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5) Dealing with people outside that class area: Chief Kapler stated that staff proposed the second fSre station further north but it got pushed to the south. For a third station, we would have to make sure it encompasses everyone within a five mile radius and locate it near a good north/south-east/west route. Chair Anderson inquired-if there is any land available near 173ra and Variolite. Chief Kapler noted that area would accomplish both calls. Mr. Anderson asked would it be possible to estimate City-wide savings for this rate change and publish that in the Ramsey Resident - Include gross number savings and then per household and per business. Chief Kapler agreed that would be a good idea. Mayor Gamec inquired if Chief Kapler had ever thought of a fire station in Burns - would that be a negative/positive? Chief Kapler thought that would be a huge positive - the big unknown is what is Burns going to do. They are still contracting for fire service. Mayor Gamec wondered if it is time to have Burns and Ramsey be together as a combined fire department. Chief Kapler repl'ied that there are a lot of areas looking at that. Councilmember Pearson inquired if there is any criteria as to how far apart your stations have to be. Chief Kapler replied that Ramsey based it strictly on distance. We tried to cover as much of the City in a four-minute driving time as possible. Regarding a third station and Burns Township - Chief Kapler stated that we would have to look at a longer term buy-in. He added that he is not sure how to get our foot in the front door. (2hair Anderson suggested having a task force developed that would study it. Mayor (iamec stated that we do need a third station to the north. Chief Kapler stated that it is tough for Burns Township right now. They have no equipment, no buildings - they are in the worst position for this distance. Chair Anderson inquired what the rating is in Burns to which Chief Kapler replied 10 - which is the highest you can go. 6) l:ire Calls in Burns: Upon inquiry, Chief Kapler stated that the Ramsey Fire Department covers fi'om the 7200 block to the Burns western border whidh is half of Burns. Ramsey responded 26 times in 2004 and there were many more calls in the eastern side which ()ak Grove covers. Ramsey was there about 60 times. The contract is in place until October o~' next year. They seem to be happy with the service they are getting. Councilmember Pearson inquired if Burns has talked about starting their own Fire l)epartment. Chief Kapler stated they want to set some money aside for something. Chair Anderson suggested it might be worthwhile to start talking about all this and added that Burns will never be able to afford the same kind of service and expertise they are m)w receiving - it's just not possible. Mayor Gamec asked if there is any benefit to Ramsey. Chief Kapler replied there would be shared cost and shared people. Boardmember Riddle inquired what the timeframe is to which Chief Kapler replied he would like to have land acquired by the end of 2005. Also, we are talking about moving the City Hall/Police Complex into the Town Center area which leaves this piece of land. Now what do we do with the fire station down here. We may have to look at another <)nc. I-te sees the proper order as doing something in our current area first - the priority is to make something happen here. Mayor Gamec stated that concerns him because all the emphasis has been on the municipal building and the Police facility. All of a sudden, we have a Fire Department here and we might sell the property. We are then without a station here. We neglected to look at that financially. We could be in a reactive versus proactive situation and that's a concern. Chair Anderson stated that it's not cost effective to mn a Fire Department out of this old City Hall and. inquired if it would be easier to make the newer building (PD) into a fife station. Chief Kapler stated that these two Public Safety Board - February 17, 2005 Page 2 of 5