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Mounds View City Council January 9, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 13 Osmonson to get the best guidance available. Mr. McCarty stated he would like references of 1 these two individuals. He asked whether staff asked for references. He also asked what is the 2 City Administrator’s recommendation since the Charter indicates that the City Administrator is 3 the supervisor of all staff and makes the recommendation. Mr. McCarty stated that he may be 4 more comfortable if there is a recommendation of the City Administrator. He asked about the 5 levels of insurance and bonds, noting this is a public building, not a park building being 6 constructed with volunteers. 7 8 Building Official Osmonson stated she received reference letters for both Ms. Gove and Mr. 9 Hagedorn. She advised that the State Building Official said he does not give any personal 10 recommendations and their State certification provides that recommendation. Building Official 11 Osmonson stated she has a recommendation on Ms. Gove from the president of the Fire Chief’s 12 Code Advisory Council for Mr. McCarty’s review. Additionally in working with more qualified 13 engineer, Ms. Gove has been involved for many years to create the Fire Code and new provisions 14 of the Fire Code. Building Official Osmonson explained that the other companies she spoke with 15 are more than willing to do the plan review but it is not in conjunction with City staff. 16 17 Mr. McCarty stated the building inspections, as pertains to the State Building Codes, appears to 18 be very simple at first blush but it goes further than that to the structural issues. Such as, were 19 the proper materials used and were they installed properly, which involves architectural engineer 20 issues. He stated he does not see that expertise in this firm. He stated that the way the City is 21 insured, somewhere along the line the taxpayer will pick up the bill if the proper expertise is not 22 in place should a recommendation be made to pass the building and then a catastrophe occurs 23 later. Mr. McCarty stated he has no idea of who these two individuals are or the extent of their 24 level of expertise. He stated he does not want to sound unkind but expects the Council to assure 25 that whoever they use gives good solid advise to the City’s Building Official. 26 27 Mayor Marty noted the minutes to be approved tonight from the previous meeting contained well 28 stated conversations from when this item was first discussed. He stated he is not familiar with 29 the license that Mr. McCarty raised and asked what type of experience these consultants have in 30 this area. Mayor Marty stated Medtronic is not “knocking on the door with permits in hand” and 31 the City is not pressed for time so he wants to assure all the “T’s” are crossed and “I’s” are 32 dotted since there could be potential liability. 33 34 Mayor Marty stated he had not thought about the use of SEH and while they may not be involved 35 with this scope, an engineering firm may be able to check different areas. He agreed this is one 36 of the biggest projects the City will ever undertake and he wants to assure the Building Official 37 receives adequate training. He stated he appreciates that Building Official Osmonson would be 38 able to work with these two consultants but he would also like more information. 39 40 Building Official Osmonson advised that the second preconstruction meeting will be held next 41 week and the plans will be submitted by the end of January or beginning of February. She 42 advised that provisions in the Building Code do require special inspections for concrete and 43 structural steel so an engineer of that field will conduct those highly specialized inspections. 44 45