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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 22,2024 Page 12 Councilmember Schroeder indicated one thing she wanted to point out was the 10- year battery, which is something the City actually pays for. Fire Chief Brosnahan indicated that is correct, there is some cost associated with it and one thing to highlight is that it is not an option they offer to any other customer. It is something they have offered to the City as an opportunity. Councilmember Schroeder asked if there were any benefits of the diesel engine over the EV engine. Fire Chief Brosnahan explained there is consistency in the operations. Transitioning to the EV would require training for that type of equipment but outside of consistency, he could not think of any other benefit. Councilmember Strahan understood the time frame for getting the EV vehicle is shorter in order to lock in the pricing she wondered if they would be delivering a whole year sooner to the Fire Department. Fire Chief Brosnahan anticipated it to be five to seven months earlier. He indicated if the City went with diesel, he would anticipate Spring 2026 and if the City went with EV delivery might be late next summer. Assistant Fire Chief Sjostrom explained one of the things Rosenbauer is allowing the City to do is to make the purchase now. Rosenbauer will put the truck in its build queue, will build and deliver it, and allow the City to stave off the first payment until January 2026. This keeps the City in its replacement window and training cycle of getting a new vehicle in service while also giving them a little tail end of when the City has to actually make that payment.This helps with timing and the financing side of it. Councilmember Etten thanked the Chief and Assistant Chief for their extensive responses provided to his questions. He wondered why the EV vehicle is so much lower to the ground than the Diesel engine. Assistant Fire Chief Sjostrom reviewed the build of the EV vehicle. Councilmember Etten indicated the City is looking at the potential of this being a ten year first out engine. He wondered how this could be calculated when it does not appear that the EV fire engines are that old. He asked what the longest timeframe is that a department has had this type of vehicle in its fleet. Assistant Fire Chief Sjostrom explained the EV has been in testing six to eight years. He reviewed the driveline studies with the Council. He noted the driveline is what makes the City's fleet unreliable in the fire service.