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Special ~eeting of Ramsey City Council June 26, 1975 The ne×t item On the agenda was the consideration of hiring Bill Pittmann as temporary Building Inspector. Mr. Gotham stated that the personnel committee had contacted Mr. Pittmann and that he was in agreement to act as temporary Building I~spector. He ~as told that the job would last probably only through July. Mr. Pittmann also said he wanted to be under direction of the personnel committee. Mrs. Oliphant indicated that she had contacted Preuse of the Coon Rapids Building Inspection Department on June 26, 1975. That Mr. Preuse said that when he came to Ramsey to act as temporary Building Inspector there were numerous~ problems with Mr. Pittmann's inspections. Mrs. Oliphant said she felt the City was doing a great disservice to the community by hiring ~r. Pittmann as temporary Building Inspector. Mr. Gorham asked Mrs. Oliphant to contact Mr. Preuse and ask Mr. Preuse to put his allegations regarding Mr. Pittmann in writing. Mrs. Oliphant stated she didn't think Mr. Preuse would want to be put into such a position. Mr. Gorham stated he had talked to Mr. Preuse and Mr. Preuse had indicated that Mr. Pittmann had done a good inspecting job. Mrs. Oliphant agreed to contact Mr. Preuse regarding getting his statements in writing. Mr. Cox indicated t~at Mr. Preuse told him that Mr. Pittmann had generally done a good job as Building Inspector while he was working for the City of Ramsey. Mr. Gorham said that the personnel committee felt that Mr. Pittmann was a good choice because of the following: (1) financial institutions are not making any conventional loans, therefore this cuts down on the number of building permits being issued; (2) FHA and VA loans all have their o~n inspectors, thus each job is inspected twice; (3) Mr. Pittmann has a knowledge of the area, he would also be able to aid in licensing of contractors and Mr. Gorham indicated that to date not one contractor had been licensed as required by the City's ordinance. ~r. Gorham said that the committee felt that Mr. Pittmann and Sue Thompson could aid i~ this licensing job. Mrs. Oliphant stated that she felt a full time Building Inspector ~as required for the work during the day in order to answer phone inquiries, give information, etc. She indicated that Mr. Pittmann still works at another job and would only be able to work for the City part time and after 4:00. Mr. Cox asked ~ho would inspect next Monday if we don't act no~ to hire a temporary Building Inspector. Mr. Gorham stated that if the City Council didn't endorse Mr. Pittmann unanimously, he wouldn't accept the job. Also~ Mr. Gorham stated that he wouldn't recommend Mr. Pittmann unless he ~ere unanimously endorsed. Mr. Cox stated that no one should be forced to vote if ~e couldn't agree on a particular item. Motion: Mr. ~ickelson moved that we hire Mr. Pittmann as temporary Buildin~ Inspector on a part time basis, not to exceed ~0 days, compensation to be at a rate of $10 per inspection plus .compensation for necessary mileage. Seconded by Mr. Reimann. Mr. ~eimann, Mr. Cox, Mr. Mickelson, Mr. Gorham voted aye, Mrs. Oliphant voted nay. Motion carried. The nekt item for discussion was that regarding Sue Thompson. Mr. Gotham moved that Mrs. Sue Thompson be requested to serve as a temporary part-time secretary on approximately a one-half time basis with functions to include necessary clerical work with respect to building permit issuance and scheduling of inspections and assistance as a receptionist/ bookkeeper, compensation to be at the rate of $3.75 per hour effective June 26, 1975. It is understood that this is to be a temporary position pending advertising for a ~ermanent general administrative clerk