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City manager outlines fire-department assessment, hiring update and draft fee schedule for repeat inspections
Summary
City Manager Bauer told council that weekly captain meetings will address 42 recommendations from a recent fire-department assessment, that three candidates passed agility tests and are moving to interviews, and proposed a draft fee schedule that would allow two free inspections before charging for repeat inspections.
City Manager Bauer updated the Mt. Healthy City Council on several public-safety and administrative items.
Bauer said the February police report was emailed to council and that facade-grant award letters were distributed to three recipients. He summarized progress on a fire-department assessment and said the department will hold weekly captain meetings to divide the work of responding to approximately 42 recommendations in the assessment across EMS, fire and inspections.
He reported recent agility testing for prospective hires: after a retest, three candidates had passed and would move forward to the interview stage.
Bauer described a draft fee schedule for fire-inspection follow-ups meant to reduce repeated failures to correct identified issues: "Basically, you would get 2 inspections for free. And if we have to keep coming back, we're gonna start charging." He said the draft will be reviewed with the law director and could be incorporated into an ordinance after further input from other departments and neighboring jurisdictions.
Bauer also provided updates that demolition work has been delayed by weather, said he received a formal email from the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) regarding a contract requiring sign-off, and noted that Metro contractors (Woolpert) are expected to survey right-of-way for the Bus Rapid Transit project in the coming months.
Council did not vote on the draft fee schedule at the meeting; Bauer asked members to review the draft and provide feedback before formal ordinance drafting.
