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<br /> <br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br /> <br />To <br />Ci 'Council <br />Agenda Section <br />Administration <br />Item Description <br />Consider Allocation of Fire Department Funds from the Ham <br />Lake Gunflint Trail Fire. <br /> <br />Meeting Date <br />une 4, 2007 <br /> <br />Item Number <br />7.2. <br />Prepared by <br />Bruce A. West, Fire Chief <br />Reviewed by <br />Tiru Siruon, Finance Director <br />Reviewed by <br />Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Council approval for allocation of the Fire Department funds received from the Ham Lake Gunflint Trail <br />fire. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />As part of our Minnesota Department of Natural Resources cooperative me protection agreement, the <br />Elk River Fire Department unit, assisting at the Ham Lake me, received reirubursable funds for hours <br />worked from May 9" to May 16, 2007. Under the cooperative me protection agreement, the Fire <br />Department grass unitreceived a rate of $150 per hour for the 111.5 hours of deployment time during <br />the eight day period. The City of Elk River invoiced the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />under our cooperative me protection agreement for $16,504.90, which is an amount after expenses are <br />subtracted for gas consumed during the eight day deployment along the Gunflint Trail. I have discussed <br />with City Administrator Lori Johnson and Finance Director Tiru Siruon the allocation of excess funds for <br />the Fire Department's use in two projects at Fire Station #1, located at 415 Jackson Avenue. <br /> <br />The Fire Department would like to upgrade existing service doors with panic hardware and purchase and <br />install three new flag poles on the east side, or Jackson Avenue side, of Fire Station #1. Currently, at Fire <br />Station #1, we have one flag pole with the United States flag only and we would like to have three flag <br />poles with the United States, State of Minnesota, and City of Elk River flags. <br /> <br />The existing rock will be removed from along the east side of the building, new flag poles, electrical <br />illumination and concrete will be added to complete the project. Asphalt will be replaced on the north <br />side of the building. All labor and materials are included in the requested allocation of use of the excess <br />funds. There will be no 2007 budgeted funds needed for this project. <br /> <br />The net amount of the excess funds would be as follows: <br /> <br />$16,504.90 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reirubursement amount <br />$( 6,181.69) Firefighter wages <br />$( 170.70) Deduction for fuel used to and from the Gunflint Trail <br />$ 10,152.51 Net amount of excess funds <br /> <br />The Fire Department is requesting Council approval to use the excess funds from the Ham Lake <br />Gunflint Trail me for building iruprovements at Fire Station #1. <br /> <br />C\Documents and Settings\jmiUer\Local Settings\Tempornry Internet Files\OLK3E\HamLake fire allocation of funds.doc <br />