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together with call outs. The City of Orono would retain a function such as this, but just decrease the number of hours the Community Service Officer would be working. The contract cities pay $3,400 for a service whose total cost is $11,000. Again this is a beneficial arrangement to all the communities. The city did get into the animal control function because it was having trouble getting a successful service from a private contract arrangement that it had for a number of years. Several communities around the lake have gone away from private contractors because of the lack of availability of service or reasonable service quality. Building Inspections - The City does, on a contract basis, provide building inspection services to Spring Park and Minnetonka Beach. While the City wo:ld probably not reduce a person if these contracts were elimin i d they do provide revenue ranging from $8-$20,000 per year - h-:p off set the building inspector's salaries. For popula ^n comparison this would increase the staff per population/comparison. It should be noted that the building inspectors not only do building inspections, but assist in the septic areas and zoning reviews. The city is unique in the area of building and zoning because of the very stringent and complicated zoning ordinances, septic program and the unique residential construction that does g^-' on in the community together with substantial remodelings. T"- ‘..partment generates substantially more in revenues from all 5 than the cost of all the personnel. The projection for inc ^ased staff would be to help carry out functions particularly in the septic and zoning areas. COST OF SPACE NOW VERSUS THE FUTURE According to our architect, in present dollars the cost of the additional square footage as listed above is about $85,000 to $100,000 for building and equipment. If the building addition were constructed later as a small project the costs would be 50% greater due to the small scale. In addition each year the construction prices go up, with the average over the last 10 years at 3% per year. COMMON LOCATION FOR FACILITIES Construction - From the standpoint of construction if the buildings are on the same site wi >. the ssme contractor it is estimated that the City could save about 5% on the contract or $100,000 on $2 million in construction. In addition to the building construction savings, other savings regarding utility hookups, sprinkler systems, wells if needed, shared parking facilities, landscaping, plus having "common" expansion space on the same site as opposed to buying two seperate parcels having to have expansion space for each. with two seperate sites more total land would be needed. Sprinklers and Utilities - Any location will have a building that will be totally sprinklered for safety purposes. Sites without ■i.-'. i.-'.iA'- "