City faces roughly $300,000 shortfall on new fire apparatus; council considers ARPA and capital funds

Staff informed council the Quint apparatus delivery timeline moved forward and the city is currently about $300,000 short on the final payment because previously budgeted timing and cash flows did not align with the updated delivery. "We are we're short about about 300,000 on the Quint," staff said, and described options including reallocating remaining ARPA dollars previously earmarked for the 7375 project and drawing on fleet or capital balances.

Council discussed implications for the fleet replacement cycle and noted that while the purchase is operationally justified, funding that shortfall will affect capital balances and may require internal accounting steps (e.g., interfund borrowing or reallocation). Staff said they would present options for funding the remaining amount and identify which funds would be repaid or adjusted during the budget process.