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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2017 ATM&STM 2017-1
<br /> Major Capital Equipment
<br /> The following is the current inventory of the Fire & Rescue Department's major capital equipmenti—
<br /> ordered by the year of the currently projected replacement funding:
<br /> Originally
<br /> Projected Projected
<br /> Replacement Model Year Put-in-Service Useful Life
<br /> Funding ID Type Make Purchased Date (Years) Original Cost
<br /> Chevrolet
<br /> FY2018M-09 Ambulance Lifeline 2009 Jul 2009 92 $204,000 5
<br /> FY2021 M-12 Ambulance Ford/Horton 2012 Mar2012 92 $251,199 6
<br /> FY2024 E-3 Pumper Emergency 2004 Jan 2005 203 $345,000
<br /> One/Typhoon
<br /> FY2024 M-15 Ambulance Ford/Horton 2015 Feb-15 92 $238,210
<br /> Ferrara/
<br /> FY2027 E-2 Pumper Intruder II 2007 Apr 2008 203 $389,000
<br /> Emergency 3 8
<br /> FY2033 E-4 Pumper One/Typhoon 2013 Mar 2014 20 $465,000
<br /> FY2034 L-1 Aerial Emergency 2017 expected tobe20 $874,685 9
<br /> One/Cyclone Oct 2017
<br /> Emergency t 3 10
<br /> FY2035 E-1 Pumper One/Typhoon 2015 Nov 2015 20 $485,000
<br /> 1 Includes ID series"E" (pumpers),"L"(ladder), &"M"(Medic)(M designation followed by vehicle year).Not included are ID
<br /> series"C"(cars), "H"(trailer), "S" (service vehicles, including trailer), "F"(forestry)and a light unit as they are funded from
<br /> the operating budget.
<br /> 2 The life span of ambulances is based on 3 years of primary service,3 years of secondary service,and 3 years in reserve.
<br /> 3 The life span of these vehicles is based on 10 years of frontline service,and 10 years in reserve status.
<br /> 4 Order was placed in December 2016.
<br /> 5 Replacement cost is not expected to exceed$280,000.(See Article 12(x))
<br /> 6 Net cost was$241,199($251,199 less$10,000 for the trade-in for old M-3),but gross cost being listed as future status of a
<br /> trade-in is unknown—plus it's expected any purchase-8 years out will, as with all the other out-year purchases, be at a
<br /> much higher cost.
<br /> 7 Net cost was$228,210($238,210 less$9,999 for trade-in 2006 Chevy).
<br /> 8$485,000 was appropriated for FY2014 to replace E-2 that was plagued with serious mechanical issues. (See Committee's
<br /> Report to the 2013 ATM,Article 10(a),for the background on that matter.)The legal action taken by the Town fora refund is
<br /> been resolved. The replacement was purchased under the 23 Feb 2015 STM #2,Article 3,$500,000 appropriation for
<br /> $415,000($465,000 less$50,000 for the trade-in of E-4—a 2003 Ferrara/International pumper that had been purchased for
<br /> $210,000 and put in service in Jul 2003). Approximately$20,000 of the FY2014 appropriation was spent for ancillary
<br /> equipment for the new pumper.A rescission of$20,335 of the 23 Feb 2015 financing authorization was approved at the 2016
<br /> Annual Town Meeting under Article 20 which closed out all the related funding.
<br /> 9 This is the full purchase price.Rather than having traded in the current aerial truck as part of purchase of the new aerial
<br /> truck, that current truck will be auctioned off believing that will provide a larger return for the Town. (There is no new-
<br /> equipment cost as the current equipment will be used on that newly purchased truck.)
<br /> 10 Pumper was purchased using funds received in Town's legal settlement with Ferrera Fire Apparatus.The 2010 Pumper
<br /> was returned to the manufacturer.
<br /> (Fire & Rescue Department 5-Year Capital Appropriation History has been combined with the Police
<br /> Department History as some appropriations are for the joint benefit of both Departments. That combined
<br /> Public-Safety History is after the following Police Department narrative.)
<br /> Police
<br /> The Lexington Police Department, which provides public safety services through a team of dedicated
<br /> police officers, detectives, dispatchers and support staff, is supported by the Town's Capital Program in
<br /> the areas of communication systems, computer systems, and improvements to the facilities in which it is
<br /> housed and trained.
<br /> The FY2018 Capital Budget has no capital requests for this department. A new firing range at the
<br /> Hartwell Ave compost site has been contemplated for several years in order to meet current firearms
<br /> training requirements and the needs of modern police work, as well ensuring readiness to respond to
<br /> weapons currently on the streets—$50,000 of D&E was appropriated for FY2016 toward development of
<br /> a new facility. This Committee looks forward to the results of that study and the follow-on request for
<br /> construction—currently expected in FY2019.
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