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City Council Regular Meetif August 11, 2003 - Page 5 • Ayes: Engelken, Meismer, Mosteit, Warren, Ebow, Griffiths, and Malone Nays: Young Abstain: None I ITEM NUMBERS 12,13 AND 14 WERE VOTED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY BY COUNCIL See motion below 12. Council to consider authorizing the adoption of the C3 codes and other noted code books. Building Official Debbie Wilmore gave summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Staff made one change from the previous meeting, reviewing the local electrical code as a separate issue. The international residential code and the international energy conservation code are both state mandated items, these were reviewed at the previous meeting. The national electrical code (NEC) was reviewed; staff currently uses the NEC, and would like to adopt the 2002 edition. New items being considered and incorporated into our adoption ordinance; building construction and safety code NFPA 5000 (2003 edition), the National Fuel Gas Code (2002 edition), Uniform Plumbing Code (2000) and Uniform Mechanical Code (2000 edition). Those will be incorporated in to the Ordinance. Basically there are 3 amendments proposed under the National Electrical Code (2002 edition), these are existing amendments with the previous NEC; however, they have been updated to reflect the change in the new amendments. Under the amendment 82:342 of the Code of Ordinances, flexible conduit and PVC conduit for optional wiring in buildings, previously not listed in Code of Ordinances, added for additional options to the contractor. NEC Section 82:345 update with new code edition, table reference that the section of the code has changed, flexible conduit and PVC conduit was added for additional option to contractors. The final change to 2002 edition is 82:349, update only, deletion of a reference to Electrical Board, which was eliminated by Council several years ago. There was discussion among Council regarding items 12, 13 and 14. Motion was made by Councilmember Meismer to reject Item 12 as presented'by Ms. Wilmore. Second by Councilmember Griffiths. The motion carried. Ayes: Engelken, Meismer, Mosteit, Warren, Ebow, Griffiths, Young and Malone Nays: None Abstain: None Motion was made by Councilmember Griffiths to make an amendment to vote on Items 12, 13 and 14 simultaneously as presented by Ms. Wilmore. Second by Councilmember Warren. The motion carried. Ayes: Engelken, Meismer, Mosteit, Warren, Ebow, Griffiths, Young and Malone Nays: None Abstain: None Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong read Ordinance captions for Items 12, 13 and 14 concurrently. Assistant City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 96-2079-C — AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING NEW BUILDING CODES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF