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Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />all three years for the six captains is approximately $2.4 million. This does not include the three <br />shift commanders also proposed as those would come at a later unspecified date. Should the <br />department be awarded the grant (awards expected in August/September), they will need to accept <br />it within thirty days of award or lose the funding. The board’s intention, if the grant is awarded, <br />is to have all three cities already on-board and ready to move forward. The timeline would be to <br />begin hiring the six captains in late 2022, for the first three years this will not affect the three cities’ <br />budgets as the grant will cover the added cost, but the three cities should begin to budget as at the <br />end of those three years the cities will be responsible for those added positions. <br /> <br />If the department does not receive the grant, the fire department, board, and cities will need to <br />further discuss how to move forward and the timeline of hiring additional full-time personnel. The <br />main goal of tonight’s discussion is to introduce the City to the long range plan, and begin to get <br />some level of comfort with the proposed SAFER Grant. <br /> <br />Future Station <br />This staffing discussion comes on the heels of the cities and department working cooperatively to <br />acquire a piece of land on Pine Tree Drive for a future fire station. The proposed department would <br />act as the new headquarters for the department and would replace Station 140. The cities also <br />entered into a Joint Powers Authority to oversee the project should it receive State bond funding. <br />Since entering into the JPA, it appears unlikely that any State bond money will be allocated <br />towards this project. The cost of the project was previously estimated at approximately $12 million, <br />but given recent inflation trends and material pricing, that number is likely low. If no State money <br />is used for the project, the three cities would be responsible for the entire amount. The cities do <br />have an agreement that states the new station must start construction by no later than June 30, <br />2026, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon. The board discussed the cost implications of both a <br />new station and the proposed staffing and asked the fire department which one is a higher priority. <br />The fire department indicated it would prefer to see the staffing issues addressed before the new <br />station. <br /> <br />Funding Implications <br />The fire department and the Shoreview City Manager prepared a financial breakdown of different <br />scenarios for staffing and new station construction. The breakdown included three scenarios: <br />Scenario 1 assumed the department received the SAFER Grant, Scenario 2 assumed no SAFER <br />Grant and the hiring for the captains was split with three in 2024 and three in 2028, and Scenario 3 <br />assumed no SAFER Grant and hiring three captains in 2024 and three in 2025. In all three <br />scenarios, it was assumed the station would have been funded with approximately $7 million in <br />bond funding and the remaining be funded by the three cities. The scenarios also assume the cities <br />would begin putting money away in 2023 to help flatten the curve of future budget increases due to <br />the new full-time positions. Two tables of only Arden Hills information have been provided below <br />to help understand the implications to the City. For the sake of comparison, the tables below also <br />use similar assumptions to the information provided in Attachment C. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3
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