09-30-87 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES City Council Sept. 30, 19II7 Fahey noted that when the Council decided to go fr•om a par•t-time building inspector• to a full-time inspector•, it was with the addition of these duties to the position that the Council justified the full-time position. Blesener reviewed the duties of various building inspection positions as outlined in the Metr~o Salar•y Survey, noting that the position of Chief Inspector would best descr•ibe the City's building ins~ection position. Council discussed f1r~. Palacio's fir•e inspection duties with Palacio indicating that he tr~ies to inspect two businesses per~ week, with emphasis given to the businesses in the industr~ial par•k. Also, he and the Fir•e Chief had decided that r•esidential ar•eas would be inspected to br•ing the multiple dwellings in the City up to life safety r•equir•ements. Scalze suggested that ther•e might be a need to add a par•t-time per~son to assist in fir~e inspections. Blesener• stated that if the Building Inspector~ wer•e putting in a lot of comp time to get the inspections done, he would agr•ee. But at pr•esent this is not the case. Fahey noted that as building in the City decr•eases, the 6uilding Inspector~ will have mor•e time todevoteto fir•e inspections. Blesener• r•ecommended after• a r•eview of the var~ious building inspection positions and mean salar•ies for~ those positions, that Mr. Palacio be classified as a Chief Inspector• with a pr•omotional incr•ease of 5% and a mer•it incr•ease of 4% br~inging his annual salar•y to $33,350. It vaas the concensus of the Council to accept Mr•. Blesener•'s recommendation. LaValle suggested that if the Building Inspector cannot devote enough time to fir~e inspections, that ther•e may be a need to add additional help in this ar•ea. LaValle asked if the City's best inter•ests wer•e being ser~ved by getting fir•e inspections of all businesses in the City only once ever~y three year•s. Fahey noted that when the building inspection position was made a f~all- time position, par~t of the justification was the addition of the fir~e inspection duties. Fahey felt that if ther~e was a pr~oblem getting fir~e inspections done, the Fir•e Chief would let the Council know. Blesener• felt that if at some point the City needed to get all businesses inspected mor~e often than once ever•y thr•ee year•s, some of the fir•e inspections could be contr•acted out. Blesener• suggested that the Building Inspector•'s salar•y be set as r~ecommended and the issue of fir•e inspections could be addr~essed at a later~ date. Page -2-