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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator
DATE: March 17, 2016
SUBJECT: March 22, 2016, Joint Fire Services Study Special Meeting
Nick Dragisich with Springsted will be at our meeting to gather information for the Joint Fire
Services study Springsted is conducting for Albertville and Otsego through a grant from the
State Fire Marshal's Office. Below is a list of items Mr. Dragisich provided for discussion. Some
of these items are complex and will require considerable discussion and while others are more
straightforward. Additionally, the Council requested that the fire station location and timing
item be deleted from the study; an explanation of that decision may be helpful to Mr. Dragisich
as background information.
Study Discussion Items:
o Board representation
o Board authority
o Voting
o Budget process
o Buy in of Albertville current assets
Fire Department equipment
Fire Department property
o Timing/location of new Fire Station
o Dispute resolution
o Support functions
Accounting
Payroll
Human resources
Insurances
Purchasing
Communications
Legal
Annual audit
Other
o Cost allocation formula
Operating
Capital
o Dissolution