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" . Proiections . . The City has historically performed well in building department revenue despite its population size due to its rather large corporate and business basc located within the City. The City employs more people than rcsidc in Ardcn Hills, and duc to its location in the Metro area is continually looked at by new businesses. With the continued growth of Guidant corporation and other businesses located in Arden Hills, along with the continued progress of the TCAAP dcvclopmcnt, the City is positioned to experience strong building and construction growth for years to come. Summary The building department has historically been understaffed, resulting in being reactive, not proactive. Pcrmits continue to remain open when no final is callcd for due to lack of staff time to follow up. Corrcction ordcr follow up timcs continuc to build when contractor does not call for inspection. Record keeping and organization continues to be delayed due to lack of stafftime. Building Dcpt. staff responds to issues as they arise, with no time to follow thru completely with issues and/or projects. Request Staff requests the position of building inspector to be increased to full time. With the halftime position agreement coming to a close with Lake Johanna by increasing their inspector position to full time, and in light of the City's continual need for additional staffto adequately do there job, the need becomes even more pressing. In viewing the Cities revenue from licensing and permits ( The above tables do not reflect additional revenue sourccs from Iiccnsing and administrative record keeping) and with building department revenue to provide for adequate inspection, plan review, interpretation, and code enforcement, staff feels the request is not only reasonable but needed. Please review the above infoffilation and notifY staff if you shall need additional information or clarification.