br /> <br /> <br />1.Purpose: <br />The purpose of this agenda item is to adopt the 2025 Long Lake Fire Operating Budget. <br />2.Background: <br />The terms of the 2002 Agreement and Contract for Fire Protection between the Cities of Long <br />Lake, Medina, and Orono, requires the City of Long Lake to provide the next year’s Annual Fire <br />Services Operating Budget to the contract cities by August 15th. Long Lake has provided the <br />operating budget to the contract cities for their approval. <br />3.Cost: <br />Long Lake Fire contract costs are allocated to each contract city based on the following allocation <br />formula: 30% of each city’s call hours + 70% of property value. This amount is then multiplied by <br />the operating budget amount. Based on the current budget and allocation formula, Orono’s <br />operating cost for fire services will be $577,849. This is a $42,545 decrease from the 2024 budget. <br />The majority of the decrease comes from wages and benefits section of the budget. The City of <br />Orono had in its 2024 budget a decrease of $106,940 (16.08%) due to the reduction of the Navarre <br />service area from LLFD in July of 2024. <br /> <br />Funding. The cost of the fire services provided by the Long Lake Fire Department will be paid out <br />of the Fire Department budget in the 2025 General Fund budget. <br />4.Staff Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends approval of the 2025 Long Lake Fire Operating Budget. <br />AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />A motion to approve the 2025 Long Lake Fire Operating Budget. <br />Exhibits <br />Exhibit A. 2025 Fire Contract Cost Allocation <br />Exhibit B. 2025 Long Lake Fire Operating Budget <br />26