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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – July 15, 2019 5 believes the bases of the signal system they are looking at could be placed in locations so they wouldn’t be in the way for future road improvements. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated that staff is reviewing County policy, but anticipates the retaining walls along county roads and sidewalks are the city’s responsibility to maintain. There are two retaining walls on the north and south sides of Indian Oaks on the west side of Hamline Avenue. The walls are crumbling and need repairs. He has been asking for the written policy from Ramsey County. Councilmember Holden asked how long ago lift station 10, that is scheduled for reconstruction, was done. Public Works Superintendent Frid responded that it had never been done. It is a submersible station and is at the point of needing pumps and plumbing, and new electric to standardize with the rest of the rehabs that have been done. Communications will stay the same for the lift stations, but will change for the water towers. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom said the communications project involves updating the modems from the lift stations from 3G to 4G but the water system will go from radio communication to cellular. Regarding Equipment in 2020: Public Works Superintendent Frid said the replacement of the 2005 felling trailer could be pushed to 2021. Public Works Superintendent Frid said the Bobcat Toolcat is used to snowblow trails and sidewalks. Snow along County roads is dense and deep and the bobcats work hard. The 2010 bobcat is corroding due to salt. Between downtime and labor, maintenance and repair costs are high. Councilmember Holden asked what repairs had been done to the 2012 F250. Public Works Superintendent Frid replied the biggest expense involved rebuilding the front- end suspension. He wants to get a good trade in value while the transmission and transfer case are still working. It gets used for utility locating as well as plowing, so it gets used off road in construction sites. He felt between the two trucks, unit 203 (2012 F350) was in worse shape than unit 210. Finance Director Bauman reminded everyone that all of the vehicles/trucks on the list are paid out of the vehicle and equipment fund. There is an annual transfer into that fund and there is no other funding uses besides the equipment. If purchases move from one year to the next the fund balance would still be the same at the end of the two years. Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom explained an equipment replacement schedule that could be implemented. Finance Director Bauman asked if there was anything else anyone wanted to comment on.