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,L r <br />MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: CLERK-ADMINISTRATO <br />DATE: MAY 281 1985 <br />SUBJECT: FIRE INSPECTIONS <br />As previously mentioned at prior discussions of the City's Fire <br />Inspection Program, the City of Spring Lake Park has avoided the <br />difficulties we are currently experiencing with our fire depart- <br />ment regarding fire inspectons by amending their fire code to <br />provide that the City will appoint a fire inspector responsible <br />for routine inspections therefore removing this responsibility <br />from the fire department. Currently, the City's code provides <br />that such responsibilities are still those of the Fire Chief and <br />that the Chief appoints a Eire inspector from among the City's <br />employees to accomplish the work. <br />As you can gather, the problem we have been experiencing is a <br />direct result of the fact that the Fire Chief is still <br />responsible for fire inspections and, therefore, maintains a <br />vigilant status over these items. Also, as you know the fire <br />department was not pleased with the actions of the cities in 1984 <br />to remove fire inspections from their responsibility and deny <br />their request for a full time fire inspector. This rejection <br />has, in my opinion, increased the vigilance of the Fire Chief <br />with respect to our inspection program. <br />To alleviate this problem Staff would recommend an amendment to <br />Chapter 63.06 of the Municipal Code by adding subdivision 4 which <br />would read as follows. <br />The City shall appoint a fire inspector to handle <br />routine inspections and fire prevention code viola- <br />tions, including, but not limited to routine safety <br />inspections of the schools, commercial buildings, <br />industrial buildings, and multiple dwelling occupan- <br />cies. The appointed fire inspector shall be responsi- <br />ble for the enforcement of these routine inspection <br />matters. All other manners currently handled by the <br />fire department come under the direction of Fire Chief, <br />shall remain the function of the fire department. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Staff would recommend Council authorization of <br />the preparation of an ordinance amending Chapter 63.06 of the <br />Municipal Code to remove fire inspection responsibilities from <br />the fire department. <br />DFP/mjs <br />