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Department Approval �� Item Description: BACKGROUND l�'�, Jy REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 9, 2009 Item No.: 5.a City Manager Approval � / Accept Lake Ridge Health Care Center ponation Lake Ridge Health Care Center has contacted the Roseville Police Department to offer funds to be allocated for the purchase of public safety equipment. After careful consideration, it was decided that funds received from the Lake Ridge Health Care Center would be used to augment the cost of an automated external defibrillator. Automated external defibrillators have saved many lives that would otherwise be lost simply because time is such a critical issue with heart related problems. Automated external defibrillators are lightweight, portable devices that jumpstart a victim's heart by using an electrical pulse called a biphasic shock. The defibrillator will be placed in one of the police department's marked vehicles and used by patrol officers— the first responders on the scene in a 911 medical emergency. It is the department's goal to have an automated external defibrillator available in each of its marked vehicles. POLICY OBJECTIVE Upon approval from the Council to accept the funds, the department will arrange the purchase of one automated external defibrillator. FINANCIAL IMPACTS An automated external defibrillator costs $1,600. Lake Ridge Health Care Center will provide the police department $500; the police department will absorb the remaining $1,100 through its 2009 operating budget. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Motion to accept the Lake Ridge Health Care Center donation of $500 to the Police Department to be used to offset a portion of the cost of one defibrillator. REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION Motion to accept the Lake Ridge Health Care Center donation of $500 to the Police Department to be used to offset a portion of the cost of one defibrillator. Prepared by: Attachments: A: Page 1 of 1