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City Council Meeting Monday, November 22, 2010 Page 11 4111 achieved the intended certification as a Building Inspector, the most significant reason for the recommended change in pay grades. Mr. Trudgeon noted the com- munity's continued high priority in the City providing proactive code enforcement services. City Manager Malinen concurred with Mr. Trudgeon's summary and rationale. Councilmember Roe clarified that, if future work load requirements indicated that the duties currently being handled by two Code Enforcement Officers could be handled by a single Officer, that decision could be made administratively based on work loads and staffing needs; but by definition, the position or pay grade wouldn't change. Mr. Trudgeon concurred; further noting that while the Department was facing de- clining revenue; a similar number of permits, even though smaller in size, were still being fielded and required the same actions and process by Building Inspec- tors as larger, more significant permits. Klausing moved, Roe seconded, approval of the elimination of one Code En- forcement Officer position (at Grade level 10) and the creation of one Code En- forcement Officer Housing and Nuisance position (at Grade level 9); with that position to fulfill the duties specified in the job description attached to the RCA dated November 22, 2010. Councilmember Ihlan expressed her willingness to support the motion; however, she expressed her qualms in not favoring reviewing and reclassifying positions, resulting in turning a filled position into a lower level position, with a subsequent reduction in salary for that person. Councilmember Ihlan sought assurances that the action was documented based on work loads and job duties; and the missing certifications for the position; and expressed her interest in seeing the request in the context of a larger, organizational restructure, rather than just this one posi- tion. Roll Call Ayes: Roe; Ihlan; and Klausing. Nays: None. d. Consider a Resolution Adopting the 2011 Utility Rate Adjustments Adopting 2011 Water and Sewer Rates Finance Director Chris Miller summarized the request for adoption of staff re- viewed and recommended 2011 Utility Rates, ad detailed in the RCA dated No- vember 22, 2010, noting the components of that analysis for capital, fixed, and operational costs. Mr. Miller addressed the conservation -based water rate structure implemented in 2009, and the limited data available on the impacts to average household or busi-