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104 M_ <br />PEQUOT LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />4638 County Road 11 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 (218)568 -8201 Fax (218)568 -7672 <br />peg uotfdApeq uotlakes- mn.gov <br />TO: Mayor & City Council Members <br />FROM: Tom Nelson, Chief <br />DATE: February 23, 2010 <br />RE: Regional Grant for Crow Wing County Fire Departments <br />The Brainerd Fire Department is applying for a regional grant for the Crow Wing County fire <br />departments. This grant's purpose is to purchase the new 800 Mhz radios to match the counties new <br />radio system that they will be switching to in 2011 or 2012. <br />The county is updating their radio system in accordance with the States ARMOR system. Our current <br />radios will not work with this new system, so the radios will need to be purchased at some point, no <br />matter what. <br />The grant would fund all participating fire departments with new radios, in return for a 20% match of <br />funds —just for each departments portion. <br />Example: <br />Pequot Lakes Fire Department <br />24 radios at a total cost of $75,000.00 <br />Our responsibility would be 20 % = $15,000.00 + $100 fee for grant writer. <br />The matching portion of the funds would come from the fire department budget. <br />The Brainerd Fire Department is applying for this grant, in doing so, they are asking all participants to <br />have their respective cities send a letter of intent to purchase these radios should the grant be funded. <br />Action Requested of Council: <br />Submit letter to Brainerd Fire Department supporting request to purchase radios at 20% match of funds <br />for Pequot Lakes Fire Department. <br />Please let me know if you have any questions. <br />