Council reviews $3.6 million capital package including $1.6M rescue pumper; staff discuss moving roof cost to bond
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Summary
The capital budget lists roughly $3.6 million in needs including a previously ordered $1.6 million rescue pumper, annual police interceptors, vehicle replacements, and building maintenance. Staff said a resolution to pay for the Miller Brothers roof from capital already passed, and they discussed replacing that with a bond transfer to free capital funds.
Speaker 1 presented the capital budget (page 86) and explained which projects were already spent (orange highlights) and which were in process (peach highlights). He said five police interceptors for 2025 had been ordered and that a rescue pumper costing $1,600,000 would arrive next year and would consume a large share of the planned capital spending.
"It's the rescue pumper, 1,600,000.0," Speaker 1 said when listing big‑ticket items. Speaker 1 said total capital needs reached approximately $3,600,000 once other projects (tow truck for garage, parks skid loader, police locker room, building maintenance, and annual fleet replacements) were added.
Speaker 1 described funding options: using Water Reserve Fund allotments (noted as required by ordinance), available ARP interest (estimated about $742,000), and bond proceeds. He said the council had already passed a resolution to pay for the Miller Brothers roof out of capital but suggested moving that expense onto the bond issue to free capital dollars for operationally urgent items. "We did a resolution to pay for it out of, capital," Speaker 1 said; participants discussed preparing a transfer resolution at the next meeting.
No formal vote to change the roof funding source occurred at this session; Speaker 3 urged the council to make the transfer change at the next meeting so capital funds could be used for the listed projects. Staff will prepare the required transfer paperwork if the council directs it at a subsequent meeting.
