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CETA mechanic and recruitment is nil because there are not enough repair mechanics to fill the private sector vacancies; and that 5 out of the 9 mechanics work on police cars, which makes service to other departments very difficult. Councilman Garthe moved that the proposed budget for the Equip- ment Maintenance Division be tentatively approved with no reduc- tion and that Staff be requested to report on the reasons for and number of City vehicles being driven to employees homes. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bricken and carried 7:0. Council also encouraged Mr. Clark to submit a request to lift the hiring freeze to recruit for vacant budgeted positions in the Equipment Division. CA 6SB In response to the Mayor's request for comments from the public, Mrs. Mickey Madden (2519 N. Rosewood) stated that City employees should not be allowed to drive City vehicles to their homes. She suggested that they drive their own automobiles and receive an allowance. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING SAFETY Gale Grant, Acting Depart- & HOUSING - OPERATING BUDGET ment Director, stated 1% REDUCTION TENTATIVELY APPROVED that salaries make up 90 per cent of the Depart- ment's expenditure. He distributed reports indicating impacts of a 6.1S%, 6.6% and 8.9% reduction of his proposed budget, and stated that revenues versus expenditures for the year will leave a deficit of $8,900, while rate of inspections per man has increased 24%, so that any decrease in inspectors would create a severe problem, especially because the work is directly related to citizens' safety. In response to a query from Councilman Bricken, Mr. Grant stated that the Department's operating cost, while not totally self-supporting, will not exceed S¢ per citizen per year. Bob Gilman, Sunset Construction, stated that Building Departments in other cities have imposed a 1 per cent development fee, and he was of the opinion that most developers would be willing to pay an additional fee rather than lose time on their projects. Ben Londeree, a member of the City's Building Department, stated that many of the current inspection duties are mandated by the State handicapped, noise and energy regulations, and have nothing to do with the structural integrity of the building; and that the Council has very little to do with establishing these regulations which are enacted by the State legislature and add to the workload of the Department. Councilman Yamamoto moved to reduce the proposed operating budget of the Building Department by 8 per cent, as proposed in options 1 and 2, of Mr. Grant's report, with the proviso that the Build- ing Inspector position assigned to the Conservation Program be retained. (The reduction would be effected by eliminating a Steno-Clerk position, and the position of Director of Building Safety). The motion was seconded by Councilman Brandt, but it failed to carry as follows: AYES: Yamamoto, Brandt NOES: Ward, Garthe, Evans, Ortiz, Bricken ABSENT: None Councilman Bricken moved to tentatively approve a 1 per cent reduction in the Building Department's proposed operating budget. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ortiz, and carried as follows: CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 255 JUNE 24, 1978