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Councilmember Musgrove referenced the Capital Equipment and Finance Director Lund's statement that there was a request but it was two years out. She asked if half of it could be budgeted in one year and half of it in another year like they did with the fire truck. Finance Director Lund replied it is a plow truck and there is a plow truck that is included in this list but she believed there is going to be one that is requested for 2024 also because of the additional roads that are being put in place with new developments. Because there is such a time lag with ordering the equipment and it being two years out, the question is should they be ordered together, that is the request. City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby stated what is being proposed is they have about three new miles of frontage roads that are proposed with the Highway 10 improvements and with more developments they are looking at adding more miles of roads and they are already falling behind the eight -hour target window. Knowing it is two years from the time a plow is ordered to when it is delivered they are proposing to order one now, which doesn't mean it needs to be paid for it all up front. He stated they could pay for the under carriage now or pay for it upon delivery. Councilmember Woestehoff commented these are big numbers that look very scary however he commented that the estimated tax capacity rate goes down a percent so that is potentially good news. Finance Director Lund replied it goes down but the taxable value went up about 20% so there is still going to be a tax increase for the majority of people. She stressed these are estimates as of today. 3. TOPICS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION 3.01: Review Future Topics/ Calendar Noted. 4. MAYOR / COUNCIL / STAFF INPUT None. 5. ADJOURNMENT The Work Session of the City Council was adjourned at 6:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Brian S. Hagen City Administrator City Council Work Session / July 12, 2022 Page 11 of 12