01/12/2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Minutes (2)

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*APPROVED 1-18-2024 * Capital Improvement Program Committee Minutes January 12, 2024 Present: Town Manager Rodney Collins, Finance Director Dawn Thayer, Select Board Member John Cotton — Via Conference Line at 1:05 pm; in person at 1:25 pm; Finance Committee Member A. Gregory McKelvey, School Representative Patricia DeBoer; Member-at Large John Livingston Absent: Member-at Large Edmund Sarno Meeting Called to Order by Chair Collins at 1 pm. Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room 1 p.m.—Convene Meeting MINUTES • Approval of Minutes of January 10, 2024 (Not completed, tabled) APPOINTMENTS& HEARINGS Presentations and Discussion of the FollowingDe artments Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Im rovement Pro ram CIP Submissions: • Fire Purchase New Ambulance (A-4) $ 475,000 Replace Utility Vehicle 350 (REVISED to$85K) $ 125,000 Replace E-351 Hurst Tools/Jaws of Life $ 55,000 REVISED to $615,000 Total Fire $ 655,000 Chief John Phelan, Deputy Chief Joe Peltier Presentation on the items in the table above. Ambulance: These vehicles take 30 to 36 months to build so the item was moved up in the CIP schedule due to rapid increases in cost ($2000/month increase) and if wait risk the chance to be down an ambulance and will have to employ mutual aid from other towns. This is paid for in full by ambulance receipts. There are 93000 miles and 104000 miles on present ambulances. Collins: Station 1- has 2 ambulances; station 2 has 1 ambulance. There are a total of three. Ambulance receipts come here for transports, if no backup, then we don't receive ambulance receipts the Town responding does. Phelan: Not suggesting trading in an ambulance rather, keeping a fourth as a backup. McKelvey: Where are the ambulances serviced? Phelan: DPW Collins: Call volume has gone up? Phelan: Yes. DeBoer: Was an ambulance in FY 24?Thayer: Yes, it was approved. Phelan: It takes a long time to build. Cotton: Do you do mutual aid? Phelan: Cape has robust mutual aid system, no need to contract out to other towns. Collins: Is the Town reimbursed? Phelan:Yes Cotton: Is this a redundant ambulance? Phelan: It is kept as a reserve ambulance. Right now all three are running. It takes 2 % years to build an ambulance. Collins: There is a significant delay on order and delivery of ambulance, so it is a valid reason to have back up. Collins: Any more questions? DeBoer: Which ambulance is going to be replaced?The one in FY 26.