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Community development staff report highlights busy year, blight enforcement strains and ordinance updates
Summary
Gratiot County Community Development presented its 2024 annual report; staff told commissioners inspection activity rose while permitting fluctuated, and said blight enforcement hours and legal complexity are straining capacity.
Gratiot County’s Community Development Department reported to the board Wednesday that inspection workloads rose in 2024 while permitting activity remained variable, and staff urged changes to the county’s blight enforcement program to reduce time demands and clarify liability.
Department head Tony Miller and Deputy Permits Officer Deandra Messer presented permit and inspection statistics covering building, soil erosion and blight enforcement. Inspecting staff said permit volumes have been up and down over the last four years;…
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