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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 11, 2019 Page 8 Chief O'Neill stated it could be done but to his recollection, it is a lengthy process and would probably push it a good year in order to do that. Councilmember Willmus thought the Fire Department had a strong idea of what is needed in a vehicle at this point. Chief O'Neill indicated the Fire Department did,but the issue is the process itself. Councilmember Etten thought the Fire Department was past the time frame poten- tially and one of the things Councilmember Willmus is bringing up is that the City Council rarely likes being backed into a corner where something needs to be or- dered now. He thought the best value process actually reminds him of the HGAC model. He thought going forward, this should be discussed at least six months be- fore being needed to review which process should be used. Chief O'Neill understood completely. He noted HGAC was used previously so there was the assumption by the Fire Department that the City Council was com- fortable with that as well. Mayor Roe stated the HGAC process has a similar approval with the State as the State bid contract for police vehicles and other things like that. Battalion Chief Sjostrom stated it is a competitive bidding process that is utilized much like the State of Minnesota uses to list the different manufacturers for fire equipment. Councilmember Groff thanked the Fire Department for getting back to him on his email because he was also a little concerned regarding the HGAC process. He • thought the Fire Chief explained it to him well. Battalion Chief Sjostrom continued with the presentation on Fire Apparatus Pur- chase and the reason for purchasing both an engine and ladder truck and the deci- sion of using Rosenbauer for the purchase. He indicated anticipated arrival of the engine in March or April 2020 and the ladder truck in January 2021. Councilmember Etten stated in the email he received from the Chief, there was in- formation regarding outfitting the new ladder truck with pumping capabilities which reflects consideration of looking at the fleet in a different way and opera- tions. He asked how that might work in the future. Assistant Chief Brosnahan stated it is important to have consistency and the same piece of equipment from truck to truck. If the Fire Department could have that with the ladder truck as well, giving it the capacity to be a pumping apparatus and have water, it could potentially reduce their reliance on the third engine. He thought that would help the ladder truck to be more of a day-to-day operation ra-