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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 16, 1986 PAGE 5 minutes faster response time on a fire call. 2. Maintenance Equipment Storage If a decision is made to go ahead with the second fire station at the old county landfill garage location, then it would require building more storage space at the maintenance garage site to enclose items that are now stored in the old landfill garage. Fire Chief Pott explained that $20,000 is proposed to improve the maintenance building. A 40 x 80 foot pole shed building for cold storage would cost approximately $13,700. The balance of the $20,000 would go to replacing the two wood doors on the old garage building at a cost of $4,500. Another problem is that the sparrows have tunneled into the insulation because the steel trim had been left off the siding. This would have to be corrected. Bohrer questioned the adequacy of the turning radius for the fire truck, which might mean another driveway would have to be put in. The fence could be moved or the gate could be relocated. Pott would like to start clean up there as soon as possible. Financial Director Banister stated there is nothing in the budget to cover this proposed building in the maintenance budget next year. Pott would be willing to take this $20,000 out of the Fire Department reserve this year in order to get the storage building in, with the agreement to be paid back next year with the maintenance department money. Such questions as where would the maintenance building be located and if the heating system and pump are adequate need to be answered. City Administrator Overby, Fire Chief Pott and Maintenance Foreman Olinger will get together and discuss this proposal. The City Council will come up with a recommendation at the October 7th City Council meeting. The proposed 1987 budget will be reviewed and brought up for approval at the October 7, 1986 City Council meeting. 3. Building Inspector Position It appears that the City of Mahtomedi will approve the hiring of a full-time person to do both inspections and code enforcement, plus planning and zoning sometime in 1987. This change would probably not happen until about April next year, so Marilyn has budgeted for one-third of Jim's expenses to be used by Mahtomedi. 4. Vehicle for Building Inspector. City Administrator Overby has obtained quotes for the purchase or lease of a 1987 Plymouth Horizon as part of the compensation package for the Building Inspector.