City Council Meeting Date: August 16, 2016
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Discussion of the 2017 Budget Request by the Northfield Area Fire & Rescue Services (NAFRS).
Body
Action Requested:
Discuss the 2017 budget request from the Northfield Area Fire and Rescue Service (NAFRS).
Summary Report:
The Joint Powers Agreement Fire Protection and Rescue Services requires board adoption of a budget by August 1. The board met on Thursday, July 28 and unanimously recommended approval of their 2017 budget request. The request letter and related budget materials presented at the board meeting are attached for your information. The budget presentation at the board meeting originally included a $475,000 request but was amended in consideration of costs related to the pending facility expansion that is under review. I added a note on the budget summary sheet to this effect.
Representatives of the Board of Directors will be in attendance at the meeting to explain the budget request. City Administrator Martig and Mayor Graham may also comment. Council is encouraged to ask questions related to the request at this meeting. Council may consider discussion of the request at this meeting.
Alternative Options:
Discussion only.
Financial Impacts:
The financial impact is summarized in the budget documentation.
Tentative Timelines:
The Joint Powers Agreement requires that the City of Northfield, as a governing body of the agreement, shall act to approve or disapprove the NAFRS budget submitted on or before September 30.
Staff is currently planning to bring forward consideration of action of this item at the Council meeting on September 6. We have one budget work session scheduled on August 23 in which the City Council could further discuss prior to the September regular meeting.
If necessary, there could be further discussion at the work session on September 13 with final action at the regular Council ...
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