Fiscal Plan for Waggoner's Dairy Farm, Inc. Phase II Annexation Area in German Township

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Waggoner's Dairy Farm, Inc. Phase I7Annexation Area y Noting that the City will continue to annex and grow in areas to the south and north, the Police Department has been studying beat restructure to insure that comparable response times and services will be insured to those areas as to other areas of the City. Beat 22 has become one of the largest geographical beats, and it is felt that when this proposed area begins to advance, this beat will have to be part of the restructuring. It is proposed that as part of the overall beat restructuring, an additional beat would be added to cover the growth that has occurred over the past several years as well as future growth. The overall cost of an additional beat, which includes adding manpower and equipment, is approximately $475,000 in 2005, and could be expected to rise each year in accordance to pay increases and other incidental cost increases. It should be noted it will not be necessary to add a beat immediately. Beat restructure and other measures would enable the Department to handle this proposed annexation until the area is more fully developed. The source of funds to cover the cost of adding a beat would be expected to be covered by increasing the Police Department's budget out of the General Fund. Primary police response will be taken over by the South Bend Police Department. Police coverage to this area will begin immediately upon annexation and coordination of the conversion of the 911 emergency phone system for that area. Conversion of the 911 emergency phone system may take up to one month from the effective date of the Annexation. It is anticipated that the services of this Department will be minimally required to service the Annexation Area in the first five years of the annexation. Therefore, the service cost of the Department has been reduced by one -third to reflect a more realistic actual cost to service the Annexation Area in the first five years. Note: The cost ofservice for this Annexation Area is based on the number ofparcels. Household information is provided for comparative purposes. 2002 Budget Report for the Department: Expenditures: Number of Households in City (2000): Cost per Household: Number of Parcels in City (2003): Cost per Parcel: Proposed Number of Households in Area: Number of new Parcels: Cost for Annexation Area per year: C. Fire Department $21,176,193 @42,908 @$494 @47,462 @$446 Single & multifamily units proposed for this Annexation Area @89 $26,463 ($446 •89 = $39,69413 = $11,231 •1) The Annexation Area will be serviced primarily by Station #11, located at 3505 N. Bendix Drive approximately 3.8 (3.8) miles away. Additional Fire Department units would respond from Fire Station #7 located at 1616 Portage Avenue which is approximately six (6) miles away.