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-1- The Fire Department has in existence a permit fee schedule for various types of activities or uses which allow an annual permit • fee. These fees range between $7.50 and $50.00. Some of the acitivites included are malls and shopping centers covered, motor vehicle repair garages, places of assembly, and places performing welding and cutting activities and using calcium carbide and acetylene. This current permit fee schedule comes under the requirements of the Uniform Fire Code. Since the Fire Department sees fit to improve the inspection program of the cities it is involved with, and since it is our belief they wish to have a more direct input on the inspection services, i believe there is already in existence a permit fee schedule which would allow them to collect monies and conduct the inspections. I further believe that with minor ordinance changes we could facilitate a means of additional fee collection for them if it were needed. The City of Mounds View has approxi-aLeiy 90 commercial and industrial huFs'ncsses which should have some type of fire inspection service. I would propose that the City adopt Chapter 63, Fire Code, a provision to allow the Fire Department to establish fire inspection fees for commercial and industrial uses. That in turn, these fees would provide inspection services fcr those areas. The ordinance amendment could allow the revisions of these fees from time to time by recommendation of the Fire Department and resolution adoption by the City Council. This type of annual license nr fee would he similar to that of the liquor license but would be collected by the Fire Department to provide fire inspection services. I have discussed this matter with Attorney Meyer and, to his knowledge and research, there are no state laws or other municipal ordinances that would prohibit us from allowing the Fire Department to collect such fees for inspection service. Please note that the fee or license requirement recommended at this point is only for commercial and industrial activity. The City is currently collecting annual license fees for apartments and rental units. Therefore, we would continue to inspect apartment units as we are collecting monies for that purpose. Mounds View staff would also provide the fire inspection service for churches and schools as their number is very limited and very unlikely to increase to any extent. In suimx ry, existing Mounds View staff has been unable to meet the goals and objectives set out in earlier memorandums for fire inspection and housing programs. As you are aware, many of us where many different hats, and depending on the need of a various hat, the short coming can easily occur. Secondly, and again rightfully so, the increased need for fire inspections is a proper issue for both the City and Fire Department to be looking