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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 7, 2014 Page 15 At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Munson addressed interior and exterior inspections and how that would be addressed with the Rental Licensing Program inspections. City Manager Trudgeon noted that with the overwhelming number of inspections in this first year of the Rental Licensing Program, and the same personal doing those inspections, the three year cycle for residential and commercial inspections would be deferred for one year, other than for following-up on complaint based issues. Mayor Roe advised that his feedback from the community was that they liked staff's approach to code enforcement in general, and appreciate having a program with some teeth to bring items forward for resolution at the City Council level or before they reached that point by volunteer compliance by the property owner. Mayor Roe expressed the City Council's and community's appreciation for staff's role in the process. Mr. Munson expressed appreciation to and recognized staff performing this day- to-day work, and their great customer relations work. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Munson for his report and the work done by staff in these efforts. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:09 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:14 p.m. 10. Public Hearings 11. Budget Items 12. Business Items (Action Items) a. Fire Department Staffing Model Transition from a Paid-On-Call Model to a Combination Full-Time/Part-Tim Model Mayor Roe clarified that this was an item seeking City Council guidance rather than action at this time. Fire Chief Tim O'Neill; Fire Marshal John Loftus, and Battalion Chiefs Dave Brosnahan and Greg Peterson were available for this presentation. The presentation was provided through the RCA dated April 7, 2014 and related materials. Councilmember McGehee requested additional calculations on whether a short- or long-term transition was the most cost-effective to move into this model.