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~ zNUm~s Ci'ty C~uncil Apri:l. 1!y 9 1982 Sprinkler iKr. Glanzer informed the Council that he has brought up the subject Systems And of a$100 stand,by charge for sprinkler e,ystems because he £eJ.t it Charges was his job to in£orzn the City of tha.s, The decision on whether or not to adoX~t the charge is up to the Council, Agenda Item No. 23 Mr. Glatzzer stated that the City will be up-.dating its utility ordinance and af the Cotmca.l wishes this may be the more appropriate time to discuss the char~e. i~ir, I'orsberg £elt that this charge was unfair to businesses. Glanzer commented that if the City does not charge businesses the sta,nd»by charge~ other people in the Cyty pick up the cost. Mrs. Naxdini cammented that there as a£low meter on a sprinkler system line and it only takes two or three gallons to check a l.ine. The flow meter makes sure that no one is tapping the 11ne. Glanzer commented that there are other costs that this charge wpu].d cover besides the water usage, These are the cost of interest on bonds for the improvement and the City had to brin~ a certain si.ze water l.ine to the business a.n order to serv9.ce a sprinkler system, Glanzer commented that the City is pxoviding businesses with sprinkler systems a sez•vice that they ~re not paying for but the rest of the City is, Glanzer also inPormed the Council that this charge was in the orda.raancc, at one time but removed, Glanzer also commented that most ather citS.es have this charge and the oxil.y city that he knows doES not hsve the charge is the City of 6Jhite Bear, Mr. Forsberg stated that 3t was a, plus to the City to have a building spra.nklered, F'ahey commented that 9.t is a plus to the building owner as he gets a reduced fi.re insurance rate. Mrs> Nardin9. suggested that the City charge a busine~s a~100 charge if they use their spr9.nkler system. Fahey stated that he sees the charge as a cost of doing business, Fahey asked how the $100 amount was determi.ned. Mr, Glanzer x~eplied that he based this on whtxt the City was charging in the past. NIr. Gl.anzer cammented that taxes do not effect the water and sewez• depaxtrnent, Tax money does not fund the water and sewer department, Fahey commented that this is an additional cerv3ce the City is xequi.red to provide to bus9.nesses with such systems, RecodiFica- Mrs. Nardini 9.nformed the Co~ncil that the Attorney9 Bu~~ding Inspector ta.on Of The and City Clerk w~.ll be discussing the recodification of the btulding Buil.ding Code code, Agenda Item No. ?_lt Page ~23.»