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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 13, 2012 Page 3 Motion carried unanimously. 3 C. Ordinance 2012-03; Imposing a Moratorium on the Issuance of Conditional Use Permits 4 for Assemblies, Meeting bodges, or Convention Halls within Commercial and Light 5 Industrial Zoning Districts. Mark Casey, City Manager, presenting. 6 7 Mayor Faust noted that this Ordinance does not require a first or second reading 9 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Ordinance 10 2012-03; Imposing a Moratorium on the Issuance of Conditional Use Permits for Assemblies, 11 Meeting Lodges, or Convention Halls within Commercial and Light Industrial Zoning Districts. 12 13 Motion carried unanimously. 14 15 D. St. Anthony Fire Department Annual Report. Chief John Malenick presenting. 16 17 Fire Chief Malenick presented the Fire Department's 2011 annual report and advised that the 18 Fire Department responded to a record number of calls for service in 2011. He stated that total 19 calls were 1,221 with calls fairly evenly distributed among EMS, fire/hazardous conditions, and 20 service calls. He discussed the types of medical and non-medical calls responded to by the Fire 21 Department in 2011 and stated by insurance standards, the City had $42,800 worth of loss on 22 working fire calls. He noted the dollar loss per fire was $1,223 in 2011 which is significantly 23 lower than the industry average. He reviewed the Fire Department's training and indicated an 24 average of 88 hours per firefighter is spent on training. He stated that Mr. Chris Fuller and Mr. 25 Mark Sitarz were recently awarded "Instructor of the Year" for their work in 2011 and the 26 Department is very proud of them. He also discussed the Fire Department's code enforcement 27 activities and stated there was a decrease in the total number of documented reports in 2011. He 28 reviewed emergency management activities, including disaster training. I -Ie expressed thanks to 29 the men and women of the Fire Department for their efforts throughout the community. He also 30 thanked the Mayor and City Council for their continued support. 31 32 Councilmember Roth requested further information regarding the make-up of the Fire 33 Department. 34 35 Fire Chief Malenick advised there are six full-time firefighters with two firefighters on duty at a 36 time working 24 hour shifts. He stated the shifts are rotated every other day to provide 24 hour 37 coverage. He added the City also has 23 paid on-call part-time volunteer firefighters. 38 39 Councilmember Jenson asked about medical and non-medical response times. 40 41 Fire Chief Malenick stated the Fire Department's response time for medical calls is always under 42 two minutes which is the lowest in the metro area. 43 44 Mayor Faust requested further information about non-medical calls classified as "good intent" 45 calls. 46 3