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Council Minutes of 8/21/2007 C printed and made available to residents. The committee voted 3-0 to hold the ordinance in committee pending additional information. • Ordinance 2007-93, an ordinance re-authorizing the Director of Public Safety to appoint a temporary, part-time Fire Administrator to assist the new Assistant Fire Chief; re-establishing the pay range for said temporary position; and declaring an emergency. This was a very lengthy meeting which was minimally productive. Many questions from the June meeting were re-asked of the Fire Chief. Established was the fact that, since Sept. 12, 2006, the part-time Fire Administrator has committed no information to a written form or manual for the new Assistant Fire Chief to refer to when he is performing the all-important construction plan review. One of the duties of the part-time Fire Administrator has been to update and review manuals, policies and procedures. The Safety Director stated the new Assistant Fire Chief was talking his own notes. We have a candidate who is interested in learning in spite of the obstacles placed in front of him. Since 1985, the Fire Chief has attended numerous seminars and continuing education courses. It was stated that the Fire Inspectors frequently refer to the fire manual or disk to refresh their own memories. In early May of 2007, a written test was given to applicants for the Assistant Fire Chief position. In mid-May, the oral part of the test was administered to applicants who successfully passed the written exam. The Assistant Fire Chief was hired in early July. As of August 13, 2007, the Assistant Fire Chief is not yet registered for plan review courses which are being offered in Sept. and Oct. of 2007. The Fire Chief has made a firm commitment to allocating funds for the Assistant Fire Chief's training. The Safety Director stated the part-time Fire Administrator position was a safety issue and involved the safety of the residents. There is a Fire Safety Inspector position which has gone unfilled for three or four years. This is also a very important safety issue. In committee, Mr. Tailon made a motion to rehire the part-time Fire Administrator as a city employee beginning August 25, 2007 and terminating the position on Sept. 19, 2007. Counting the time the administration hired the part- time Fire Administrator as a contract employee, will equate to approximately 60 days of employment with the new Assistant Fire Chief. Also agreed to at the committee meeting, was the end of hiring the part-time Fire Administrator as a contract employee. The committee voted 2-0 for approval by all of Council for the motion with suspension. (Mr. Barker had left the meeting after the review of Ordinance 2007-72.) • Due to the late hour and the need to conclude the Finance Committee meeting, Ordinance 2007-82 was held in committee by a vote of 2-0. Mayor O'Grady said he felt there were a number of errors in Councilman Orlowski's report. First, he did not feel the statement that the Mayor adamantly stated there would be no new stickers was accurate. He had said that the stickers are unrelated to this piece of legislation. This legislation is a do not knock registry. He further would have indicated to Mr. Orlowski that the question to do that is an administrative issue. It doesn't belong in City Council. He did not agree that the administration should print the stickers as there are changes to the code and felt Mr. Orlowski didn't understand what's going on. There are changes to the code that are currently underway and the stickers 16