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Planning & Development budget includes higher inspection-fee revenue and RFP for building inspection services
Summary
Kenosha County will issue an RFP to evaluate building inspection services and associated fees for 2026 after staff reported a full year of inspection-fee data that substantially raised revenue projections; the Planning & Development budget (including a reallocated administrative assistant FTE) was approved by the committee.
Kenosha County staff told the committee they now have a full year of building inspection fee data and are updating revenue estimates accordingly, leading to a higher inspection-fee projection in the Planning & Development 2026 budget. Staff also said the county will issue a single RFP to review building inspection fees and contract renewals for 2026, and that the outcome will come to Finance as a consolidated package.
Staff explained the higher projection reflects a full year of program activity, compared with only a half-year of data when the account was first estimated for 2025. The department said the inspection fee account supported about 23 current programs operated by UW Extension and that after-school programming — dormant since COVID — is starting to return and may increase activity in related accounts.
Staff noted a pending negotiation with the Village of Salem Lakes concerning a new building inspection services contract; once that negotiation is resolved and the RFP completed, staff will bring a fee comparison and contract recommendations to the Finance office.
Why it matters: The inspection-fee revenue is modeled to be levy-neutral — fees collected are intended to pay for services — so a larger actual revenue stream reduces levy pressure and affects service contracting choices.
Committee action: The Planning & Development budget, including the administrative assistant reallocation and inspection fee assumptions, was approved by voice vote.
