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Special City Council Minutes -12/04/03 Page 3 Services; the current Fire Department organizational chart, along with the three fire station service areas, current staffing and pay structures; fire call census, incident and census demographics; staffing, training and response times; issues relating to the Firefighters Relief Association; actual expenditures of the department and comparisons for several years; and Emergency Medical Services as they currently exist. Ms. Berry provided further comparisons with similar cities; as well as identifying emerging issues including shortage and retention of volunteer firefighters; vesting of pension fund for firefighters; response times for fire calls; Allina Medical Transportation Proposals to reduce response time; and the proposed Roseville Fire Department Strategic Plan. The majority of the discussion focused on the League's Consensus Statement; the Fire Department's responses to the Statement, including their impact on the 2004 Budget; and a review of the 2004 Budget Goals outlined in a December 3, 2003 written staff report provided by Fire Chief Gasaway. Ms. Berry advised that the League of Women Voters had achieved their consensus from a series of 14 questions related to basic emergency services in Roseville; and had tabulated the responses in the consensus statement, as well as identifying emerging issues. Assistant Fire Chief Tim O'Neill noted that the Fire Department's 2004 Budget represented a 0% increase from 2003, as mandated by City Council direction to staff; and further noted that the majority of the items presented in the League of Women Voters' Consensus Statement were items that were not funded in the 2004 budget. Ensuing discussion evolve the League positions as identified in the League's Consensus Statement and the Fire Department's Responses as follows: