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Fire, police, utilities and parks report year-end activity; council praises crews and asks for detailed utility numbers
Summary
Department heads delivered year-end summaries: Fire Chief Duncan reported 2,586 incidents; wastewater staff reported 560.8 million gallons treated and 77% plant capacity; parks reported 72 programs and 765 summer registrations; council thanked staff and asked for further detail on utility capacities and costs.
Department heads delivered concise year-end reports and outlined 2026 priorities, drawing praise from council and requests for more detailed operational and financial data.
Fire Chief Duncan told the council the department handled 2,586 incidents last year — an increase of 582 from the previous year — with 1,745 EMS runs and 841 fire calls. He said the busiest day had 23 incidents and the department’s daily average was 7.08 runs; training and mutual-aid statistics were also included in his report.
Wastewater staff (mister Kirkpatrick) summarized plant performance: the system treated 560,800,000 gallons last year with an average daily flow of 1,530,000 gallons and reported plant capacity at 77%. Staff cited removal rates (BOD 98%, suspended solids 97%, nitrogen/ammonia 99%, phosphorus 80%) and described a new vac truck that enabled more sewer line cleaning and an upcoming smoke-testing program to find illegal sump or gutter connections.
Police and communications staff (chief Owens) noted calls-for-service trends (9,029 in the most recent year), growth in digital reach and completion of an ADA digital accessibility audit; chief Owens also previewed the social district kickoff next week and offered signs and outreach materials to council members.
Parks director mister Lacey reported 72 programs, 765 summer park registrations, pool membership of 923 and 92 facility rentals that generated roughly $101,000 in revenue for Lighthouse facility upkeep. Councilors thanked staff for snow and leaf cleanup and praised cross-department cooperation during recent storms.
Council asked utilities staff to provide more detailed revenue/expense and capacity numbers tied to the RFQ process and to return with data to support any rate modeling.
