More discussion was held. He expressed his pleasure with the progress being made in the Minneapolis fire department in the area of fire prevention. His own budget is very tight this year and he cannot expect more from his present staff. The Pipeline Safety budget is doing okay, but the Feds. want to do away with the intrastate compact, which is being fought nationally. These are interesting political times, what with a tri-power state government.
Brace appreciates Minneapolis' participation.
A lot of time has been spent on the Construction Codes Advisory Council. Minnesota Building Officials sent a letter to the Council complaining about their lack of progress. The recent sprinkler licensing rule changes are being implemented, and they're reviewing the measures that were withdrawn. Pat Sheehan is a Bureau Chief. There'll be a new code development and training person added to the SFM staff by July 1.