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MiNU`i'liS City Council apriz a4, -~~2 Mr,Carl Mr, Swanson asked the City Council if they were increasing the Swanson bualding perm9.t fees. Mrs, Nard'ani stated that the CS.ty was not (Cont,) increasing the fees, however, the past builda.ng inspector caas not charging the proper £ees. Last year ~aL~~p00 in fees were taken in and had the proper fees been chaxged~ about $!~0'000 wouLd have been taken in. AKr,Forsberg stated that the permit fees should cover the building inspectorts salary, Fahey stated that he woul,d not feel ~oo ba.dly i.£ the fees did not fully cover the inspector~s salary, In addition, the City will be cha.xging developers for a certain amount o£ the building inspectoros time, Deve~.opers pay a~100 Fee for plan rev9,ews paxt of which goes to the Planner and the rest to the City, A member o.f the audience asked if the City had a fa.re code~ Fahey rep],ied that the City has adopted the State F'ire Code, i~Ir, Swanson sta.ted that he cou].d refnse the inspector admi.ttance for a fire inspection, The only recourse the City zaould have is i£ it licensed its businesses9 the City would be ab1,e to revoke the license, The At~orney stated that he thinks the fire inspector has the right to admittance. Mrs, Nardini commented that this alone wotil.d give the Czty good reason to begin licensing its businesses, Mro Hanson inf ormed the audience that the City a.s not considering licensa.ng its businesses because of revenues generated, but in order to know what businesses are operating 9.n the City and what they are doing, i`lrm Forsberg commented that he did not care if the City charged anything for the ].icense, but feeJ,s the City should know the responsib].e person to contact £or each business and what As going on and what 3s in the building where the business a.s operating, kat Peterson commented that this is a good 5.dea so that the Council knows what is going on 9,n the C3ty, Nir, Hanson asked Mro Swanson i£ the City did not license its bus~.nesses what would be the best way £or the City to obtain this information, PZre Swanson stated that he thinks the City shoul.d license its businesses, but it still turns into taxation, Mrs, Nardini. stated that there has to be a license fee to cover administrative costs. F'ahey commented that he fee].s there are some businesses the City does not have to license, Fahey felt that the City did not have to ]icense the busa.nesses that are not presently xegulated, Fahey commented that the I'ire Department can find out about locations of gas tanks, etc, k'age .~21~