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12/4/84 Page -6- with a written report of their discussions before the January 15th council meeting. Councilman Luce suggested that some objective party one; who would sincerely have an objective picture in terms of the parameter of the study. He was not certain that by going out and ask- ing somebody who has a high stake of one way or another in the particular issue is going to shed any particular light on any- thing at all. Mayor Meier commented that a third party could be involved in the discussions and perhaps council, by these disucssions, would have: a better understanding of what the rami,- ficaitions are relating to~the construction penttit fee increase . Councilman Leary Commented that he felt that we were lookinc at t:he wrong issue. He had suspected for sometime that our inspection fees are not put on here to off-set the costs of running -_ ----~--- _ the Building Inspection Dept. but are a hidden source of another growth revenue. Therefore, he felt he would have voted against it because he was looking at what our building insF~ection fees are; and felt they far ex- ceed':ed what it cost to inspect the buildings. and .are creatinc~.-.~t unstable revenue source 7 Mr. Leary stated there was no mention of the difference in property and if calculations are done on the difference in property taxes in Louisville and our neighbors - Louisville's is half of many of them, and in some instances -- - - o thex cities have property taxes .proliably twice. as high.. So if we are going to look at the in- centive issue, let's have everything on the table. Mr. Leary stated that he didn't think it was worth the time to spend on that analysis; but if other people think that is the purpose of building permits we certainly could proceed on it. VOTE ON THE MOTION All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. ORDINANCE N0. 849 - CONCERN- Councilmembers had a copy of the ordinance; ING EMPLOYEE'S COST OF LIVING Attorney Rautenstrans read it by title only PUBLIC HEARING on second reading and public hearing and cer- tified proper publication.