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City of Elk River REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Agenda Section Meeting Date 12-18-06 Item Number Item Description Bud et Amendment -re Prepared by effre A. Beahen, Chief of Police Reviewed by Introduction The police department budget, specifically payroll, will have reserve funds available at the end of the budget year. This is attributed to the number of vacant positions that have remained open for periods of time this year during our six hiring processes. I am requesting utilization of a portion of the remaining funds to repair the garages floors at the police department. Discussion When the public safety building was built, there were sufficient funds available to apply an epoxy coating to the fire department garage floors. Funding was not available to coat the police floors. The raw concrete in the police garage was sealed with a normal waterproofing product. During the last three years, with the washing of squads, salt and other corrosives, the floor has started to efface, and significant pitting and erosion of the actual concrete is starting to take place. If we let the floor remain in the untreated condition, this erosion will continue and the condition of the floor will deteriorate rapidly. An inspection of the floor shows that water is seeping into the effaced areas, and as it does so, the corrosive action is accelerated and causes even greater damage. If the concrete has enough erosion, the only repair is to cut out and remove/replace the damaged sections. The cost for doing just a small section of flooring would be in excess of $50,000. We requested pricing from a flooring company, who has given us a very good price on a polyurethane floor coating system. This involves the shot-blasting of the current floor, an epoxy primer, a solid epoxy finish, covered with two coats of clear alphatic polyurethane. This will protect our floors from any future water damage while in turn stopping the existing erosion from continuing. It is expected that with routine maintenance, this floor covering should protect the garage floor for a period of twenty-five years. This is very cost effective preventive maintenance. Financial Impact Sufficient funds are available to complete this project within the current 2006 police budget. The total cost of the project, including the main police garage, the sally port and the entrance to the evidence room is $18,646. There is significant savings to do the smaller two floors, asthe equipment is already in place for the main garage project. Essentially the cost for the two smaller floors is product only. C:\Documents and Settings\jbeahen\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK3\REQUEST COUNCIL AC110N (5).doc