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PRIORITIES OF GOALS The Mayor stated that he OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS thought the subject of priorities of goals of boards and commissions was a good one for Council to discuss, however, he felt they should be taken individually. By informal unanimous consent, Council agreed that each Board and Commission should be asked to give to Council a summary of its goals and objectives along with its priorities to be considered at a later date. (CA 80.9) ENFORCEMENT OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS CODE (OLD STRUCTURES) buildings Code (old structures) be that many old buildings within the be torn down; that many businesses Councilman Ward stated that he had requested that the subject of enforcement of unsafe put on the Agenda. He stated City were hazards and should located in older buildings were being chased out of town when they were asked to bring their buildings up to Code; that perhaps owners of older build- ings could be given a moratorium if they would agree to tear down their buildings at some definite future date; that they should not be encouraged to put good money after bad in bringing their buildings up to Code. The City Manager stated that from a fire safety standpoint, all commercial and industrial buildings in the City were inspected annually by the Fire Department; that the Fire Department had begun inspecting residences on a voluntary basis which was a continuous basic upgrading, and that possibly that would be an area where a program could be developed; that the present program provided good control and was enforced to a high level. The possibility of a moratorium as suggested by Councilman Ward was referred to staff for report and recommendation to Council. (CA 87) POLICY MATTERS of, such as travel expenses. Councilman Garthe stated that he believed there were some Council policies that he was not aware The Mayor stated that Council policy in the past had been to provide first-class air fare if the trip were over a minimum number of miles, and if it were fewer miles, Councilmen were paid mileage, at 9¢ per mile. The City Manager stated that guidelines for staff travel expenses had been developed about five years before, and that he would be happy to distribute them to Council, although they probably would not answer all of the questions. Councilman Ward inquired as to when excursions were allowed or encouraged. The Mayor responded that it had generally been left up to the individual Council member; that with regard to boards and commissions, he felt the members should make application through their Chairman so that it could come to Council and be pre- approved; that he knew of no instance where a member had been unable to justify his or her excursion. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 395 NOVEMBER 5, 1973