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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - AUGUST 9, 1999 10 . Councilmembers Aplikowski and Rem concurred with Councilmember Malone's experience in lieu of education recommendation. However, Mayor Probst and Councilmember Larson felt strongly that a Bachelor's Degree, at a minimum, should be required. MOTION: Council member Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Malone seconded a motion to authorize staff to revise all future advertisements for the City Administrator's position to include a phrase that experience may be substituted for education. After further discussion, the motion carried (3-2), with Mayor Probst and Councilmember Larson voting nay. Councilmembers reviewed other components of the hiring process, including establishment of a sub-committee for initial review of applications. Councilmembers Aplikowski and Larson expressed their willingness to serve on the application review subcommittee, with Mayor Probst also expressing an interest in his continued involvement in the process. It was the consensus of the Council that Councilmembers Aplikowski and Larson do the initial review and pass on their recommendations to Mayor Probst, with bim reserving the right to review all applications. Staff was directed to prepare two (2) questions to be included as a supplemental application as . identified by the City Council, to provide for consistency with all candidates. H. Municipal Code Codification, Chapters 9 and 12 Mr. Fritsinger stated that the City's Building Inspector, Dave Scherbel, believed the current code still required significant changes as a result of recent changes in the Minnesota State Building Code reviewed Chapter 9, the Building Code chapter. Mr. Fritsinger stated that, due to the number of changes, staff would suggest holding any Council comments until after a revised version can be provided to the City Council. Mr. Scherbel's suggestions will be forwarded to the League of Minnesota Cities for them to draft a revised version for presentation to the City Council for review. Mr. Fritsinger and Councilmembers reviewed a number of comments and suggestions related to Chapter 12 of the City's proposed municipal code. Mr. Fritsinger advised Councilmembers that both the City's current and former consulting engineers, in addition to staff~ had reviewed and provided comment on Chapter 12. Staff was directed to provide these corporate comments to the League of Minnesota Cities for incorporation into a final draft. Mr. Fritsinger advised Councilmembers that he and Mr. Ringwald, in concurrence with City Attorney Filla, bad concurred that several existing municipal code chapters, including mobile homes; flood plains; shoreland management; and excavations; as well as the sign ordinance should be codified into the City's Zoning ordinance, while the subdivision and building chapters should be part of the regular code. .