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Department: Fire (121 a) Fund: General (1000) Budget Surnmary (cont.): Includes funding for the implementation of a cost: reimburse structure for employees who must carrya phone for department responsibilities.:. At first this transition will cost. the City a little. more for service out once the transition is made the need for City owned cell priories will be eliminated and the budget will be reduced. Another important budget change within the department is the reduction in Shop Maintenance fees for vehicles. In previous years, the City's central garage function operated as an Internal Service Fund. To. improve the process and simplify the service to. City departments, the City's garage will become a General Fund department in 2017. Therefore, each General Fund department will no longer be charged a fee for fleet services provided by the staff mechanic. This. change improves operational efficiencies and has no impact on General Fund expenditures as the. activity transfers to another department within. the fund. The Contracted Services budget increases the funding for the annual banquet to amounts utiiized for previous years. Event planners will work hard to keep: the cost down to allow a budget reduction in the 2017 Revises! Budget next year. Capital Outlay: In addition to the routine replacement of hoses, nozzles and supply lines, the 2016 and 2017 Equipment Acquisition Fund budgets include allocations for other items needed by the department to assist in improving operational efficiency and replace old equipment. The department currently has.a portable air compressor but it is unable to fill truck tires With its pressure capacity. Station 1 received. a unit in 2015 and the 2.015 .Budget includes funding for Station 2 to enable members to fill truck tires in the station and improve the maintenance productivity. The Thermal Imaging camera purchase provides for the replacement. of an old unit with improved technology. This technology allows firefighters to find peop.ie in a burning structure, assess building safety Before sending firefighters in to a burning building, and check walls for fires when .a smoke smell is present. The 2016 Budget also includes funding to purchase small thermal imaging units for the. four assistant chief vehicles and the duty officer vehicle. This allows an employee responding to silent alarm calls the. ability to look for heat sources when the entire department and large. imaging units on the fire trucks are not responding to the scene.