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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 26, 2018 Page 12 to this through the Council. He encouraged them to get feedback and dis- seminate them in broader media outlets in the City. He does, from time to time, talk to the City Manager about the overall FTE count in relation to the overall size of the City. Roseville has a stable population, and during the day time the population balloons, which is different from some other first-ring suburbs. He would like to see the City explore partnerships and obtaining cost-savings that way. There are still a lot of things in play here. There are still more unanswered questions than answered questions. Fire Chief O'Neill confirmed this is an introduction tonight. Information will be placed on the website. The FD has also been working with the communications department to include something in the May/June news- letter. Councilmember Laliberte commented she supports getting community feedback in any way possible. It would have been nice to have some of these questions included in the Morris Leatherman community survey, but the timing did not work. She suggested that, when talking to the commu- nity, context will need to be given, especially with regard to billables since taxpayer dollars are already going towards emergency services. Addition- ally, she asked whether the HRIEC could factor in to the community out- reach as well. Councilmember Etten asked whether an additional apparatus will be need- ed by 2020 or 2021 Fire Chief O'Neill responded that all needed vehicles are already in the vehicle replacement CIP fund. Councilmember Etten asked about the anticipated savings for not having the part-time on-call folks. Fire Chief O'Neill stated the FD would continue to allow the part-timers to leave through attrition. He does not want there to be any fear among the part-time staff that they will be asked to leave, as they will not. With that said, when the part-time is down to zero, about $60,000 in savings will be realized. Councilmember Etten stated he would be okay with community engage- ment, with some of the caveats like presenting context and potential costs. He asked whether the FD is going beyond its current 5-member crew on a regular day,unless there is a larger incident. Fire Chief O'Neill confirmed on an average day, only the 5-member crew is working. There are also calls the FD cannot respond to. There are 2