09/20/1999-CC-Minutes-Work SessionMINUTES:
City Council - Workshop
September 20,1999
PRESENT: Mayor Tommy Kincaid, Councilman Glenn Ervin, Councilman Carroll
McNeill, Councilman Jerry Jenkins, Councilman Joe Higgs, Councilman
Andy Garza
OTHERS
PRESENT: City Administrator Jack Smith, City Secretary Rose Chavez, Administrative
Assistant Samantha Renz, Code enforcement Officer Bob Hagemann
1. Mayor called Meeting to Order.
2. Discuss Proposed Increases in Building Permit and Inspection Fees.
Councilman Jenkins explained to Mayor at the last meeting there was discussion
concerning these fees, and that they currently did not compare with other cities.
Councilman Jenkins indicated he would like to have a committee sit down with staff
and go over fees.
Councilman McNeill indicated he felt they should not make the fees to high, perhaps
just double them.
Mr. Hagemann went over a permit and explained how the cost is figured. He
addressed individual permits including plumbing, electrical and mechanical.
Councilman Garza suggested instead of figuring the plumbing permit by the
number of bedrooms, it should be figured by the number of bathrooms.
Council agreed.
Discussion regarding issuance of permits.
Discussion concerning Mechanical Permits.
Councilman Higgs asked what is involved in issuing a permit.
City Secretary explained the process.
Mr. Hagemann indicated he took the proposed figures from the current code, and
the ones they were using were over twenty years old.
Councilman Jenkins indicated he would like Mr. Hagemann or the City
Administrator to come up with a new proposal, and change bedrooms to bathrooms
3.
on the plumbing permit.
Mr. Hagemann asked for direction on electrical permits.
Councilman McNeill indicated their was less of a proposed increase on electrical
than on any other permit.
Councilman Jenkins indicated they should remove the charge for issuing a permit
on residential dwellings.
Discussion regarding permit for a sprinkler system.
Discussion regarding number of houses being built in town.
Meeting Adjourned.
Tommy Kincaid, Mayor
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