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April 24, 1978 99 The fire that,occurred was due to the buring of green wood and would have happened 10 III any type of unit. The Public Hearing on the Ordinance for the Licensing and Bonding of Contractors was called to order at 8:26 P.M. 1 1 Mayor Karth read the list of contractors that would fall under the requirements of this Ordinance, he also listed the insurance requirements of the contractors and the fact that a $5,00Q.00 bond will be posted. Mayor Karth said,this is for the protection of the res- idents of the City. A comment from the audience to the effect that Lino Lakes is one of a very few who do not already have this Ordinance on,the books indicated this as an acceptable practice amoung municipalities. There are provisions for,the control of the contractors who are licensed, but it also pro- tects the contractors in that the license cannot be revoked without a hearing.. After some discussion on the provisions of this Ordinance, Mr. McLean moved to adopt this Ordinance and assigned the appropriate number. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion declared passed. Mr. McLean moved to close the hearing at 8:45 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion de- clared passed. The Public Hearing on the procedures and charges for the implementing the record keeping of pumping and cleaning septic systems was called to order at 8:45 P.M. The Ordinance sets forth the stipulation that if,a system has not been pumped in four years, then it must be inspected. Mr. Zelinka asked, if a system is inspected in a four year period, will it then not be inspected for another four year period, even if signs of pro - blems developing can be detected at the time of the first inspection? Mr. Gotwald said, No, a record would be kept and a follow up made on that particular system. If it has been pumped, then the City would have a record supplied by the pumper. If it has not been pumped, the inspector would re- inspect. The type of inspection to,be,made,was questioned and,Mayor Karth said,, basically a surface inspection. Mr. Mobley said there are several ways in which a system can be checked with- out the digging up of,the tank.; Mr. Gotwald said the record keeping would pinpoint the pro - blem areas, which, is what is required by the, PCA and the Metro Council. There were many questions and answers to the method of inspection, the reason for the need for,this Ordinance and what will be accomplished by the adoption of this Ordinance, There were some additions to the Ordinance. Mr. Locher will have it retyped to include these, additions and a copy will be available for the residents at the City Offices by Friday. Mr. McLean moved to continue this hearing until May 8, 1978 at 8:45 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion declared passed. Mr. Allan Robinson and Mr. Lee Robinson had received summons for the violation of the State Building Code. The summons had included the SAC. Mr. Robinson stated that he had purchased the required permits this date, but did not feel that he should be required to pay the SAC. Mr. Mobley explained why the summons were written, even though a building permit was not required for homes located on agricultural land at the time these homes were built. He set for the correspondence to these home owners. Mr. Mobley said he was not interested in the