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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES <br /> OCTOBER 1"1, 2005 2 <br />. <br /> eouncilmember Larson asked if the City Hall generator was the same size as the two portables. <br /> Mr. Moore responded it was much larger. <br /> eounciImember Larson asked what was the cost of a portable generator which would be roughly <br /> equivalent to the generator they had now. Mr. Moore responded he did not have those figures, <br /> but he believed it would be in the neighborhood of $21 ,000 to $25,000. <br /> Councilmember Larson asked if there was any reason they should not purchase a third generator <br /> and not convert the City Hall generator. Mr. Moore responded staff would not be in opposition <br /> to that and their main goal was to have another generator in use for cmergency situations. He <br /> stated if they did get an additional generator, perhaps they would get a generator with a quiet <br /> switch so they could use tbat generator at the Arden Hills Celebration for the bands, as well as <br /> other City events as needed. <br /> eoullcilmember Holden asked what the life expectancy for the 200 Watt generator was. Mr. <br /> Moore responded the lifc expectancy was approximately 25 years. <br /> eoullcilmember Holden stated she would like to have a back up plan in place also and suggested <br /> they also work with other cities for thc use of their generators. She stated she did not want to <br />. place staff in a situation such as they were in after the last scvere storm. Mr. Moore responded <br /> they had contacted other cities, but adaptors in the lift stations were unique to that particular lift <br /> station, so sharing of generators was not always practical. <br /> Ms. Wolfe stated staff had a discussion today with Ramsey County to inquire about a countywide <br /> effort about keeping a list of generators the cities have available in case they are needed for <br /> elnergencles. <br /> eouncilmember Grant stated adaptors had to be less expensive than an entire generator. He <br /> asked staff look into sharing generators with other cities before asking for funds from the general <br /> fund for a new generator. He also expressed concern about storage space for the generator. <br /> eouncilmember Holden stated she did not believe neighboring cities were a good option because <br /> many neighboring cities were hit during the recent storms and they were using their generators. <br /> She stated the City should look for more metro-wide generators. <br /> Ms. Wolfe noted even with a far reaching inventory of generators, Arden Hills had all of their lift <br /> stations down during the last storm and noted they might not have the ability to obtain additional <br /> generators if other cities needed the generators for their own emergencies. <br /> eouncilmember Grant noted in an emergency, City Hall would need to keep the gencrator it <br />. currently had and he did not believe it was feasible to convert the generator. He stated a new <br /> generator was a better suggestion, but he wanted staff to research sharing of generators with other <br /> cities also. <br />