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North Chicago council approves salary ordinance after removing new building‑inspection manager slot for further review
Summary
The City Council approved most of a city salary ordinance July 21 but removed a newly created building‑inspection manager position for additional review and recruitment data; council members debated cost, contractor offsets and timing before approving the amended ordinance.
The North Chicago City Council on July 21 approved most of a proposed city salary ordinance but voted to remove a newly created building‑inspection manager position and refer that single item for further review and possible action at a later meeting.
The action followed more than two hours of discussion about recruitment, contractor cost offsets and the effect of pay adjustments on non‑bargaining supervisory staff.
Greg, chief of staff, told the council the new position is “a newly created position. It's going to divide up the responsibilities of building inspections and code enforcement,” and said bringing the work in‑house would speed plan reviews and inspections and could save money compared with the city’s contractor costs. He…
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