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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 12, 2022 Page 5 Center parking lot which is City property. Staff has reviewed the special event permit and recommends approval. Mayor Stille reminded Mike Scholl to use the least amount of water as possible. Motion by Councilmember Walker, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution 22-035 — Approving the Use of the Community Center Parking Lot for a Special Event Car Wash on May 7, 2022. 9 Motion carried 5-0. 10 11 D. Fire Department Annual Report. 12 13 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz reviewed the St. Anthony Village 2021 Annual Fire Department Report. 14 Chief Sitarz provided a chart showing the Fire Department Divisions and also an organizational 15 chart of the Fire Department. There were 25 active firefighters, 4 current rookies, and 2 part- 16 time code and rental inspectors. The Operations Division include personnel, call response, 17 vehicles, equipment and communications. In 2001 there were 901 calls and in 2021 there were 18 1661 calls which was an 84.35% increase. Last year was a record year for the department. The 19 breakdown of the 2021 calls were 71.16% Medical Calls and 28.84% Fire/Other Calls. The 2021 20 Dollar Loss from Fire was $226,150. 21 22 Fire Investigations include building fire, vehicle fire, dumpster fires and cooking fires. The 23 Operations Summary includes 1661 calls, 17 fires, Average response time 2 minutes 46 seconds 24 for Code 3 calls (lights and sirens), and 3 cardiac arrests in 8 weeks where all 3 walked out of the 25 hospital with no deficits. 26 27 OSHA mandates 24 hours of training annually with the SAFD average for 2021 being 87 hours. 28 Department wide 2455 hours of training were provided. Improvement on logging training hours 29 will be done. Chief Sitarz showed photographs and explained them in full of the types of training 30 that was provided. 31 32 Fire Inspections — All career staff are state certified fire inspectors. All apartment buildings and 33 high hazard occupancies are inspected annually. Every other occupancy is inspected every 2 34 years for safety/compliance, pre -planning and educational opportunities. 35 36 The Assistant Chief/Fire Marshal (Chris Fuller) is responsible for correspondence, training, 37 research and plan review. 38 39 Fire Prevention/Public Education efforts included Open House, School Presentations, Fire Poster 40 Contest, CPR at the High School, Summer Survival, Safe Escape House, Night to Unite and 41 Santa. 42 43 Housing Code Enforcement resulted in 681 contacts with residents and businesses of which 637 44 of those are now closed items. This is a 94% closure rate. Initiatives for Code Enforcement 45 included new code committee created to review current ordinances, creation of 8 educational 46 handouts, organized 2 community forums tied to pollinator species and friendly vegetation,