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explained that the City would set the grade for the house and all water from this lot would have to be maintained on his property, and a yard drain will be installed. 'Itao of the neighbors stated that they had sumps pumping water into the ditch. Mr. Conway suggested that they advise Mr. McDermott in the Engineering Department of this condition. Some of the neighbors are concerned about the trees in the back. Mr. Simnoms stated that he will have to see what grade the City sets and does not want to remove any more trees than he has too. It was explained that the pipe would be 156 feet back from the street and there would be about 60 feet open in the rear. J. Kazak moved to grant permission to construct dwelling on permanent parcel number 233-22-064 with the condition that the existing pumps are tied into the new storm sewer and with the condition that the building conforms to all City engineering and building codes, seconded by.D. Spoerke, and Unanimously approved. One of the neighbors stated that there is a fire plug that might have to be relocated. Mr. Conway will request that the Engineering.Department look into this. V. NEW BUSINESS: Building Commissioner Conway explained.to the members that his department has had a problem with maintenance men wanting to do work on their properties, such as installing receptacles, light fixtures, etc. Normally it is.required that a licensed contractor do this work, but because of the cost involved, a lot of this work is being done without a permit. He proposed that any fu11 time maintenance man who is on the payroll be allowed to do minor electrical work. He defined minor work as putting in an outlet, one fixture, etc. A blanket permit would be issued to the owner of the building for a year and he would be charged per fixture at the end of the year. In this wa.y this work can be inspected. Neither he nor his electrical inspector want to license these people because there might be a problem with then posing as licensed contractors and doing outside work. The owner of the building would be responsible. He pointed aut that Section 1317 of the code authorized the Board to require licenses. He clarified that he is using electrical work as an example, but this could apply to other areas such as pltunbing. Mr. Spoerke and Mr.. Kazak agreed that most of these maintenance people do have some capabilities. By doing the inspections, Mr. Conway believed that they could eliminate the ones who were not capable. He clarified this would only apply to a maintenance man who was on the pay roll fiil.l time, not Just someone hired on a part time basis. Mr. Conway stated that there might be some abuse of this, but not as much as there is now with work being boot legged in. Mr. Schulz questioned if the electrical inspector agreed. Mr. Conway stated that he had some reservations. The members asked Mr. Conway to present some specific guidelines as to what work may be done and who may do it under these conditions. B. Schulz moved to request some written guidelines be presented regarding the Building Coirnnissioners request to allow maintenance men to do certain minor work in their buildings, seconded by J. Kazak, and imanimously approved. VI. OLD BITSINESS : Election of officers: B. Schulz moved to reelect all the incumbent officers, seconded by D. Spoerke, and unanimously approved. Mr. Schulz asked about the June meeting regarding licensing a Plumber. Mr. Conway advised that since that was no quorum, a license had been issued, but if there are any future problems, he will bring it back before the Board. The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. R. Burk,