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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1993 The City Administrator indicated the estimate of 160 inspections at a rate of 3 hours per inspection times the hourly rate to be paid the temporary fire inspector. The Administrator reported that calculating that amount and including PERA and FICA results in a cost of between $5,600 and $5,700. Morelan again indicated that this would show that $6,000 is needed to be budgeted under contracted services rather than $8,400. LaValle asked about the salary to be paid the temporary inspector. The City Administrator replied that a report on the fire inspector program would be presented to the Council at its next meeting. However, based on the Administrator's research into the salary issue, it was his recommendation that the hourly rate be set at $10.50. The Administrator reported that the risk in hiring one temporary inspector is that their salary would exceed a certain level in a year resulting in liability on the part of the City for PERA when the position is terminated. with more than one inspector, the salary level to an individual would be likely to be below the amount that would cause the City liability for PERA. Pedersen asked about hiring an independent contractor to do the fire inspections. The Administrator stated that he was not sure the individuals who had expressed an interest in the position would be interested on an independent contractor basis due to liability concerns. LaValle asked the Fire Marshal how many fire inspections he had completed during the first 8 months of 1993. The City Administrator reported that that report would be part of the submittals at the next Council meeting. The Fire Marshal estimated that he has spent 240 hours doing fire inspecting this year, which does not include time spent doing follow-up letters and reports, nor any time spent on continued follow-up and reporting on the Grand Pre' fire. LaValle asked how many on-site fire inspections of existing businesses have been done in 1993. The Fire Marshal replied that 160 have been done. The Page 10