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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 16, 1988 PAGE 5 A. Building Department: Appendix E of State Building Code and Y Fee Schedule Building Official Jim McNamara explained that Appendix E, if adopted, would be be more restrictive and does not allow some of the tradeoffs that is allowed by the UBC code. (Tradeoffs such as a fire wall instead of sprinklers depending on the type of building, occupancy). In Appendix E it would state you have to spbinkle, there are no variances. Appendix E has to be for the entire city and not portions of the City. Once the building changes occupancy, the new type occupancy would possibly require sprinklers retrofitted to the existing building. Jim did recommend that the Council not adopt Appendix E at this time because he felt the provisions in the UBC code now governs every building except single-family dwellings. Jim added, that Lake Elmo a rural community, there are not many commercial buildings so he didn't see this was necessary to adopt. Also the City does not have city water supply which could be a problem with the proper operation of the sprinkler system. The Council asked if Jim would contact Fire Chief Fran Pott for his determination on the benefits of Appendix E, and asked,Jim to give scenarios where adoption of Appendix E would benefit the City more than the UBC codes now in effect, and asked for ctas-t2catrcn of the codes. classification (Amended 3-1-88) Jim felt the adoption of the 1985 fee schedules for the building permits were more than sufficient to cover the Building Official's expenses. Example given: $100,000 home --old schedule $433/new schedule $639. Also the Plan Review fee increased --old schedule $281.35/new schedule $415.67. B. Finance Department: Formal Adoption of 1988 Budget The 1988 budget will be mailed to the City Council for their review. Formal adoption of the 1988 budget will be on the March 1st City Council meeting. C. Administration I. City Administrator's Job Description is r2i A draft description for City Administrator was presented by Dick Johnson and Mary Kueffner for the Council's review. The Council felt it was a very good description and had two minor changes. This description and a letter will be sent to the 13 finalists to get an indication if they are still interested in the job by Friday, February 26th. A list of the interested applicants will be available for the March 1st meeting. M/S/P Johnson/Gravess - to adopt the City Administrator's job description as a policy of the City as revised; to include the two modifications (Insertion on Page 2, 2nd paragraph --individual departments and in 5th paragraph to decrease amount of purchase to