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AGENDA ITEM 1C MEMORANDUM DATE: July 14, 2014 TO:Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator SUBJECT: LJFD 2015 Proposed Budget Background th During the May 27 Council meeting, Council Member Holden, who represents the City of Arden Hills on the Lake Johanna Fire Department (LJFD) Board, provided the City Council with an update on the proposed LJFD 2015 budget. Mayor Grant then requested that the budget be put on a work session agenda. Discussion st During the May 21 LJFD Board discussion on the proposed budget, it was noted that full implementation of the duty crew program continues to be a major goal of the Board and the Department. At this meeting the Board also discussed with the D request to consider establishing a full time Deputy Chief position. th As noted by Council Member Holden during the May 27 Council meeting, the proposed budget called for 12.75% increase. This increase was mainly based on the complete 24/7 implementation of the duty crew program in 2015 and did not include the full time Deputy Chief position. st Since the May 21 Board meeting, the Fire Chief has prepared a revised budget proposal for the Board to consider. This new proposal shows a 9.3% increase. This budget proposal adjusts the start up of the addition 45 hours of duty crew shift time from April to July and still does not include the full time Deputy Chief position. This proposal continues to call for the full 24/7 implementation of the duty crew program in 2015, but since the additional hours do not begin until July, it also calls for the funding of this final piece of the program to be split equally between the 2015 and the 2016 budgets. If this revised proposal is approved, then it is likely that the full time Deputy Chief position will be delayed until 2017.