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Councilmember Woestehoff asked if this should still be considered in this year's budget. <br />City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby noted that they would prefer to leave this item on <br />the budget for this year and they can start looking into this and getting some designs and ideas of <br />how much this would cost. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked why the funding sources for these items are listed but there is no <br />dollar amount. <br />Finance Director Lund explained that this means that there is enough money in these funds to <br />cover the whole cost. <br />The Council was in agreement with moving forward with the government building requests. <br />Finance Director Lund reviewed the requests from the Police Department. She noted that these <br />will all be covered by the 2023 legislative dollars. <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if the requested hybrid vehicle will be all electric or gas and electric. <br />Police Chief Katers stated that this would be gas and electric and added that the Police Department <br />does not have any all electric vehicles. He noted that there has been about a 20% increase in the <br />cost of vehicles, even on the State contract. He stated that they are ordering vehicles this week and <br />hope to have the vehicles delivered in 2024. He added that the vehicles will no longer be sedans. <br />Mayor Kuzma asked how many miles are put on squad cars in a year. <br />Police Chief Katers explained that it depends on the officer and noted that they switch out vehicles <br />after 12 hours. He stated that they put around 30,000-40,000 on the vehicles every year. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked how many vehicles the department is yet to receive for 2023. <br />Police Chief Katers stated that there are two more vehicles that they are waiting to receive for <br />2023. <br />The Council was in agreement with moving forward with the Police Department requests. <br />Finance Director Lund reviewed the Fire Department requests. She added that these items will also <br />be funded with the 2023 legislative dollars. <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if they will be able to sell the old tanker. <br />Fire Chief Kohner stated that the old tanker will be sold. <br />Mayor Kuzma asked when they should get the new tanker. <br />City Council Work Session / September 12, 2023 <br />Page 3 of 15 <br />