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City Council Minutes September 3, 2019 Page 3 ( Council discussed shortening the length of the phased retirement to save cost and setting a precedent for phased retirements and ending up with 1 '/z employees for positions. Mr. Portner stated the city is not obligated to grant phased retirement and few employees are eligible. Councilmember Christianson asked if there might be an opportunity to talk to Mr. Pearson about the length of time needed to transition a new IT Manager into the role. Council agreed there are only a few positions in the city where an overlap makes sense. They agreed to leave the item in the budget for an 18 -month phased retirement for the IT Manager position. 8.2 Councilmember Christianson update on Washington DC Trip Councilmember Christianson gave an update on his recent trip to Washington D.C. 8.3 Discuss Work Session Items Mr. Portner presented the staff report. 9. Liaison Updates Council provided updates on the activities of the various boards and commissions as also noted in the respective board's minutes. Council recessed at 7:53 p.m. in order to go into work session. Council reconvened at 7:58 p.m. 10.1 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) Ms. Fischer presented the staff report. The Council agreed the IPMC should be adopted into the building code. 10.2 Certificate of Occupancy Program Ms. Fischer and Fire Chief Dickinson presented the staff report. Fire Chief Dickinson said the city has adopted the state fire code for new businesses but not for when they change building use. The proposed program would help from a safety standpoint such as a lack of a draft stop could allow a fire to burn out of sight in void spaces. Mayor Dietz asked who would do the inspections and how would the city find the businesses that need to be inspected. j ] Chief Dickinson responded the fire department would inspect. If the city adopted these changes into an ordinance businesses would be required to be inspected. P 0 V E A E! i 1 NATURE