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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 14, 2016 Page 29 Public Comment Roger Hess, Jr. 1906 Wagner Place Mr. Hess noted comparisons with other communities; but suggested a comparison if the City of St. Paul was to take over the Roseville water system, as it did for other suburbs. Mr. Hess opined that there must be a reason they use that system, and asked staff to compare the current system versus St. Paul taking over the sys- tem. Mr. Hess thanked Councilmember McGehee for out-of-the-box ideas brought forward for consideration. Mr. Hess opined that it would be nice if other Councilmembers brought forward similar ideas for consideration. 15.Business Items – Presentations/Discussions a.Consider Changes to City Code, Chapter 314.05: the 2017 Fee Schedule Finance Director Miller referenced an updated copy of the proposed 2017 Fee Schedule, provided as a bench handout and replacing the schedule included as an attachment to the RCA of today’s date. Mr. Miller noted the revised schedule in- cluded some fees inadvertently omitted in the previous draft, along with addition- al corrections upon further staff review. Mr. Miller noted that most fees are grouped by department, and included more recommended changes this year given staff’s detailed review line by line. Mr. Miller advised that the fees were intended to be representative of actual city costs in providing a particular service. Mayor Roe asked that staff go through the document with the items highlighted as new and/or revised fees. Finance Director Miller deferred to Departments Head available and related rationale for the proposed fee changes. Individual Coun- cilmembers asked questions of Department Heads as applicable during the presen- tation. Public Works Department (page 2) curb stop turn-on/off Mr. Culver noted a new fee for fees, shown as a trip fee; estimating approximately 30-40 annually at this time, but unsure of how that may increase without an identified way to recoup city staff and equipment resources involved. erosion control escrow fee Mr. Culver noted this had been brought to the City Council’s attention earlier this fall for clarification, with staff putting numbers to ideas and establishing new thresholds involving the need for erosion control per- mits at an amount less than the current fee and involving smaller things in the city’s shoreline district. Mr. Culver advised the intent was to ensure that staff was able to monitor these areas without charging the full fee for residents and smaller projects and of less than one-quarter acre (e.g. minor grading, etc.). Fire Department (page 3 & 4) commercial vent hood inspections, Fire Chief O’Neill addressed the increase in stand-alone temporary fireworks salesinspections of underground fuel , and