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<br /> <br />0CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITYCOUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />5th floor of City Hall <br />6801 Delmar <br />March 26, 2012 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />The Council Study Session was held in the Chambers, 5floor of City Hall on March 26, <br />2012. Mayor Welsch called the Study Session to order at 5:40 p.m. In addition to the <br />Mayor Shelley Welsch, the following members of the Council were present: <br /> <br />Ms. Lynn Ricci <br />Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br />Mr. Terry Crow arrived <br /> <br />Mr. Michael Glickert and Mr. Stephen Kraft were excused. <br />Also in attendance was Fire Chief Don Miner. <br />The next several Council Study Sessions are designated for City departments to present <br />their proposed FY 2012 – 2013 budget. Fire Chief Miner presented the Fire Department’s <br />budget at this study session. <br /> <br />Points covered by Chief Miner in the Fire Department’s FY 2012 – 2013 Budget were: <br /> <br /> <br />The department consists of 44 employees: 1-Chief, 1-Executive Secretary, <br /> <br />3-Battalion Chiefs, 9-Captains, 29 Paramedic/Firefighters and 1 Firefighter. <br /> <br />Mobil equipment consisted of: 3-Advance life support vehicles, 2-Fire trucks, 1-Arial <br /> <br />platform, 2-Command vehicles, and 2-Support vehicles for a total of ten vehicles. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Fire Departments Call volume was: <br /> <br /> <br />2012 2013 projection <br />Fire Calls 2,401 2,690 <br />Assist to other Fire Depts 126 104 <br />Assist from other Fire Depts 328 292 <br /> <br />Ambulance Calls 4,244 4,343 <br />Assist to other Depts. 16 8 <br />Assist from other Depts 93 69 <br /> <br />TOTAL CALLS 7,180 7,506 <br /> <br /> <br />Under Contractual Services, Professional Services the increase is attributed to <br /> <br />bringing dispatching back in to the City by adding a new CAD system. Chief Miner <br />provided a breakdown of the 5 year cost for outsourcing dispatch would be $762,750 <br />and the 5 year cost for upgrading in-house dispatch would be $205,952 resulting in a <br />5 year savings of $556,798. <br /> <br />Chief Miner stated fees also increased in Telephone & pagers as all vehicles are <br /> <br />now equipped with lap tops and licensed air cards were needed for each. <br /> <br /> <br />Other areas of increase were in all Insurances, Medical Services, Office Equipment <br /> <br />Maintenance and Hardware & Hand Tools. <br /> <br />1 <br />April 9, 2012 E-1-1 <br /> <br />