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City Council Regular Meeting — 08/22/OS <br />DRAFT Minutes - Page 27 <br />Additional discussion included managing fire calls while <br />responding to other emergencies; proposed use of Fire <br />Department to respond to any vehicular accident with injury; and <br />determination of a trial period to use the skills of current <br />employees. <br />Gale Pederson, 929 W Roselawn <br />Ms. Pederson spoke in support of the motion that time was of the <br />essence for accidents with injuries, and the Fire Department was <br />equipped with 35 EMT's and minimal response time; and opined <br />that the City needed to utilize the current staff available now. <br />City Manager Beets noted that, due to coordination between the <br />Fire and Police Departments, and Allina and the Dispatch <br />Center, staff would keep the City Council and public apprised of <br />when this service came on line, but noted that it would not be <br />immediate; and clarified that the six month trial would be from <br />initiation of service, not from today's decision. <br />Councilmembers concurred. <br />Councilmember Schroeder requested that staff provide additional <br />information in their report as to the rationale for thirty-five <br />EMT's, their training, and figure costs of training into that <br />analysis. <br />Roll Call <br />Ayes: Ihlan; Schroeder; Kough; Maschka and Klausing. <br />Nays: None. <br />11. Consider Draft Request for Proposals (RFP's) for Recycling Draft RFP <br />Project Recycling Project <br />Councilmember Schroeder expressed his concern regarding the <br />magnitude of the draft RFP; specifically deviating from the <br />Public Works, Environment and Transportation (PWET) <br />Commission's recammendation for single-sort, and the RFP's <br />inclusion of dual sort. <br />Mayor Klausing opined, from his understanding of reviewing the <br />Council tape, that it was Council consensus to put together other <br />options to achieve the best price, whether single or dual sort. <br />