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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date : 12 -10 -12 <br /> Item No.: <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Community Development Department Request for the 2013 Electrical <br />Inspecti on Service Renewal Contract . <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />B ACKGROUND 1 <br />• Attached is an annual service agreement used with the City’s electrical inspection contractor. Seven 2 <br />cities (Roseville, Arden Hills, Little Canada, North Oaks, North St. Paul, Shoreview and Brooklyn 3 <br />Center ) contract with Tokle Inspections, Inc. and have a similar contract for services. 4 <br />• The proposed service contract with Tokle Inspections, Inc. and owner Peter Tokle includes a 5 <br />requirement that the contractor maintains his insurance schedule, provides an annual report and 6 <br />carries an electrician’s l icense. 7 <br />• There are no changes in the permit fee schedule for 201 3 . The fee structure is applicable in all seven 8 <br />cities. The City passes the costs of doing business on to the electrical contractor as part of the 9 <br />electrical permit charge. The City retains 20% of the electrical permit fee, passing the remaining 10 <br />80% on to Tokle Inspections, Inc. 11 <br />P OLICY O BJECTIVE 12 <br />The Council annually considers this service contract and accepts any comments from the applicant or 13 <br />interested persons. 14 <br />F INANCIAL I MPACTS 15 <br />Staff has revi ewed the alternatives, particularly jointly hiring a contractor or adding another inspector to 16 <br />handle both electrical and some building inspection activities. While this may pay for itself, there is no 17 <br />guarantee that building levels will be as high as prev ious years. S taff recommends that this alternative is 18 <br />premature. This alternative should be evaluated annually as the service contract comes up for review 19 <br />S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION 20 <br />S taff recommends approval of the 201 3 one -year service agreement with Tokle Ins pections, Inc. (which 21 <br />includes the 201 3 Electrical Permit Fee Schedule) and for the agreement to be reviewed annually. 22 <br />R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION 23 <br />By motion approve the 201 3 Service Agreement with Tokle Inspections, Inc and authorize the Mayor 24 <br />and City Manage r to sign the agreement, after review by the City Attorney. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Prepared by: Don Munson, Permit Coordinator <br /> <br />Attachments: A - Proposed Consultant Services Contract 27 <br /> B - 201 3 Permit Fee Schedule 28