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CC Regular Session <br />Meeting Date: <br />Primary Strategic Plan Initiative: <br />5. 10. <br />10/14/2025 <br />Identify and implement operational efficiencies, cost savings and additional <br />funding sources. <br />Title: <br />Adopt Resolution #25-236 Supporting Submittal of Building Official Training Municipal Grant <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The Building Official Training (BOT) Municipal Grant program from the Minnesota Department of Labor and <br />Industry (DLI) was created to offer competitive grants to qualified municipalities that want to establish a training <br />program in their building code department to train an individual toward becoming a Minnesota -certified building <br />official. The program provides partial funding and training guidance. The training program will provide the <br />full-time building code department trainee with on-the-job training and education while under the supervision of <br />the city's Minnesota -certified building official. <br />Notification: <br />Not applicable <br />Time Frame/Observations/Alternatives: <br />The dates for the grant cycle are for budget year 2026. Application submittal date is October 17, 2026. Awarded <br />cities will be notified by mid -December. <br />Funding Source: <br />DLI plans to award funding to approximately 10 applicants. The maximum amount of funding that can be <br />requested by a single applicant is $75,000. The awarded funds are not intended to fully fund the trainee position <br />and grantee contribution is expected. The adopted 2026 Preliminary Budget includes the addition of a full-time <br />Plans Examiner/Inspector. However, past recruitments have proven that many of the applicants do not hold a <br />Building Official license, and they come with limited experience in the Plans Examiner/Inspector role. If <br />awarded, the grant funds wouold aid the City in training a less experienced individual to meet our needs in both <br />residential and commercial building inspection services. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends to adoption of the resolution to support to submittal of the grant application. <br />Outcome/Action: <br />Motion to adopt Resolution #25-236 Supporting the Submittal of the Building Official Training Municipal Grant <br />application. <br />Attachments <br />REs #25-236 Supporting Submittal for BOT Grant <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Brian Hagen Brian Hagen 10/09/2025 01:50 PM <br />