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<br />Councilmember Musgrove asked Police Chief Katers if he could talk more about other cities and <br />if they have this equipment. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers explained that he believes the Sheriff’s office has unmanned aerial vehicles, <br />the City of Coon Rapids has unmanned aerial vehicles, and Blaine may have some as well. He <br />added that the department has requested use of these vehicles as well as emergency management <br />for some non-priority searches. He mentioned there are multiple uses for this type of vehicle and <br />if it is not in this year’s budget he is fine with that, as long as the Council thinks about it for the <br />future. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked Fire Chief Kohner to clarify that the fire rescue truck would <br />take another 12 to 18 months to come in. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Kohner stated that it would be about 18 months. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked Finance Director Lund about these bigger items that would take that <br />long to come in if those help in the budgeting process or if that money should be accounted for <br />this year. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund stated that it becomes expended when it is actually purchased so it would <br />not be included in this year’s expenditure budget. She said that Council would just have to give <br />the authorization to move forward with the purchasing while knowing that it will either be a part <br />of the equipment certificate debt or will be invoiced in 2024 when it is received. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley added that, from a next year’s budget standpoint, that helps, it just comes <br />down to a future budget that the Council has already stretched. <br /> <br />Finance Director Lund mentioned that she can take these two items off knowing that these can be <br />purchased but these items will not be expended out until 2024 and would become debt and would <br />remove the portion that is applicable to the tax levy and also put some money back into the other <br />funds. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked Police Chief Katers and Fire Chief Kohner if they were both <br />comfortable with this being the timeline for these items. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Kohner stated that he would like to review the estimate again, as it was originally <br />submitted in April, to insure that the lead time has not changed. <br /> <br />Police Chief Katers mentioned that he is comfortable with the timeline for squad car cameras since <br />this quote is from July. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked Council if they were comfortable with giving approval for the <br />purchases; however, they will be funded in a future budget year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if this was approval for the certificates. <br />City Council Work Session / August 23, 2022 <br />Page 10 of 16 <br /> <br />