The Dalles City Council spent a large part of a worksession on Monday night talking about whether the City is in any position to take over the building codes program for the City and all of Wasco County.  The state of Oregon has been handling building permits in Wasco County since the dissolution of the Mid-Columbia Council of Governments, which provided the service in Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties.  Much of the conversation revolved around whether four million dollars in reserves accumulated by the MCCOG program could be used for establishing a new building codes office, and Mayor Steve Lawrence says they want to get that answer.  He also wants to know if there would be much of an impact on the general fund if the City handled building permits.  Under state law, the reserves must be used within the building permit program.  Councilors asked to staff to continue to investigate to get answers on how those funds can be used.  The Wasco County Commission will discuss the issue at its meeting Wednesday morning in the County Courthouse, with that subject scheduled for 10:20 a.m.