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itegular City Council Meeting Monday, January 28, 2008 Page 22 tinned putting procedure over substance; and suggested future discussion should be held by the City Council on funding for such studies. Councilmember Pust opined that she was under the impression that the Building Replacement Fund monies would be sued for structure replacement and/or repair; however, with a major expenditure for the OVAL, and noted that previous Coun- cil action for the geothermal training had used some of those monies, in addition to an additional $10,000 for this study. Councilmember Pust reiterated her con- cerns, previously expressed during the April of 2007 discussions, noting the Council had yet to receive staff answers to those questions. Councilmember Ihlan, while sharing similar concerns regarding use of the Build- ing Replacement Fund, spoke in support of an update, rather than a full RFP, if it was deemed necessary for an external consultant, in addition to staff's recom- mendations. Further discussion included the proposed scope of the study related to current or reduced number of stations, their locations and best configurations; contingency plan for equipment, if Station #1 were deemed unusable; repair versus replace- ment; traffic considerations impacting response times; expanded service models today beyond those considered in the 2001 study; and potential land acquisition at Station #3, with no property available at Station #2 due to the location of the wa- ter tower and power lines. Councilmember Roe questioned the need for an outside consultant to consider Station #1 issues, opining it would be more expensive to repair it than to demolish it; noting the need to consider contingencies for equipment storage. Additional discussion included call-back considerations and firefighter access and response time; equipment and gear storage, in addition to locker access for fire- fighters, and related storage; and what additional information was needed to make an informed decision. Councilmember Roe opined that he didn't need an outside study to convince the City Council, above staff recommendations, on necessary adjustments. Mayor Klausing concurred that he didn't need additional information to convince him; however, advised that he wanted good information with which to make that decision; and spoke in support of computer-modeling to look at the City's traffic grid and potential areas of congestion as it related to station location. Mayor Klausing noted that the Public Works Department model may already provide such information, and could be used as a tool. City Manager Malinen opined that, while the initial study provided a good amount of information, it didn't look at them with an eye toward the different ser-