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4.a) Staff Report-New Fire Truck Purchase c) ; � i �/'�' � ',��j �\, ���� �CANDIA Staff Renort Date of Meeting: October 9,2012 To: City Council From: Kristina Handt, City Administrator Re: Discussion of New Fire Truck Purchase Agenda Item#: 4.a) Background: Engine 5180 is scheduled to be replaced in 2013 per the Capital Improvement Plan. The 2013 CIP has a budget of$300,000 for replacement of Engine 5180. A committee of Fire Department personnel has been meeting to discuss specs for the new engine. Through their research they have discovered that in order to equip the engine as a backup rescue unit,the cost will be closer to $350,000. Issue: Chief Finnegan will be at the workshop to get direction from the Council on how they should proceed given the new cost estimate. Proposal Details: Chief Finnegan will be able to provide more details about the proposals and answer your questions at the workshop meeting. Fiscal Impact: Engine 5180 is the only planned expenditure from the Equipment Replacement Fund in 2013. If the Council approves the higher amount($350,000) that will increase debt payments over the course of the equipment loan. Past practice has been to only make an interest loan in the first year the equipment certificate is issued and then begin principal payments in the second year. So the impact to the budget will be most noticeable in 2014 and thereafter. Options: 1) Provide direction to the Fire Department to continue to spec out an engine that can also operate as a backup rescue vehicle and therefore anticipate increasing the budget. 2) Provide direction to the Fire Department to stick to the $300,000 budget regardless of specifications.