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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 24, 2014 Page 4 Page 2, Line 51 (second "Be It Resolved"): typographical correction from "commercial greenhouse activity"should be revised to read, "prior to the com- mencement of the INTERIM USE." Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Etten; McGehee; Laliberte; and Roe. Nays: None. 8. Consider Items Removed from Consent a. Approve General Purchases and Sale of Surplus Items in Excess of$5,000 Purchases AND Surplus At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon briefly summarized this re- quest as detailed in the Request for Council Action(RCA) dated March 24, 2014. Councilmember McGehee questioned the necessity and frequency of use for this rescue boat and trailer, since the City contracted with Ramsey County for this ser- vice. Fire Chief Tim O'Neill and Battalion Chiefs Dave Brosnahan and Greg Pe- terson Chief O'Neill deferred to Battalion Chief Brosnahan and Peterson, as they worked closely with the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department on these types of respons- es. Chief Brosnahan advised that the Roseville Fire Department was called on for this type of water emergency rescue from one to eight times annually; and noted that the request for this type of vessel had come at the recommendation of John St. Germain of the Ramsey County Sheriff. Since the County did not staff this pro- gram 24/7 even though they were the jurisdictional agency, Chief Brosnahan ad- vised that they relied on local departments to respond, typically arriving first on the scene due to logistics. With County water rescue personnel, Chief Brosnahan advised that they would typically respond from their personal homes with boat storage in their garages; and other situations may also find them already launched on another lake and unable to immediately respond, creating that dependency on the local department. With the availability of a boat with similar amenities as theirs, Chief Brosnahan advised that the County found that to better address over- all operations. Chief O'Neill advised that the current boat was fifteen years old and had been scheduled for replacement for some time, and continually deferred. Even with limited use, the intent to "train for the worst and hope for the best," Chief O'Neill noted that the current blow-up boat was not designed for water rescue, and if up to the Roseville Department, would have been replaced some time ago, as it was not conducive to getting people out of the water, as it tended to flip if passengers were off-center, potentially costing firefighter injuries and/or unsuccessful rescues.